MOST COMMON REASONS FOR GRANT APPLICATION DISAPPROVAL

• Lack of new or original ideas
• Diffuse, superficial or unfocused program
• Lack of knowledge of published relevant work
• Lack of experience in the essential methodologies
• Uncertainty concerning future directions or possibilities
• Questionable reasoning in experimental approach
• Absence of an acceptable scientific rationale
• Unrealistically large amount of work
• Lack of an effective evaluation scheme
• Lack of sufficient experimental design
• Uncritical approach