SI 2025 Science of Science Funding
Organized by Megan MacGarvie, Paula Stephan, and Reinhilde Veugelers
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
July 17-18, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, July 17
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Welcome
Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven
Daniel Goroff, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Session 1: Incentives, Funding and the Direction of Research
9:10 am

Tenure and Research Trajectories

Giorgio Tripodi, Northwestern University
Xiang Zheng, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Yifan Qian, Northwestern University
Dakota Murray, Northeastern University
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
Chaoqun Ni, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dashun Wang, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:50 am

Government Funding and the Direction of Academic Energy Research

David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER
Daniel Acuna, University of Colorado Boulder
Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski, University of Ottawa
Lizhen Liang, Syracuse University

Discussant:
Sarah C. Armitage, Boston University
10:30 am
Break
Session 2: AI, Resources and Science
10:50 am

Innovative Collaboration: Generalists, Specialists, and Teams

Lena Greska, University of Munich

Discussant:
Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Boston University
11:30 am

Innovation Under Resource Constraints: Supercomputing in Scientific Research

Justine Boudou, Harvard University
John McKeon, Boston University

Discussant:
Lee Fleming, University of California, Berkeley
12:10 pm

Does Training in AI Affect PhD Students’ Careers? Evidence from France (slides)

Pierre Boutros, Universite Cote d'Azur
Eliana Diodati, University of Turin
Michele Pezzoni, Université Côte d'Azur
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University

Discussant:
Marlène Koffi, University of Toronto and NBER
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Panel Discussion on The Structure of Public Funding for Academic Science
Moderator: Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven
Panelists:
Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Illinois
Paul Joskow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Kei Koizumi, American Association for Advancement of Science
Bhaven Sampat, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Session 3: Evaluating Projects
2:50 pm

Greenlighting Innovative Projects: How Evaluation Format Shapes the Perceived Feasibility of Early-Stage Ideas

Jacqueline Lane, Harvard University
Simon Friis, Harvard University
Tianxi Cai, Harvard University
Michael E. Menietti, Nasa Tournament Laboratory
Griffin Weber, Harvard University
Eva C. Guinan, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Discussant:
Kevin Boudreau, Northeastern University and NBER
3:30 pm

Learning by Evaluating: Evidence from Academic Peer Review (slides)

Charles Ayoubi, ESSEC Business School
James M. Zumel Dumlao, University of Michigan
Misha Teplitskiy, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER
4:10 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Parkview Room
Friday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Session 4: Gender
9:00 am

Better Together? Faculty, Gender Match, and Credit in Science

Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Aiday Sikhova, The Ohio State University
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER

Discussant:
Shulamit Kahn, Boston University
9:40 am

Gender Differences in the Response to Incentives: Evidence from Academia (slides)

Erina Ytsma, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
10:20 am
Break
10 minute presentations on Mobility
10:40 am

Global Science Sustains U.S. Innovation

Christopher Esposito, University of California, Los Angeles
10:50 am

Research Mobility and Local Problem Solving

Caroline Fry, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Gauri Subramani, Lehigh University
11:00 am

Gold Plated Handcuffs? Moves, Exits and Retirements from Research-Intensive Universities

Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Iowa State University and NBER
11:10 am

The Impact of Mobility Grants on Researchers

Stefano Baruffaldi, Politecnico di Milano
Pietro Santoleri, European Commission
Eugenia Shevtsova, European Commission
11:20 am

Expanding Horizons: The Impact of Post-Doctoral Mobility Grants on Research Diversification

Yagmur Yildiz, Maastricht University
Diego Chavarro, Maastricht University
Fabiana Visentin, Maastricht University
Tommaso Ciarli, University of Sussex
11:30 am
Break
11:50 am
Panel Discussion on Researcher Mobility and International Education
Moderator: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER
Panelists:
Ruchir Agarwal, Columbia University
Jonah Kokodyniak, Institute for International Education
Azah Awah, University of Cambridge
Gretchen Neisler, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
12:50 pm
Lunch and Adjourn