This paper explores the funding trends, topical themes, and notable gaps in global public
research funding across the areas of energy, climate change, transport, and industrial …

The relationship between the distribution of research funding and scientific performance is a
major discussion point in many science policy contexts. Do high shares of funding handed …

The knowledge economy requires an adept workforce and cadre of leaders to help address
the many challenges and needs facing companies, governments and societies worldwide …

As the political economy of social science research has shifted, subcontracted research
assistants have taken over an ever growing part of the research process. In this article, we …

Over the past decades, science funding shows a shift from recurrent block funding towards
project funding mechanisms. However, our knowledge of how project funding arrangements …

How difficult is it for an early career academic to climb the ranks of their discipline? We
tackle this question with a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of 57 disciplines, examining …

Although funding is essential for some types of research and beneficial for others, it may
constrain academic choice and creativity. Thus, it is important to check whether it ever …

Evaluating the effects of some or all academic research funding is difficult because of the
many different and overlap** sources, types, and scopes. It is therefore important to …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the organization of research in high-performing
research groups in an age of increasing competition and pressure from outside and within …

Funding is considered to have a central role in defining the scope, content and direction of
public research. However, we lack sufficient understanding of how funding can shape …