Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding competitions

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About the Authors

Kevin Gross

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Carl T. Bergstrom

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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