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Roth, Carl A.; Lenfant, Claude – Academic Medicine, 1991
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has begun funding longer research award terms, limiting the number of projects to be funded. A model was developed to assess alternative research funding policies that might allow NHLBI to support more competing awards. Findings and implications for research stability are reported. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Competition, Financial Support, Higher Education, Medical Education
Condly, Steven J.; Clark, Richard E.; Stolovitch, Harold D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2003
A meta-analytic review of all adequately designed field and laboratory research on the use of incentives to motivate performance is reported. Of approximately 600 studies, 45 qualified. The overall average effect of all incentive programs in all work settings and on all work tasks was a 22% gain in performance. Team-directed incentives had a…
Descriptors: Incentives, Job Performance, Meta Analysis, Motivation Techniques