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Exploring the effect of overlapping institutional applications on panel decision-making

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: The assessing of a pool of competing projects is a challenging task for scientific panels at funding agencies. Using large-scale and rich data from a broad set of panels from the UK's largest research council, we explore whether scientific panels treat overlapping applications from the same institution in a selection round differently. Building on previous research that suggested that panels may favour institutional diversity in funding outcomes, we find that applications at the margin of the funding decision are less likely to be funded when an application from the same institution is also funded. However, we find little evidence of welfare losses associated with this outcome. The implications of these findings for understanding the role of panels in shaping of scientific funding are also examined.

Source: Research Policy

DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2023.104868

Authors: Cornelia Lawson, Ammon Salter

Institutions: University of Manchester, University of Warwick

Language: English

Topic: Research, Science, and Academia

Subfield: Information Systems and Management

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,710

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Bath, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek