Last year, Izabella Laba described how an average Discovery grant in mathematics is spent in her blog. This discussion is very interesting as it gives some perspective on how challenging it can be to fund research in mathematics.

I posted this last year, but I still think that it provides some relevant insight into some of the challenges that math and stats researchers face. If you have the time, Dr. Laba also discusses other aspects of her experience securing enough funding to run a research program - it’s worth a read.