I started a poll on what PIs dislike most about the NIH grant process.
Why did I even do such a poll?
I’ve been a professor for 6 years now and even in just a half a dozen years it’s clear that the grant process has become more and more painful.
The poll results suggest a diversity of dislikes, but most especially the long waiting periods involved (tortuous suspense) and the rejection that so often follows the waiting.