Don't write the application for funds too long. As long as people have shortcomings, they will be affected by emotions, so applicants must take care of the emotions of the reviewers when writing tenders. If the application must be long, it is another matter, but most of the applications are boring because of too much nonsense. Some write everything like textbooks or summary articles, but they are overwhelmed by content closely related to the theme. This is a thankless thing! In addition, there is no need to list too many references, but also be targeted and closely related to the theme. A tender received this year has written 14 pages, including 7 pages of text and 7 pages of references, and cited 17 references, which is after "many scientists in the world have conducted extensive research in recent twenty years".
Text content shall not be repeated. One of the tenders received this year has the same contents in four places, which makes it difficult to have a good evaluation of such tenders. Some people can't distinguish the research content, research objectives and key scientific issues, which is almost a repetition of words, or another way of saying it. What is the expression of scientific questions? Generally speaking, it is nothing more than "the relationship between" ... and ... ","the effect of ... "and so on. The research content is what needs to be done under the guidance of key scientific problems, and the research goal is the result achieved on the basis of expecting to explain these scientific problems, which can be further discussed.