In this study, we assess the practice of peer-review based project selection. The basic question is “do the best researchers get the funding”?
In this study, we assess the
practice of peer-review based project selection. The basic question is “do the best researchers get the funding”? In other words, do peer review based quality indicators predict success in receiving funding? The next question to be answered is about the peer review. Do peer reviewers indeed recognize the best researchers, and subsequently, is the decision of the research council based on the outcomes of peer review? Finally, we answer the question whether other factors influence the probability of receiving funding, such as the role of co-applicants, the effects of gender, and the effect of the discipline of the application.
| Author: | Peter van den Besselaar, Loet Leydesdorff |
| Publication date: | 1-1-2007 |
| Project: | Evaluation of Research Proposals |
| Publication type: | Report |
| Year of publication: | 2007 |
| Place of publication: | Den Haag |
| Publisher: | Rathenau Instituut |
| Number of pages: | 52 |
| Department: | Science System Assessment |