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Time to tackle the incumbency advantage in science
Author(s) -
Ballabeni Andrea,
Hemenway David,
Scita Giorgio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642998
Subject(s) - library science , public health , medicine , political science , family medicine , pathology , computer science
The fact that larger, well‐established labs have more success securing research grants creates an unfair situation for younger researchers. A survey shows that many scientists favour alternative funding schemes that would distribute grant money more equally or based on the merit of the individual.