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Grant writing and grant peer review as questionable research practices. 2021

Stijn Conix, and Andreas De Block, and Krist Vaesen

Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams Brabant, 3000, Belgium.

A large part of governmental research funding is currently distributed through the peer review of project proposals. In this paper, we argue that such funding systems incentivize and even force researchers to violate five moral values, each of which is central to commonly used scientific codes of conduct. Our argument complements existing epistemic arguments against peer-review project funding systems and, accordingly, strengthens the mounting calls for reform of these systems.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010379	Peer Group	Group composed of associates of same species, approximately the same age, and usually of similar rank or social status.	Group, Peer,Groups, Peer,Peer Groups
D012108	Research Personnel	Those individuals engaged in research.	Clinical Investigator,Clinical Investigators,Researchers,Investigator, Clinical,Investigators,Investigators, Clinical,Survey Personnel,Investigator,Personnel, Research,Personnel, Survey,Researcher
D005381	Financing, Organized	All organized methods of funding.	Community Financing,Grants,Organized Financing,Financing, Community,Grant
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014956	Writing	The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.
D017712	Peer Review, Research	The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other experts in the same field. Peer review is used by editors in deciding which submissions warrant publication, by granting agencies to determine which proposals should be funded, and by academic institutions in tenure decisions.	Grants, Peer Review,Peer Review, Grants,Peer Review, Publishing,Grant, Peer Review,Grants Peer Review,Grants Peer Reviews,Peer Review Grant,Peer Review Grants,Peer Reviews, Grants,Peer Reviews, Publishing,Peer Reviews, Research,Publishing Peer Review,Publishing Peer Reviews,Research Peer Review,Research Peer Reviews,Review Grant, Peer,Review Grants, Peer,Review, Grants Peer,Review, Publishing Peer,Review, Research Peer,Reviews, Grants Peer,Reviews, Publishing Peer,Reviews, Research Peer