Article criticizing the NCI's grant funding policies

This is an article from a couple of years ago by Gina Kolata of the NY times. It brings up some interesting points about the grant system.  In the book I go into the fact that senior researchers are most likely to get grant money past the statistical peak of their careers.  A lot of prominent scientists will also complete scientific studies and then write grants for them.  The NY Times article brings up the fact that grant committees would much rather fund a simpler project that has a small pay off rather than fund a risky project that might have a huge payoff.