SI 2023 Science of Science Funding
Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, Organizers
July 20-21, 2023
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
University Room BC
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom.us
| Thursday, July 20 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
Welcome, Paula Stephan and Reinhilde Veugelers, Organizers Adam Falk, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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| 9:15 am | Session I: Preferences of Researchers | |||
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Risk, Money, Time, and Research Grant Design
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The Bias-Reducing Effect of Voluntary Anonymization in Scientific Evaluations
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 10:45 am | Session II: Productivity of Science | |||
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Leveling the Playing Field: Knowledge Production in the Digital Age
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Exploit or Explore? An Empirical Study of Resource Allocation in Scientific Labs
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Panel on “Decoupling/Derisking US-China Relations: Implications for Science” Panel Members: Philippe Aghion (College de France), Richard Freeman (Harvard and NBER), Mary Lovely (PIIE), Xueling Yan, Sichuan University |
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| 2:15 pm | Session III: Science in Industry | |||
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Research and/or Development? Financial Frictions and Innovation Investment
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:15 pm | Session IV: Science Funding Programs | |||
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R&D Grants and the Novelty of Innovation |
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The Long-Term Causal Effects of Winning an ERC Grant |
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The Impact of Research Grants on Publications and Patents Across Disciplines |
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| 3:19 pm |
Academic Discussant: Otto Toivanen, Aalto University Funders Discussants: European Research Council representative (TBC); Research Council of Norway representative (TBC); Jon Lorsch, National Institutes of Health |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta) | |||
| Friday, July 21 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am | Session VI: Novelty | |||
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Does Grant Peer Review Penalize Scientific Risk Taking? Evidence from the NIH
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Tracing the Endless Scientific Frontier in Publication Text
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| 10:15 am | Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Panel Discussion on New Tools for SSF Research Dietmar Harhoff (MPI) Chair Andrea Bonaccorsi (Pisa), James Evans (University of Chicago), Matt Marx (Cornell University and NBER), Dashun Wang (Northwestern University) |
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| 11:30 am | Wrapping up | |||
| 12:00 pm | Adjourn | |||