Catherine Neish (NASA Goddard) and David Choi (NASA Goddard) have an interesting post on NASA grant statistics, the impact on securing full-time funding, and pros and cons of the associated career choices for scientists:
The Part-Time Scientist – Women in Astronomy
Given the dismal funding situation, I am wondering what will happen a few years down the road to people who have a tenure-track position. How many will get their tenure denied because they do not bring enough grant money. Not because they are bad scientists but simply because the oversubscription is such that getting a grant is more akin to lotto.