Post #2175127
2025-10-05 18:45 UTC
I guess the mechanism is not clear. Could be randomization levels the playing field and diversifies pool of recipients, or that more researchers feel encouraged to submit who would have also got funded without randomization. In either case, randomization seems to have a diversifying effect 2/
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@tomstafford@mastodon.online 2025-10-05 18:57
@ingorohlfing@mastodon.social it cannot be the "levelling the playing field" mechanism, as I understand, since it is the applicant pool which diversifies (not just the recipient pool). This suggests to me the mechanism is via (potential) applicants perceptions of what randomisation will do