We have two crazy policies:
- Forcing this irrelevant nonsense into maths grant applications.
- Cancelling the grant applications because they contain this nonsense.
And science is the loser.
.
One example:
This grant was for $500,000:
"
Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations
ABSTRACT
Partial differential equations (PDE) are mathematical tools that are used to model natural phenomena like electromagnetism, astronomy, and fluid dynamics, for example. This project is concerned with understanding how the solutions to such equations behave. The Laplace equation
[...]
Motivated by the goal of increasing participation from underrepresented groups
[...]
The Laplace equation is a PDE that models steady-state phenomena in a truly uniform environment. Since the world that we live in is not an isotropic vacuum, the mathematical equations that govern many natural phenomena are often more complicated than Laplace’s equation. For example, the Schrodinger equation
[...]
"
https://www.nicheoverview.com/grant/?grant_id=nsf_2236491
- Forcing this irrelevant nonsense into maths grant applications.
- Cancelling the grant applications because they contain this nonsense.
And science is the loser.
.
One example:
This grant was for $500,000:
" Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations
ABSTRACT Partial differential equations (PDE) are mathematical tools that are used to model natural phenomena like electromagnetism, astronomy, and fluid dynamics, for example. This project is concerned with understanding how the solutions to such equations behave. The Laplace equation
[...] Motivated by the goal of increasing participation from underrepresented groups [...]
The Laplace equation is a PDE that models steady-state phenomena in a truly uniform environment. Since the world that we live in is not an isotropic vacuum, the mathematical equations that govern many natural phenomena are often more complicated than Laplace’s equation. For example, the Schrodinger equation [...] "
https://www.nicheoverview.com/grant/?grant_id=nsf_2236491