After reviewing 100,000 grant bids, researchers say early success drives future wins. Here’s why funders should counter the trend
Vincent Traag, senior research fellow at Rori. Photo credits: Universiteit Leiden
Funders and research organisations should do more to tackle compounded inequalities in research funding, according to a report from the non-profit Research on Research Institute (Rori) in London.
The advice comes in a recent study that analysed more than 100,000 applications from 14 different funding programmes in Canada and Europe, and found that winning grants is a strong predictor of future success in grant competitions.
The researchers found that 26% of applicants who received early-career funding also won funding later in their careers, compared to 15% of those who had failed to get funding earlier in their careers.
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