Appreciate your clarification on the rejection claim statement. Factually, the grant proposal was withdrawn due to reasons shared with the ZCG. I understand you are very passionate about that grant, but your post above makes decision making look as easy as Approve or Reject, that was not how the decisions were made by the committee of five.
Less defense, more showing the progress made as your post reads as if you are not happy with the ZCG performance on 2 specific grants and that there’s some notion of “pushing teams away”. While in reality, ZCG committee members have consistently worked overtime and made themselves available to be in touch & encourage current and prospective grant applicants.
As for the suggestions on improving ZCG, the current committee has planned a transition meeting where we plan to share our learnings & feedback with the 2023 ZCG committee.