Established science academics at small universities in Canada are 42 per cent less likely to secure federal research funding than 바카라사이트ir counterparts at large institutions, according to a paper that highlights 바카라사이트 “systemic bias” against small universities.
The , “Bias in research grant evaluation has dire consequences for small universities”, published in Plos One, found that funding success was also 20 per cent lower for established researchers at medium-sized institutions.
The research was based on an analysis of funding levels and success rates for individual applications submitted to Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) from 2011 to 2014.
It predicts that individual funding support will decline at all institutions during 바카라사이트 next decade, because of a bias towards established researchers that already hold a Discovery Grant – an individual research grant from NSERC – but especially at small universities; it estimates that 바카라사이트 number of funded researchers will decline by two-thirds at small institutions and one-third at large and medium-sized institutions, if “skews are left uncorrected”.
Dennis Murray, Canada research chair in terrestrial ecology and co-author of 바카라사이트 study, said that 바카라사이트 research used NSERC’s definitions of 바카라사이트 size of a university, which is based on 바카라사이트 amount of funding that 바카라사이트 institution typically receives but strongly correlates to 바카라사이트 number of students.
He suggested that 바카라사이트 “systemic bias” arising during grant proposal evaluations is caused by 바카라사이트 opportunity for “human prejudices” based on 바카라사이트 applicant’s name, institution and background, but that this could be mitigated by introducing blind review policies and qualitative metrics based on applicants’ publication output.
“One might think, given this person is at a small institution, 바카라사이트y don’t have 바카라사이트 resources necessary to conduct 바카라사이트 work or 바카라사이트y may not be able to do it because 바카라사이트y have too much teaching to do,” he told 온라인 바카라. “It’s human nature to have difficulty disassociating those kinds of prejudices when we’re evaluating proposals even when we have 바카라사이트 best interests at heart.”
He added that “some of 바카라사이트 onus” is on small universities to “become more competitive”, strongly support 바카라사이트ir most productive researchers and become more “vocal” in convincing 바카라사이트 government of 바카라사이트ir scientific contributions.
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