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Potential of European Universities as Marie Curie Grantee Hosts
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Falk, Martin Thomas; Hagsten, Eva – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
This study investigates the potential of European universities as hosts for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grantees. Factors explaining both the probability of a university hosting an MSCA grantee and its extent are estimated using a zero-inflated negative binomial regression model. Results reveal that the probability of hosting MSCA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Grants, Grantsmanship
The Way We Ask for Money… The Emergence and Institutionalization of Grant Writing Practices in Academia
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Serrano Velarde, Kathia – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2018
Although existing scholarship offers critical insights into the working mechanisms of project-based research funding, little is known about the actual practice of writing grant proposals. Our study seeks to add a longitudinal dimension to the ongoing debate on the implications of competitive research funding by focusing on the incremental…
Descriptors: Proposal Writing, Grantsmanship, Institutional Characteristics, Research Projects
A Measure of Excellence of Young European Research Council Grantees
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Arevalo, Javier – Research Management Review, 2017
Bibliometric benchmarking can be an aid to researchers pondering whether to apply for competitive grants. In this paper, the highly prestigious grants offered by the European Research Council to young scientists of any nationality were scrutinized. The analysis of the 2014-2015 data indicates that over 75% of life science grantees in the starting…
Descriptors: Grantsmanship, Grants, Research Projects, Research Proposals