Science of Science Funding - Research Projects

Research Projects

The Initiative supports modest projects that facilitate research collaborations between researchers and user organizations, such as private or public research funders or universities or other research organizations employing scientists. 

Projects funded 2019:

Cultivating Future Inventors: Evidence from the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Designing the Review Process
Marco Ottaviani, Bocconi University
Marta Mojoli, Bocconi University
Christian Bjerke, Bocconi University

The Relationship between Research Outputs and Funding Sources at Universities
Sabrina Howell, New York University
Tamia Babina, Columbia University
Alex He, University of Maryland
Elisabeth Perlman, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Staudt, U.S. Census Bureau

The Impact of PhD and Early Career Grants provided by OWSD to Female Scientists in Developing Countries
Caroline Fry, MIT
Jeffrey Furman, Boston University

Projects funded 2018:

Evaluating the Career Impact of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships
Charles Ayoubi, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michele Pezzoni, University of Nice
Fabiana Visentin, University of Maastricht

Risk Perception and Crowdfunding of Scientific Projects
Chiara Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano
Henry Sauerman, European School of Management and Technology, Berlin

Research Collaboration with Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University and MIT

How Public Investment in Science and Technology Translates into Commercial Value
Gaetan de Rassenfosse, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Emilio Raiteri, Eindhoven University of Technology

The Impact of Funding Proposals’ Acceptance or Rejection on Scientific Progress
Valentina Tartari, Copenhagen Business School
Hans Christian Kongsted, Copenhagen Business School