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Markus Roos Breines; Paul Prinsloo – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2025
Funders are increasingly requiring international collaboration for research projects and such projects add to the reputation, rankings and research gravitas of institutions and individual researchers alike. The power asymmetries in global knowledge production means that international research collaboration comes with a range of taken-for-granted…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Research, International Cooperation, Financial Support
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Wafford, Geoffrey – Higher Education Review, 1984
Implications of the trend toward funding only graduate research projects that have a high likelihood of completion are discussed, including allocation of funds according to institutions' completion rates, deemphasis on research quality and students' personal development, and overemphasis on producing graduates. A more balanced approach to research…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Financial Support, Graduate Study
Dickens, Charles H. – 1974
Presented are the results of a survey, initiated in mid-1974 by the National Science Foundation, to update the findings of a 1968 survey designed to obtain information on research activities of faculty in colleges and universities. Survey topics deal with faculty composition, tenure, proportion of faculty active in research, division of research…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Higher Education, Research, Research Directors
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Hellweg, Susan A.; Mandel, Jerry E. – 1979
This book seeks to acquaint communication researchers with the process of procuring research funding. Following an introduction, two chapters discuss the identification of potential funding sources and the process of developing proposals. Other chapters provide information about government grant and contract programs, private foundation grant…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Proposal Writing
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1978
Describes changes to be made in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) system of peer review approving grants for research proposals. (SL)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Health
Tillman, George; Wasilewski, Ania, Ed. – 1994
Written in both English and French this is a manual for the Canadian research community. It describes the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and its operations. The main objective of the IDRC is to assist scientists in developing countries to identify and conduct research into long term practical solutions to development problems.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
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National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education and Black Colleges and Universities (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1981
Trends in federal research and development funding that affect historically black colleges (HBCs) are outlined and statistical data provided. National Science Foundation data show almost no change in the HBC share of this funding from FY 1978 to FY 1979. The rise of HBC funding (12 percent) was exceeded by the figure for overall funding (14…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Facility Requirements, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Toombs, William; Friedman, Renee – 1976
Similarities and differences in attitudes and values among research faculty on items related to the nature of their work, the criteria sets for evaluating it, and the social and physical conditions under which it is performed are examined. Patterns of research activity are found to fall along lines that do not exactly correspond to the…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Objectives, Financial Support, Higher Education
Roge, Jean; Pion, Georgine – 1983
A computerized system on faculty research interests and activities, which was developed by an academic health sciences center, is described. The objective of the information system is to better match faculty capabilities with potential funding opportunities. The case study is designed to assist other institutions by outlining the characteristics…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Financial Support
Morris, Betty Zane – 1987
A study investigated humanities grants activity in the discipline of speech communication. Specifically examined were (1) whether state councils differed substantially in types of programs offered, guidelines, or procedures; (2) the percentages of programs, project directors, and sponsors within the field of communication (such as rhetoric, public…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Financial Support, Grants, Grantsmanship
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. National Science Board. – 1982
Cooperative research relationships between universities and industry are discussed. Attention is directed to the following topics: historical developments in university-industry relationships; the motivations and expectations for research relationships among the two sectors; the range and variety of research relationships currently engaged in by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Role, Cooperative Programs, Educational History
Berry, Richard M. – 1980
The continued increase in the number of academically employed scientists and engineers (S/E) in the face of financial constraints in higher education is analyzed, based on data from the National Science Foundation's academic science surveys and extensive interviews of university officials at 23 institutions. The following areas are addressed:…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Yount, Rebecca – 1986
One way to develop creative solutions to problems facing rural education today is through cooperative projects sponsored by schools and colleges and funded by small incentive grants. In 1983, the Council of Chief State School Officers, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, awarded 39 planning grants for $2,000 to enhance/facilitate…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Improvement
Zuiches, James J.; Vallely, Rebecca – 1987
Faculty and administrative concern over the rising indirect cost rates at Cornell University (New York) precipitated this study, focusing on research funding and the expenses not easily identifiable with specific projects. Some of the questions addressed include: what are the costs, who pays for them, and which arrangements, policies,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Higher Education
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Dingerson, Michael R.; Hill, Margaret – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1982
A survey of internal research programs shows most are centrally administered with most growth in the private sector. Half spent under $75,000 per year on these programs. Stated program purposes were generally supportive of young researchers and of preliminary research. Administration is most often under academic vice-presidents and graduate…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Centralization, College Faculty
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