Research grants decided by a drawSourced
Some research proposals pass peer review, then enter a lottery.
New Zealand research funders are among institutions that have used partial lotteries. Reviewers first screen out proposals that should not be funded; random selection then chooses among eligible applications.
It avoids forcing a precise ranking among proposals that all clear the bar.
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