Rethinking Resource Allocation in Science
Computers and Society
2019-04-18 v1 Physics and Society
Abstract
US funding agencies alone distribute a yearly total of roughly $65B dollars largely through the process of proposal peer review: scientists compete for project funding by submitting grant proposals which are evaluated by selected panels of peer reviewers. Similar funding systems are in place in most advanced democracies. However, in spite of its venerable history, proposal peer review is increasingly struggling to deal with the increasing mismatch between demand and supply of research funding.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.07645,
title = {Rethinking Resource Allocation in Science},
author = {Johan Bollen and Stephen Carpenter and Jane Lubchenco and Marten Scheffer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.07645},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
This working paper formed the basis of J. Bollen, Who would you share your funding with. Nature 560, 143 (2018)