2009 Discovery stats posted
NSERC posted an analysis of the 2009 Discovery grant competition (including comparisons to the 2008 competition) on their Program News page.
This is the most detailed analysis I have ever seen from NSERC. The change in grant level scatter plots are particularly fascinating.
FYI – I had a bit of trouble getting the file because the release links directly to the pdf. Here is the URL directly to the pdf.
[...] 63.5% and more telling, the variation in award level scatter plot actually shows scatter. (See this post for a link to the statistical analysis.) DG2009 marked the first step of a phased change in the [...]
[...] colleagues, look at the statistical analysis of previous Discovery Grant competitions (links to: 2009 data, 2008 data), search through the NSERC award database to find out what competitive labs are [...]