SI 2022 Science of Science Funding

Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, Organizers

July 21-22, 2022

University Rooms BC

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 21
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME:
Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER and Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuvin
Adam Falk, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
9:15 am
SESSION I: SCIENCE TO INNOVATION
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Arthur Guillouzouic Le Corff, Paris School of Economics & IPP
Emeric Henry, Sciences Po
Clement Malgouyres, CREST-IPP

From Public to Private: Magnitude and Channels of R&D Spillovers
Discussant: Shawn Kantor, Florida State University and NBER
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER

The Wandering Scholars: Understanding Heterogeneity of University Commercialization
Discussant: Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
SESSION II: CHINA
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Margaret E. Roberts, University of California, San Diego
Ye Wang, University of California, San Diego
Eddie Yang, University of California, San Diego

The Impact of U.S.-China Tensions on U.S. Science (slides)
Discussant: Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and NBER
Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
David Cai, ETH Zurich
Mirko Draca, Warwick University
Shaoyu Liu, Columbia University

Bootstrapping Science? The Impact of a “Return Human Capital” Programme on Chinese Research Productivity
Discussant: Megan MacGarvie, Boston University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
SESSION III: SCIENCE COMMERCIALIZATION AND GENDER
Marlène Koffi, University of Toronto and NBER
Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER

Cassatts in the Attic
Discussant: Fiona Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau

Academic Entrepreneurship and Inequality: Evidence from Administrative Data (slides)
Discussant: Wesley M. Cohen, Duke University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
SESSION IV: IMPACT OF SCIENCE FUNDING ON INNOVATION
Sharon Belenzon, Duke University and NBER
Larisa C. Cioaca, Duke University

Buyers of First Resort: Guaranteed Markets and Corporate Scientific Research
Discussant: Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Carlo Bottai, Eindhoven University of Technology
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne
Emilio Raiteri, TU Eindhoven

The Commercialization of DoD-SBIR Patents: A Counterfactual Analysis
Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:45 pm
SESSION V: SCIENCE TRAJECTORY CHOICES
Abhishek Nagaraj, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Matteo Tranchero, University of Pennsylvania

How Does Data Access Shape Science? Evidence from the Impact of U.S. Census’s Research Data Centers on Economics Research
Discussant: Jeffrey L. Furman, Boston University and NBER
Christoph Carnehl, Bocconi University
Johannes Schneider, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

A Quest for Knowledge
Discussant: Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano
5:00 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Dinner in Skyline Rooms
Friday, July 22
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am
PANEL “RETHINKING HOW WE FUND SCIENCE”
Panel Chair: Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Panel Participants:
Thomas Alslev Christensen, Senior Vice-President, Impact, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Matthias Egger, President, Swiss National Science Foundation
Silvana Konermann, Executive Director Arc Institute
Michael Lauer, Deputy Director For Extramural Research, NIH
Leslie Vosshall, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, HHMI
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
SESSION VI: EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS
Holden A. Diethorn, Kenyon College
Gerald R. Marschke, State University of New York at Albany and NBER

Task Mismatch and Salary Penalties: Evidence from the Biomedical PhD Labor Market
Discussant: Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas and NBER
11:10 am
SESSION VII: PEER REVIEW
Feng Hu, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Wei Huang, Renmin University

Connections and Scientific Grants
Discussant: Kaye G. Husbands, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:45 am
MOVING THE SSF AGENDA FORWARD
Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER and Reinhilde Veugelers, KU Leuvin
12:00 pm
Adjourn