Bloch Carter, Schneider Jesper W, Sinkjær Thomas
Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Bartholins Alle' 7, 8000 Aarhus C., Denmark.
Danish National Research Foundation, Holbergsgade 14, 1, 1057 Copenhagen K., Denmark.
PLoS One. 2016 Feb 10;11(2):e0147726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147726. eCollection 2016.
The present paper examines the relation between size, accumulation and performance for research grants, where we examine the relation between grant size for Centres of Excellence (CoE) funded by the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) and various ex post research performance measures, including impact and shares of highly cited articles. We examine both the relation between size and performance and also how performance for CoEs evolves over the course of grant periods. In terms of dynamics, it appears that performance over the grant period (i.e. 10 years) is falling for the largest CoEs, while it is increasing for those among the smallest half. Overall, multivariate econometric analysis finds evidence that performance is increasing in grant size and over time. In both cases, the relation appears to be non-linear, suggesting that there is a point at which performance peaks. The CoEs have also been very successful in securing additional funding, which can be viewed as a 'cumulative effect' of center grants. In terms of new personnel, the far majority of additional funding is spent on early career researchers, hence, this accumulation would appear to have a 'generational' dimension, allowing for scientific expertise to be passed on to an increasing number of younger researchers.
本文研究了研究经费的规模、积累与绩效之间的关系，具体而言，我们考察了由丹麦国家研究基金会（DNRF）资助的卓越中心（CoE）的经费规模与各种事后研究绩效指标之间的关系，这些指标包括影响力和高被引文章的占比。我们不仅考察了规模与绩效之间的关系，还研究了卓越中心的绩效在资助期内是如何演变的。从动态角度来看，在资助期（即10年）内，规模最大的卓越中心的绩效似乎在下降，而规模最小的那一半卓越中心的绩效则在上升。总体而言，多变量计量经济学分析发现，有证据表明绩效会随着经费规模的增加以及时间的推移而提高。在这两种情况下，这种关系似乎都是非线性的，这表明存在一个绩效达到峰值的点。卓越中心在获得额外资金方面也非常成功，这可以被视为中心资助的一种“累积效应”。就新人员而言，绝大多数额外资金都用于早期职业研究人员，因此，这种积累似乎具有“代际”维度，使得科学专业知识能够传递给越来越多的年轻研究人员。
