Responses to the AI grant flood must prioritize fairness as part of excellence

You have full access to this article via your institution. The agencies that disburse research funds must have clear rationales for rejecting grant proposals amid a surge in applications. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Last month, the European Research Council (ERC) announced a policy change for some of its grants: it extended the period in which some unsuccessful applicants would not be able to reapply . …