Of the categories listed, that seems to most accurately summarize what happened (edit: though I don’t think this should be seen as a concrete endorsement of CFAR’s long-term plans, and have more to do with the considerations about decision-making ability I outlined above). I do think that it’s still quite possible that in future rounds I will take the first option, and make recommendations conditional on some changes, though I feel comfortable with the amount of funding we recommended to CFAR this round.
CFAR also communicated to me that they plan to focus more on external transparency in the coming months, so I expect that I will continue building out my models in this space.
Of the categories listed, that seems to most accurately summarize what happened (edit: though I don’t think this should be seen as a concrete endorsement of CFAR’s long-term plans, and have more to do with the considerations about decision-making ability I outlined above). I do think that it’s still quite possible that in future rounds I will take the first option, and make recommendations conditional on some changes, though I feel comfortable with the amount of funding we recommended to CFAR this round.
CFAR also communicated to me that they plan to focus more on external transparency in the coming months, so I expect that I will continue building out my models in this space.