I really appreciate the points you make about this system potentially disincentivizing collaboration and training.

However, I’m curious about your assertion that there are no diminishing returns contrary to the evidence shown in all of the plots (including your own in 1A). For example, in 1A, the increase of 3 WRCRs when adding a 2nd R01-equivalent is not maintained when adding a 3rd (+2 WRCRs), and certainly not a 4th (+1 WRCR). How do you draw this conclusion from these data?