Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ayoubi, Charles
Author-Email: charles.ayoubi@epfl.ch
Author-Workplace-Name: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Author-Name: Pezzoni, Michele
Author-Email: michele.pezzoni@unice.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, GREDEG,
	 and ICRIOS, Bocconi University, Milan
Author-Name: Visentin, Fabiana
Author-Email: visentin@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Title: Does it pay to do novel science? The selectivity patterns in science funding
Abstract: 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.
Classification-JEL: I23, O38
Keywords: competitive research grants, public funding evaluation, novelty in science
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20190924
Number: 2019-037
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2019/wp2019-037.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2019037