As someone who was often distracted from grad school research to work on grant applications this is great news. I would caution against making the NSF more like

As someone who was often distracted from grad school research to work on grant applications this is great news. I would caution against making the NSF more like DARPA though. DARPA definitely breathes down your neck asking for monthly updates that hinders research/ideas that take longer to develop. Federal research funding should be directed towards developing big, long-term ideas rather than short-term research tech companies can and do focus on.