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TopicLuck in early grants predicts a scientist's success in future grants and also...
s0nicfan
04/23/18 5:10:37 PM
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Is that because early grant winners are particularly talented/intelligent? Or is this a case of getting more funding the more cited your works are and having that create a feedback loop?

EDIT: Actually, the abstract partially covers it:
Surprisingly, however, the emergent funding gap is partly created by applicants, who, after failing to win one grant, apply for another grant less often.

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