In "Slapping Wrists as the Fund Scandal Spreads" (Market Watch, Nov. 16), Gretchen Morgenson was correct in demanding structural and regulatory reforms that should lessen the likelihood of fund abuses -- and make it easier to spot them.
When this Act was reauthorized in 1992, the selection criteria for funding dramatically increased the likelihood of funding for projects that promised to lead to commercial success.
Even if there's a higher failure rate, there's also an increased likelihood of funding eventual winners.
For example, Ahlers et al. (2015) find that providing more detailed information about risks can be interpreted as an effective signal that can increase the likelihood of funding success.
There is a low likelihood of that funding being rescinded.
First, prior founding experience (especially financially successful experience) increases both the likelihood of VC funding via a direct tie and venture valuation.
My partner Eric Paley wrote about how entrepreneurs regularly misread their likelihood of getting funding from VCs, and the pattern is similar with this kind of business development deal.
As to the likelihood of being funded for the first round, "You have to keep trying and not worry, said Greg Karczmar, PhD, a professor of Radiology and collaborator of Dr. Olopade's at The University of Chicago Medical Center.
(Major city Not Go8, Level E, ID14) The pressure to submit proposals limits the time available to publish which would, in turn, improve the likelihood of being funded.
In all likelihood, the source of funds will be the state's Transportation Trust Fund, a giant pot of money that is primarily filled with the receipts from the gasoline tax.
