Government investment in university research results in greater output and impact. To better capture economic benefits … stemming from university research, governments have developed funding programs specifically targeting university … evaluate the effect of one such scheme, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project scheme, by comparing it to its …

We study what makes a research grant application successful in terms of ability, type of research, experience, and … that are most likely to undertake transformative or "radical" research. Making use of the literature on recombinant … heterogeneous and scientifically diverse. Our results, using data from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council …

Peer reviews and rankings today are the backbone of research governance, but recently came under scrutiny. They take … scholarly research is a mainly curiosity driven endeavor, we include intrinsic motivation and supportive feedback by the peers … offers an alternative to the present regime of academic rankings. -- peer reviews ; rankings ; research governance ; agency …

research arising from the genome case, the paper shows that in some fundamental research areas, where knowledge externalities … some features of an optimal research policy. …