01054nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001500043653002200058653001700080653001600097653002000113653002000133653002000153100001600173700002100189700001700210245007500227856004700302520048700349       2021                            d  c2021-12-2410aethics of funding10agrant review10apeer review10aproject funding10aResearch ethics10ascience funding1 aStijn Conix1 aAndreas De Block1 aKrist Vaesen00aGrant writing and grant peer review as questionable research practices  uhttps://f1000research.com/articles/10-11263 aA large part of governmental research funding is currently distributed through the peer review of project proposals. In this paper, we argue that such funding systems incentivize and even force researchers to violate five moral values, each of which is central to commonly used scientific codes of conduct. Our argument complements existing epistemic arguments against peer-review project funding systems and, accordingly, strengthens the mounting calls for reform of these systems.