The Financing & Impacts of Academic R&D
US academic R&D accounts for about 15% of US R&D spending, roughly $90 billion in 2020. I study the impact of these funds on scientists and the innovations they produce.
Emerging Researchers on the Path to Innovation
With Lauren Lanahan (Oregon), we examine the impact of early federal funding on career outcomes for scientists and their research productivity and impact. This work is funded in part by NSF SciSIP (Awards #1661157 and #1548288). We look both within the life sciences as well as across STEM fields broadly and estimate the impact of receiving external R&D funding early in one's career on publication and citation activity. We also analyze how these effects vary across different dimensions of diversity and the role mentorships plays through one's advisor.
Related Publications & Working Papers
• Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L., D’Agostino, J. (2021). “Training Across the Academy: The Impact of R&D Funding on Graduate Students,” Research Policy, 50(5), 1-19. • Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L., & Eyer, J. (2019). “Gender Discrepancies in Publication Productivity of High-Performing Life Science Graduate Students,” Research Policy, 48(9). • Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L. and Ross, N.V. (2018). “The Effect of R&D Investment on Graduate Student Productivity: Evidence from the Life Sciences,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(4): 809-834. • Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L. and Ross, N.V.* (2017). “Influences of Academic Institutional Factors on R&D Funding for Graduate Students” Science & Public Policy, 44(6), 834-854.
Financing the Biomedical Research Enterprise
With Janet Bercovitz (Colorado) and Maryann Feldman (UNC), we are examining how funder strategies spur biomedical innovation, the types of science promoted, and the impacts on a scientist's career path. This work is funded jointly by the National Science Foundation & National Institutes of Health SCISIPBIO, Award #1935023. We are currently in the process of building a multi-institutional database to answer estimate these effects.
The Evolving Research Enterprise
Also with Janet Bercovitz (Colorado) and Maryann Feldman (UNC), we have previously examined the growing role and impact of nonprofit funding on academic R&D across the academy. This work was funded by NSF SciSIP (Award #1158755).
Related Publications & Working Papers
• Graddy-Reed, A., Feldman, M. P., Bercovitz, J., Langford, W.S. (2021). “The Distribution of Indirect Cost Recovery in Academic Research,” Science & Public Policy, forthcoming in print. • Graddy-Reed, A. (2020). “Getting Ahead in the Race for a Cure: How Nonprofits are Financing Biomedical R&D,” Research Policy, 49(8). • Lanahan, L., Graddy-Reed, A., and Feldman, M.P. (2016). “The Domino Effects of Federal Research Funding”. PLoS ONE, 11(6), e0157325. • Feldman, M.P. and Graddy-Reed, A. (2014). “Accelerating Commercialization: A new model of strategic foundation funding”. Journal of Technology Transfer, 39(4), 503-523. • Feldman, M. P., Bercovitz, J., Graddy-Reed, A. “Open Science in the Dark Kinase: Inside-Out Innovation in Drug Discovery”
• Bercovitz, J., Feldman, M. P., Graddy-Reed, A. “Necessary Changes: Dissatisfaction & the Emergence of New Organizational Form and Practices”
With Lauren Lanahan (Oregon), we examine the impact of early federal funding on career outcomes for scientists and their research productivity and impact. This work is funded in part by NSF SciSIP (Awards #1661157 and #1548288). We look both within the life sciences as well as across STEM fields broadly and estimate the impact of receiving external R&D funding early in one's career on publication and citation activity. We also analyze how these effects vary across different dimensions of diversity and the role mentorships plays through one's advisor.
Related Publications & Working Papers
• Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L., D’Agostino, J. (2021). “Training Across the Academy: The Impact of R&D Funding on Graduate Students,” Research Policy, 50(5), 1-19. • Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L., & Eyer, J. (2019). “Gender Discrepancies in Publication Productivity of High-Performing Life Science Graduate Students,” Research Policy, 48(9). • Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L. and Ross, N.V. (2018). “The Effect of R&D Investment on Graduate Student Productivity: Evidence from the Life Sciences,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(4): 809-834. • Graddy-Reed, A., Lanahan, L. and Ross, N.V.* (2017). “Influences of Academic Institutional Factors on R&D Funding for Graduate Students” Science & Public Policy, 44(6), 834-854.
Financing the Biomedical Research Enterprise
With Janet Bercovitz (Colorado) and Maryann Feldman (UNC), we are examining how funder strategies spur biomedical innovation, the types of science promoted, and the impacts on a scientist's career path. This work is funded jointly by the National Science Foundation & National Institutes of Health SCISIPBIO, Award #1935023. We are currently in the process of building a multi-institutional database to answer estimate these effects.
The Evolving Research Enterprise
Also with Janet Bercovitz (Colorado) and Maryann Feldman (UNC), we have previously examined the growing role and impact of nonprofit funding on academic R&D across the academy. This work was funded by NSF SciSIP (Award #1158755).
Related Publications & Working Papers
• Graddy-Reed, A., Feldman, M. P., Bercovitz, J., Langford, W.S. (2021). “The Distribution of Indirect Cost Recovery in Academic Research,” Science & Public Policy, forthcoming in print. • Graddy-Reed, A. (2020). “Getting Ahead in the Race for a Cure: How Nonprofits are Financing Biomedical R&D,” Research Policy, 49(8). • Lanahan, L., Graddy-Reed, A., and Feldman, M.P. (2016). “The Domino Effects of Federal Research Funding”. PLoS ONE, 11(6), e0157325. • Feldman, M.P. and Graddy-Reed, A. (2014). “Accelerating Commercialization: A new model of strategic foundation funding”. Journal of Technology Transfer, 39(4), 503-523. • Feldman, M. P., Bercovitz, J., Graddy-Reed, A. “Open Science in the Dark Kinase: Inside-Out Innovation in Drug Discovery”
• Bercovitz, J., Feldman, M. P., Graddy-Reed, A. “Necessary Changes: Dissatisfaction & the Emergence of New Organizational Form and Practices”
