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AFTER CERTAINTY

Organization

National Science Foundation

U.S. science funder whose merit-review criteria and PAPPG set the rules of research worthiness.

Why this matters

NSF policy shows how peer judgment is institutionalized as an incentive system.

Focus in observatory

Works

article

Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide

National Science Foundation. *Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide* (PAPPG), "Merit Review Principles and Criteria." https://www.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/.

Related books

Book

When Incentives Become the Moral Language

How Systems Decide For Us When Judgment No Longer Scales

How metrics and incentives become the moral language of institutions when coordination outruns shared meaning.