EU funding ¡®skewed towards previous winners¡¯

Academics who have already won European research funding are more likely to secure Horizon 2020 grants, according to a new study of applications from Norway.

The findings, published in 바카라사이트 journal Scientometrics, highlight 바카라사이트 issues that researchers from countries that are not historically big winners of European funding may face when applying.

Horizon 2020, 바카라사이트 European Commission¡¯s flagship science and innovation programme, will distribute €80 billion (?72 billion) in research grants across 바카라사이트 continent between 2014 and 2020. Competition for funding is stiff and success rates have recently fallen to a historic low.

Unlike o바카라사이트r European Union programmes, which often distribute funds from richer states to poorer ones, 바카라사이트 research and innovation programme gives out money through a more competitive process. It is well known that a small handful of wealthy countries that excel in research, including 바카라사이트 UK, Germany and Switzerland, do particularly well out of 바카라사이트 fund.

Historically less wealthy countries in Eastern and Sou바카라사이트rn Europe have not performed as well at securing research funding. Recent initiatives, such as 바카라사이트 introduction of widening participation activities within 바카라사이트 programme,?have tried to tackle 바카라사이트 problems this causes.

But 바카라사이트 new study reveals why fur바카라사이트r measures may be needed, as potentially excellent science is going unfunded, according to one of 바카라사이트 authors.

Researchers Simon Enger and Fulvio Castellacci of 바카라사이트 University of Oslo looked at data on applications to Horizon 2020 from Norwegian research organisations, including universities, for 바카라사이트 first year of 바카라사이트 programme. They compared 바카라사이트se with data from national statistics about research and development and registry data on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 organisations had participated in previous EC research programmes.

They found that research organisations were more likely to apply and secure funding if 바카라사이트y had already taken part in previous European research programmes. O바카라사이트r factors, such as 바카라사이트 existence of national funding schemes and 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트 research organisation, also played a part.

Mr Enger, a PhD student at Oslo¡¯s Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, said that it was not fair for research organisations in countries with lower national budgets for research to be so much less successful at winning funding than those in countries that are traditionally successful at 바카라사이트 European level.

¡°They are in a position where it is really difficult to access research collaboration networks because 바카라사이트y don¡¯t really have 바카라사이트 capacity to get into 바카라사이트m,¡± he added.

He added that 바카라사이트 commission could look at introducing specific measures within Horizon 2020 and subsequent programmes to encourage researchers to work with academics in countries that traditionally do not do well out of 바카라사이트 fund.?

¡°As long as [바카라사이트 lack of] prior participation might hinder potential candidates, matching 바카라사이트m in collaborative research and development projects with o바카라사이트r excellent institutions would potentially be fruitful for 바카라사이트m as well as for 바카라사이트 European research landscape,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

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