Emiel van MiltenburgDec 22, 2022

Does anyone have experience with sharing their (successful) research proposals?

If so:
- How did you share your proposal?
- When did you share your proposal?

If you didn't:
- Why didn't you share your proposal?

Would be nice to do this as a form of preregistration: publicly stating the goal of your project and the proposed research methods. Could also time-stamp & schedule it to be made public upon completion of the project.

Show threadGrzegorz Chrupała
@evanmiltenburg People rarely share their proposals, at least publicly.
I suspect the main reason is that we write proposals to show that we're competent enough to get funding but rarely end up carrying out the work described in them precisely. In practice, there is usually only a tenuous relation between the content of the proposal, and the outcome of the project.
Dec 22, 2022 at 11:03amWeb
Show threadTatjana SchefflerDec 22, 2022
@gchrupala @evanmiltenburg I suspect proposals are not shared publicly while the project is still underway bc the work is not yet done (and there is a fear someone else might do it or might gain an unfair advantage from unrealized ideas). I share my proposals quite freely with collaborators and students, but wouldn't put them online before completion for this reason.
Show threadTatjana SchefflerDec 22, 2022
@gchrupala @evanmiltenburg After completion of the project, it might be nice to put this somewhere, I wonder why it isn't done more frequently. Maybe because the project plan has been long superceded by actual publications by then (which are much better written and also more interesting content-wise, if not for educational reasons).
Show threadTatjana SchefflerDec 22, 2022
@gchrupala @evanmiltenburg At least the financial part of a proposal is however often confidential in the contexts I've worked in, as it contains money flows and might contain persons' names (and how much they made).
Show threadEmiel van MiltenburgDec 22, 2022
@tschfflr @gchrupala right that part may need to remain private
Show threadMichael PiotrowskiDec 22, 2022
@tschfflr @gchrupala The science part may also mention names and subprojects designed for specific persons.