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SI 2026 Science of Science Funding
Organized by Megan MacGarvie, Paula Stephan, and Reinhilde Veugelers Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation July 23-24, 2026 Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA |
| Thursday, July 23 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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Session 1: Scientific Knowledge Stock Dynamics
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| 9:00 am |
The Life Cycle of Ideas
Discussant:
Enrico Berkes, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| 9:40 am |
Academic Bubbles
Discussant:
Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER |
| 10:20 am |
Break
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Session 2: Science Funding Process
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| 10:40 am |
The Value Added of Innovation Managers: Evidence from the National Institutes of Health
Discussant:
Maryann Feldman, Arizona State University and NBER |
| 11:20 am |
Top Researchers on Scientific Committees: Decision Outcomes, Peer Dynamics, and Opportunity Costs
Discussant:
Maryann Feldman, Arizona State University and NBER |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
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Session 3: Policy Shocks
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| 1:00 pm |
Panel Discussion about the future of Science and Science research
Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER Daniel Goroff, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Kaye Husbands-Fealing, Georgia Institute of Technology Greg Petsko, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| 2:00 pm |
Break
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| 2:10 pm |
Building Opportunity: The Long-Term Effects of Post-WWII Federal Educational Transfers
Discussant:
Bhaven N. Sampat, Johns Hopkins University and NBER |
| 2:50 pm |
Research Value-Added in Elite Economics PhD Programs
Discussant:
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER |
| 3:30 pm |
Break
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| 3:50 pm |
How to Silence Researchers? Evidence from Illiberal Policies in Hungary
Discussant:
Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich |
| 4:30 pm |
US Science Cuts: The Cost Through Innovation Spillovers
Discussant:
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris |
| 5:10 pm |
Adjourn
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| 6:00 pm |
Group Dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
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| Friday, July 24 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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Session 4: From Science to Innovation
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| 9:00 am |
Harnessing Academic Science for Corporate Technology: The Role of Interpersonal Networks and Absorptive Capacity
Discussant:
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER |
| 9:40 am |
The Welfare Effects of Gender-Inclusive Innovation: Evidence from Patents and Academic Publications
Discussant:
Francesca Truffa, University of Michigan |
| 10:20 am |
Break
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Session 5: AI in Science
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| 10:30 am |
One Prompt, One Paper: Optimal Journal Policy and the AI Submission Flood |
| 10:40 am |
The Rise of Large Language Models and the Direction and Impact of US Federal Research Funding |
| 10:50 am |
Artificial Intelligence in Science: Returns, Reallocation, and Reorganization |
| 11:00 am |
The AI-Enabled Scientific Frontier |
| 11:40 am |
Panel discussion on the Impact of AI
Chair: Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER Keith Brown, Boston University Aaron Clasky, University of Toronto Diane Joseph-Mccarthy, Boston University |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch and Adjourn
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