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Science, interrupted: Funding delays reduce research activity but having more grants helps

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  • Wei Yang Tham

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I study how scientists respond to interruptions in the flow of their research funding, focusing on research grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which awards multi-year, renewable grants. However, there can be delays during the renewal process. Over a period beginning three months before and ending one year after these delays, I find that interrupted labs reduce overall spending by 50% but over 90% in the month with the largest decrease. This change in spending is mostly driven by a decrease in payments to employees that is partially mitigated when scientists have other grants to draw on.

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  • Wei Yang Tham, 2023. "Science, interrupted: Funding delays reduce research activity but having more grants helps," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(4), pages 1-40, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0280576
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280576
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