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AI Helped Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer?

A new analysis of thousands of NSF and NIH grant applications, including confidential rejected submissions, reveals that generative AI is increasingly used in writing grant proposals, raising concerns about its impact on scientific originality and funding outcomes.

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AI Helped Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer?

kathryn.palmer…

A new analysis of thousands of NSF and NIH grant applications—including some confidential rejected submissions—illuminates new patterns in generative AI’s relationship with federally funded research.

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