Wu America's Leaning Ivory Tower

The Measurement of and Response to Concentration of Federal Funding for Academic Research
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-18704-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 151 Seiten

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Political Science

This book will expand the body of literature on capacity-building in science and improve public understanding of the issues regarding geographical concentration of federal research funding.  The federal government has been the primary sponsor of academic research in the U.S., and the peer-review system has been the primary mechanism for distributing federal government funding for research among universities. The peer-review system ensures the production of the best science by funding the most capable researchers in the country. As a result, federal research funding has been concentrated in high-capacity states where many of the most capable researchers reside. Despite official action - such as the implementation of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which targets low capacity jurisdictions for federal funding - the amount of resources going to each state for research is highly uneven. This book provides recommendations on how to improve policy design and program implementation for better research capacity-building outcomes. The book lends itself to a wide audience, as it does not focus entirely on high-level statistical analysis, but will have specific appeal to researchers in science policy, federal budgeting and higher education policy.     

Dr. Yonghong Wu is the Director of International Program and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received Ph.D. degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. His fields of specialization include state and local public finance, and science and technology policy. Dr. Wu's research has focused on state and local fiscal policy-making and public finance issues in science and technology policy arena.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wu, Yonghong

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
2;Contents;8
3;List of Figures;10
4;List of Tables;12
5;1 The Funding of Academic Research in the U.S.;14
5.1;1.1 Fiscal Federalism in Financing Academic Research;15
5.2;1.2 Trends of Fiscal Federalism in Funding Academic Research;16
5.3;1.3 Substantial Disparity in Federal Funding of Academic S&E Research;18
5.4;References;23
6;2 Geographical Concentration of Funding of Academic Research;24
6.1;2.1 Measurement of Concentration of Federal Funding of Academic Research in the U.S.;25
6.2;2.2 Causes and Consequences of Uneven Distribution of Federal Funding of Academic R&D;36
6.3;References;40
7;3 Public Policy Response to Concentration of Academic Research;42
7.1;3.1 History of NSF’s EPSCoR and Similar Programs;42
7.2;3.2 State-Level EPSCoR Coordination and Heterogeneity;46
7.3;3.3 An Evaluative Framework on EPSCoR;51
7.4;References;53
8;4 Assessment of Scientists’ Research Capacity;55
8.1;4.1 Empirical Test of the Determinants of Individual Research Capacity;56
8.2;4.2 Comparison of Research Capacity Between EPSCoR and Non-EPSCoR States;60
8.3;References;67
9;5 Multi-level Assessment on EPSCoR;69
9.1;5.1 The Changing Top 100 Recipients of Federal Academic R&D Support;70
9.2;5.2 Macro-level Assessment of Concentration of Federal Funding for Academic Research;71
9.3;5.3 State-Level Assessment of NSF EPSCoR and NIH IDeA;76
9.4;References;84
10;6 EPSCoR Programs and Research Facilities;85
10.1;6.1 Size, Funding and Density of Academic Research Facilities;86
10.2;6.2 The Impact of EPSCoR on Funding of Research Facilities;93
10.3;References;98
11;7 The Future of EPSCoR;100
11.1;7.1 Evolving Political Support of EPSCoR;100
11.2;7.2 Strategic Shift: From Infrastructure Improvement to Institutional Innovation;103
11.3;References;106
12;Appendix;107