I can go for that, as long as the research proposals are actually about math research.
(Just to illustrate how mathematicians can sometimes embody the archetype of Hans Guck-in-die-Luft: I had someone tell me once that there were no applications of ODEs or PDEs to the sciences or engineering.)
I have to upvote you just for that reference!
My mom tore out Die Geschichte vom Daumenlutscher, thinking it would be disturbing to my young mind.