Working Paper #2019-037
Does it pay to do novel science? The selectivity patterns in science funding
Public funding of science aims to provide the necessary investment for
the radical scientific discoveries of tomorrow. This paper brings
evidence that the funding process is not always awarding the most novel
scientists. Exploiting rich data on all applications to a leading Swiss
research funding program, we find that novel scientists have a higher
probability of applying for funds than non-novel scientists, but they
get on average lower ratings by grant evaluators and have lower chances
of being funded.
- Keywords
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- competitive research grants
- public funding evaluation
- novelty in science
- JEL codes
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- I23
- O38
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Ayoubi, C., Pezzoni, M., & Visentin, F. (2019). Does it pay to do novel science? The selectivity patterns in science funding (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2019-037). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=8326