Influences of academic institutional factors on R&D funding for graduate students
Influences of academic institutional factors on R&D funding for graduate students
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DOI：
10.1093/scipol/scx017
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Ross, Nicole M. V.
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作者：
Graddy-Reed, Alexandra;Lanahan, Lauren;Ross, Nicole M. V.
我们研究学术机构的特点对研究生的研究经费授予成功的影响。本文借鉴了美国国家科学基金会的研究生研究奖学金计划（GRFP）。我们将一组研究生与他们的研究生课程相匹配，以研究高等教育制度因素是否会调解资金分配给奖励或荣誉提名。我们发现的证据表明，一系列的领导，同行，程序和大学的特点与赠款资助的结果。值得注意的是，教师的研究和同行质量与获奖的成功，而在公共机构的信号降低了获奖的可能性。此外，虽然我们发现规模较大的项目更有可能让研究生获奖，但规模较大、排名较低的项目在扩大活动规模方面表现出效率低下。这意味着这些项目可能面临不利于研究生成功率的协调成本。
We examine the effect of academic institutional characteristics on research funding grant success for graduate students. This article draws upon the US National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). We match a set of graduate students to their graduate programs to examine whether higher education institutional factors mediate funding assignment to award or honorable mention. We find evidence that a series of leadership, peer, programmatic, and university characteristics are associated with grant funding outcomes. Notably, faculty research and peer quality are associated with award success, while the signal of being at a public institution decreases the likelihood of award receipt. Moreover, while we find that larger programs are more likely to have graduate students that receive awards, the larger, lower-ranked programs exhibit inefficiencies in scaling the activity. This implies that these programs may face coordination costs that are detrimental to the rate of graduate student success.