<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi all, (sorry if you get this by more than one means, I’m pretty cross)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Australian Research Council - one of only two in Australia - has just rejected a whole heap of grant applications because they mentioned preprints. Not necessarily cited them, just *mentioned* them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There was an outcry yesterday, to which the ARC has responded that it was in the eligibility criteria, so it’s only fair they reject the applications that dared to mention preprints <a href="https://t.co/kI6xG7NL2Z?amp=1" class="">https://t.co/kI6xG7NL2Z?amp=1</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’d argue the problem is not that it was in the criteria - it’s that the criteria were appropriate if but were 2016. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve had a rant on Twitter linking to multiple instances dating from 2017 of funders in the real world allowing citation of preprints <a href="https://twitter.com/dannykay68/status/1428490302998810628" class="">https://twitter.com/dannykay68/status/1428490302998810628</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But my main point is that no-one here noticed this was a problem until now…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greetings from the land of tumbleweeds….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Danny</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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