The question of GCRI’s audience is a detail for which an iterative review process could have helped. Had GCRI known that our audience would be an important factor in the review, we could have spoken to this more clearly in our proposal. An iterative process would increase the workload, but perhaps in some cases it would be worth it.
I want to make sure that there isn’t any confusion about this: When I do a grant writeup like the one above, I am definitely only intending to summarize where I am personally coming from. The LTF-Fund had 5 voting members last round (and will have 4 in the coming rounds), and so my assessment is necessarily only a fraction of the total assessment of the fund.
I don’t currently know whether the question of the target audience would have been super valuable for the other fund members, and given that I already gave a positive recommendation, their cruxes and uncertainties would have actually been more important to address than my own.
On the question of whether we should have an iterative process: I do view this publishing of the LTF-responses as part of an iterative process. Given that we are planning to review applications every few months, you responding to what I wrote allows us to update on your responses for next round, which will be relatively soon.
I want to make sure that there isn’t any confusion about this: When I do a grant writeup like the one above, I am definitely only intending to summarize where I am personally coming from. The LTF-Fund had 5 voting members last round (and will have 4 in the coming rounds), and so my assessment is necessarily only a fraction of the total assessment of the fund.
I don’t currently know whether the question of the target audience would have been super valuable for the other fund members, and given that I already gave a positive recommendation, their cruxes and uncertainties would have actually been more important to address than my own.
On the question of whether we should have an iterative process: I do view this publishing of the LTF-responses as part of an iterative process. Given that we are planning to review applications every few months, you responding to what I wrote allows us to update on your responses for next round, which will be relatively soon.
That makes sense. I might suggest making this clear to other applicants. It was not obvious to me.
Thanks, this is good to know.