I have served on federal research agency panel reviews. Sadly, the proposals from HBCU's were clearly of inferior quality to many of the other proposals, some painfully so. The problem is not bias in the reviewers or funding agencies which if anything give TOO much benefit of the doubt to proposals by scientists of color. The problem is the low quality work submitted by academics many of whom, like Claudine Gay of Harvard, were advanced despite lacking merit. Affirmative action hires do NOT advance equality of opportunity but instead raise suspicion about the merits of any person in the protected group.
Hi Sally, I am not sure how you would document it. Discussions in panel reviews are considered privileged and are not recorded. Once the panels are done participants are expected to discard all materials including the proposals. This allows for all sorts of malfeasance to occur without documentation for a court of law.
Thanks. I thought as much but wanted to ask. Appreciate your quick reply
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I have served on federal research agency panel reviews. Sadly, the proposals from HBCU's were clearly of inferior quality to many of the other proposals, some painfully so. The problem is not bias in the reviewers or funding agencies which if anything give TOO much benefit of the doubt to proposals by scientists of color. The problem is the low quality work submitted by academics many of whom, like Claudine Gay of Harvard, were advanced despite lacking merit. Affirmative action hires do NOT advance equality of opportunity but instead raise suspicion about the merits of any person in the protected group.
Dear Sadredin
thanks for your comment. I don't doubt your experience at all, but is there some way to document this? many thanks, Sally
Hi Sally, I am not sure how you would document it. Discussions in panel reviews are considered privileged and are not recorded. Once the panels are done participants are expected to discard all materials including the proposals. This allows for all sorts of malfeasance to occur without documentation for a court of law.