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It's tough, because when you write a grant, you always cite your own work heavily (e.g. "we have previously done such and such [ref], and based on that we propose thus). Citing one's own work, which is indispensable to making the grant concise, necessarily removes anonymity. Like most armchair quarterbacks, I'm better at identifying the problem than offering solutions. Part of me thinks that we might need a quota system. That is, say, $5 billion is going to researches who are less than 5 years from their post-doc, or something. That's not a great solution, but the status quo sucks worse.