It's not just in academia: I've worked on lots of scientific and technical grants for industry: https://seliger.com/2017/03/28/write-scientific-technical-gr..., and the RFPs often indicate a need to claim all sorts of things. Cure cancer! Lead to the complete end of fossil fuel reliance! Revolutionize computing!
At the same time, few applicants, or applications, seem to be punished for grandiose, but not completely impossible, claims. Grant making follows the golden rule: https://seliger.com/2007/12/06/studio-executives-starlets-an...: he who has the gold, makes the rules.
At the same time, few applicants, or applications, seem to be punished for grandiose, but not completely impossible, claims. Grant making follows the golden rule: https://seliger.com/2007/12/06/studio-executives-starlets-an...: he who has the gold, makes the rules.