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Competitive Grants and the Funding of Agricultural Research in the United States

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  • Kelly Day Rubenstein
  • Paul W. Heisey
  • Cassandra Klotz-Ingram
  • George B. Frisvold

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Efforts to improve public agricultural research efficiency include calls to increase use of competitive grants. This paper empirically assesses different instruments the USDA uses to fund state-level research. Compared with other instruments, competitive grants focus more on basic research and are concentrated among fewer states. Model results suggest that top-ranked biology and agricultural science programs were strong determinants of states' shares of competitive grants. Other significant factors were agricultural sector size and number of agricultural scientists. USDA-funded state-level research focus did not change significantly because competitive grants comprised only 15% of these funds and other instruments counteracted their influence. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • Kelly Day Rubenstein & Paul W. Heisey & Cassandra Klotz-Ingram & George B. Frisvold, 2003. "Competitive Grants and the Funding of Agricultural Research in the United States," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 25(2), pages 352-368.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:25:y:2003:i:2:p:352-368
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