Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers
Securing research funding is a challenge faced by most scientists in academic institutions worldwide. Funding success rates for all career stages are low, but the burden falls most heavily on early career researchers (ECRs). These are young investigators in training and new principal investigators w...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180105.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9203 https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG180105 |
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| author | de Winde, Charlotte M. Sarabipour, Sarvenaz Carignano, Hugo Adrian Davla, Sejal Eccles, David Hainer, Sarah J. Haidar, Mansour Ilangovan, Vinodh Jadavji, Nafisa M. Kritsiligkou, Paraskevi Lee, Tai-Ying Ólafsdóttir, H. Freyja |
| author_browse | Carignano, Hugo Adrian Davla, Sejal Eccles, David Haidar, Mansour Hainer, Sarah J. Ilangovan, Vinodh Jadavji, Nafisa M. Kritsiligkou, Paraskevi Lee, Tai-Ying Sarabipour, Sarvenaz de Winde, Charlotte M. Ólafsdóttir, H. Freyja |
| author_facet | de Winde, Charlotte M. Sarabipour, Sarvenaz Carignano, Hugo Adrian Davla, Sejal Eccles, David Hainer, Sarah J. Haidar, Mansour Ilangovan, Vinodh Jadavji, Nafisa M. Kritsiligkou, Paraskevi Lee, Tai-Ying Ólafsdóttir, H. Freyja |
| author_sort | de Winde, Charlotte M. |
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| description | Securing research funding is a challenge faced by most scientists in academic institutions worldwide. Funding success rates for all career stages are low, but the burden falls most heavily on early career researchers (ECRs). These are young investigators in training and new principal investigators who have a shorter track record. ECRs are dependent on funding to establish their academic careers. The low number of career development awards and the lack of sustained research funding result in the loss of ECR talent in academia. Several steps in the current funding process, from grant conditions to review, play significant roles in the distribution of funds. Furthermore, there is an imbalance where certain research disciplines and labs of influential researchers receive more funding. As a group of ECRs with global representation, we examined funding practices, barriers, and facilitators to the current funding systems. We also identified alternatives to the most common funding distribution practices, such as diversifying risk or awarding grants on a partly random basis. Here, we detail recommendations for funding agencies and grant reviewers to improve ECR funding prospects worldwide and promote a fairer and more inclusive funding landscape for ECRs. |
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| spelling | INTA92032021-04-28T10:42:12Z Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers de Winde, Charlotte M. Sarabipour, Sarvenaz Carignano, Hugo Adrian Davla, Sejal Eccles, David Hainer, Sarah J. Haidar, Mansour Ilangovan, Vinodh Jadavji, Nafisa M. Kritsiligkou, Paraskevi Lee, Tai-Ying Ólafsdóttir, H. Freyja Funding Scientists Financiación Científicos Securing research funding is a challenge faced by most scientists in academic institutions worldwide. Funding success rates for all career stages are low, but the burden falls most heavily on early career researchers (ECRs). These are young investigators in training and new principal investigators who have a shorter track record. ECRs are dependent on funding to establish their academic careers. The low number of career development awards and the lack of sustained research funding result in the loss of ECR talent in academia. Several steps in the current funding process, from grant conditions to review, play significant roles in the distribution of funds. Furthermore, there is an imbalance where certain research disciplines and labs of influential researchers receive more funding. As a group of ECRs with global representation, we examined funding practices, barriers, and facilitators to the current funding systems. We also identified alternatives to the most common funding distribution practices, such as diversifying risk or awarding grants on a partly random basis. Here, we detail recommendations for funding agencies and grant reviewers to improve ECR funding prospects worldwide and promote a fairer and more inclusive funding landscape for ECRs. Instituto de Virología Fil: de Winde, Charlotte M. University College London. MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology; Reino Unido Fil: de Winde, Charlotte M. Amsterdam University Medical Center. Department of Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology; Países Bajos Fil: Sarabipour, Sarvenaz. Johns Hopkins University. Department of Biomedical Engineering. Institute for Computational Medicine; Estados Unidos Fil: Carignano, Hugo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Virología e Innovaciones Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Davla, Sejal. City University of New York. Advanced Science Research Center; Estados Unidos Fil: Eccles, David. Malaghan Institute of Medical Research; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Hainer, Sarah J. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Biological Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Haidar, Mansour. Hasselt University; Bélgica Fil: Ilangovan, Vinodh. Aarhus University; Dinamarca Fil: Jadavji, Nafisa M. Midwestern University. Department of Biomedical Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Jadavji, Nafisa M. Carleton University. Department of Neuroscience; Canadá Fil: Kritsiligkou, Paraskevi. German Cancer Research Center; Alemania Fil: Lee, Tai-Ying. University of Oxford; Reino Unido Fil: Ólafsdóttir, H. Freyja. Radboud University. Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour; Países Bajos 2021-04-28T10:29:51Z 2021-04-28T10:29:51Z 2021-03 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180105.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9203 2372-2193 https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG180105 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Journal of Science Policy & Governance 18 (1) : 1-26 (Marzo 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Funding Scientists Financiación Científicos de Winde, Charlotte M. Sarabipour, Sarvenaz Carignano, Hugo Adrian Davla, Sejal Eccles, David Hainer, Sarah J. Haidar, Mansour Ilangovan, Vinodh Jadavji, Nafisa M. Kritsiligkou, Paraskevi Lee, Tai-Ying Ólafsdóttir, H. Freyja Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| title | Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| title_full | Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| title_fullStr | Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| title_short | Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| title_sort | towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers |
| topic | Funding Scientists Financiación Científicos |
| url | https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180105.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9203 https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG180105 |
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