NSF Grant Supports Study on How State Cuts to Higher Education Affect Research Output

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $236,790 grant to the University of Kansas for Donna Ginther, professor of economics and interim director of the Institute for Policy & Social Research, to study the effects of research funding on research outputs. Ginther will collaborate with Joshua Rosenbloom, professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. “The Effect of State Disinvestment in Higher Education on Research Quality and Returns to Scale in Science Funding” was awarded through NSF’s Science of Science and Innovation Policy program and also included $313,624 in funding for Iowa State.

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