Perhaps they could add an appendix to their funding proposal where they answer some common objections they would expect people to have
Correctly guessing what misconception others will have is hard. But discussions on earlier drafts on this post, did inspire us to start drafting something like that. Thanks.
A colleague of mine said that [if you want to attract high-profile research leads], “you are only as strong as your weakest project”—which I thought was well put.
We’re not trying to attract high profile research leads. We’re trying to start worthwhile projects and collaborations that would otherwise not have happened. If a high-profile researcher want’s minions/mentees/collaborators, they don’t need AISC, and I don’t mind if they use some other recourse (e.g. SPAR, MATS, posting on LW) to find people.
Correctly guessing what misconception others will have is hard. But discussions on earlier drafts on this post, did inspire us to start drafting something like that. Thanks.
We’re not trying to attract high profile research leads. We’re trying to start worthwhile projects and collaborations that would otherwise not have happened. If a high-profile researcher want’s minions/mentees/collaborators, they don’t need AISC, and I don’t mind if they use some other recourse (e.g. SPAR, MATS, posting on LW) to find people.