Science of Science Funding
Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, Organizers
July 18-19, 2019
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Skyline Rooms A and B
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Thursday, July 18 | ||||
Coffee and Pastries | ||||
8:45 am |
Introduction and Welcome Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven |
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9:00 am |
SESSION I: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE FUNDING Chair: Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER |
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A. Relationship of funding to Patents: | ||||
Lee Fleming, University of California, Berkeley Hillary Greene, University of Connecticut Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER Dennis Yao, Harvard University Government-funded Research Increasingly Fuels Innovation
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B. Relationship of funding to Publishing: | ||||
Reza Sattari, The Ohio State University Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER The Marginal Scientific Product of Investments in Science
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10:45 am | Break | |||
11:00 am | C. Impact on Policy Making | |||
Danil Mikhailov, Data.org Chonnettia Jones, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Data Science Methods to Assess the Influence of Scientific Research on Policy |
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Jonas Hjort, University College London Diana B. Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER Gautam Rao, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Juan Franc. Santini, Innovations for Poverty Action Do Research Findings Influence Policy? Experimental Evidence from 2,145 Brazilian Municipalities
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12:15 pm | Lunch | |||
1:00 pm | SESSION II: RISK TAKING IN SCIENCE FUNDING | |||
Chair, Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano | ||||
A. Insights from the literature and from a small scale survey, Chiara Franzoni | ||||
B. Examples of Funders approaches for increasing risk taking:• NIH Approaches to Support High Impact High Risk Research; Nicole Garbarini (NIH) |
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C. Assessing risk in selection bias and treatment effect | ||||
Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven Jian Wang, Lancaster University Leipzig Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER Do Funding Agencies Select and Enable Risky Research?
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D. Open discussion | ||||
2:30 pm | Break | |||
2:45 pm | SESSION III LINKING SCIENCE/PUBLICATIONS TO TECHNOLOGY/PATENTS | |||
Chair: Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER | ||||
Data-methodology session: what is currently the state of the art on how to link science and technology? Best practices? Pitfalls? How to move forward? • Introduction/overview by the Chair: |
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Felix Pöge, Bocconi University Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Fabian Gaessler, Pompeu Fabra University Stefano Baruffaldi, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Science Quality and the Value of Inventions |
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Martin Watzinger, University of Muenster Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich Standing on the Shoulders of Science
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4:15 pm | SESSION IV: SSF-FUNDED SMALL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS | |||
Chair: Kaye Husbands Fealing, Georgia Institute of Technology | ||||
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne Emilio Raiteri, TU Eindhoven The Prevalence of NIH-Funded Research in Commercial Products
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Other project presentations: | ||||
• Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER; Bev Holmes, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
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5:15 pm | Adjourn | |||
7:00 pm | Dinner at Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) | |||
Friday, July 19 | ||||
8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
9:00 am | SESSION V: ORGANIZING SCIENCE FUNDING | |||
Chair: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER | ||||
Matthias B. Wilhelm, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Truly Legendary Freedom: Funding, Incentives, and the Productivity of Scientists |
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Marco Ottaviani, Bocconi University Resource Allocation across Fields: Proportionality, Demand Relativity, and Benchmarking
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10:30 am | Break | |||
10:45 am | SESSION VI: SPECIAL TOPIC: GENDER BIASES IN SCIENCE FUNDING EVALUATION | |||
Chair: Henry Sauermann, European School of Management and Technology | ||||
Julian Kolev, US Patent and Trademark Office Yuly Fuentes-Medel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fiona Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Is Blinded Review Enough? How Gendered Outcomes Arise Even Under Anonymous Evaluation
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12:00 pm |
SESSION VII: MOVING THE SSF AGENDA FORWARD Chairs: Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER and Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuven Views from funders; views from academics |
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12:30 pm | Adjourn |