I have always held that if a proposal was submitted to several sponsors,
requesting single-source funding (not collection of cost sharing), then the
proposal has only 1 chance of being funded.

If I submitted to 6 potential sponsors with similar specific aims (perhaps
varied methods and titles), I might still only have the capacity to accept
one award.  In this case.  It is one submission, perhaps with better odds,
but still one project/submission.

I am sure that there is another side to this coin.  If I were a PI, under
consideration of my productivity, I would see each proposal drafted to be an
individual attempt for funding and "of-itself" significant!

But, like buying 6 lottery tickets, your odds may improve somewhat, but you
still only have one chance to win.

: )
Lisa Richman
RAMS-FIE
xxxxxx@fedix.fie.com

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A more specific issue that puzzles us is how should we count a proposal that
is submitted to several different sponsors.  For example, if a researcher
submits the same proposal to three different sponsors, does that count as
3 proposals or just 1?  If the submissions would be counted as just
one proposal, what if the same proposal is submitted to two different
sponsors, but the researcher modifies the name?

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