The Fast Grants granters surveyed their grantees on an analogous query:
In our survey of the scientists who received Fast Grants, 78% said that they would change their research program “a lot” if their existing funding could be spent in an unconstrained fashion.
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The Fast Grants granters surveyed their grantees on an analogous query: