Thanks for raising this. I think we communicated the grant decision to Po-Shen in late March/early April, when the pandemic was still significantly more active in the US. I was viewing this as “last chance to trial this idea”, and I think I still stand by that given what we knew at the time, although I’d be less excited by this with the benefit of hindsight (the pandemic has developed roughly along my median expectations, but that still means I put significant credence on case rates being much higher than they currently are.)
In general our grant write-ups will appear at least a few weeks after the grant decision has actually been communicated to the grantee, as CEA needs to conduct due dilligence, we need to draft the write-up, have the write-up reviewed by the grantee, etc. For time-sensitive grants, the lag between making the grant and writing-up can be longer.
I’ll also plug that the LTFF is one of the few funders that are able to make grants on short notice, so people with similarly ephemeral opportunities in the future should feel free to apply to us, there’s an option in the application to flag it as time-sensitive.
Thanks for raising this. I think we communicated the grant decision to Po-Shen in late March/early April, when the pandemic was still significantly more active in the US. I was viewing this as “last chance to trial this idea”, and I think I still stand by that given what we knew at the time, although I’d be less excited by this with the benefit of hindsight (the pandemic has developed roughly along my median expectations, but that still means I put significant credence on case rates being much higher than they currently are.)
In general our grant write-ups will appear at least a few weeks after the grant decision has actually been communicated to the grantee, as CEA needs to conduct due dilligence, we need to draft the write-up, have the write-up reviewed by the grantee, etc. For time-sensitive grants, the lag between making the grant and writing-up can be longer.
I’ll also plug that the LTFF is one of the few funders that are able to make grants on short notice, so people with similarly ephemeral opportunities in the future should feel free to apply to us, there’s an option in the application to flag it as time-sensitive.