Funding-by-lottery

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Funding-by-lottery refers to the process of using lottery mechanisms in decision-making procedures for funds allocation (grants) by science funding bodies. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

It is seen as an alternative to peer review. [1] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Shaw, Jamie (2023-01-01). "Peer review in funding-by-lottery: A systematic overview and expansion". Research Evaluation. 32 (1): 86–100. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvac022. ISSN   0958-2029.
  2. ↑ Fang, Ferric C.; Casadevall, Arturo (2016-04-12). "Research Funding: the Case for a Modified Lottery". mBio. 7 (2): 10.1128/mbio.00422–16. doi:10.1128/mbio.00422-16. PMC   4959526 . PMID   27073093.
  3. ↑ De Peuter, Steven; Conix, S. (2022-07-04). "The modified lottery: Formalizing the intrinsic randomness of research funding". Accountability in Research. 29 (5): 324–345. doi:10.1080/08989621.2021.1927727. ISSN   0898-9621. PMID   33970719.
  4. ↑ Liu, Mengyao; Choy, Vernon; Clarke, Philip; Barnett, Adrian; Blakely, Tony; Pomeroy, Lucy (2020-02-03). "The acceptability of using a lottery to allocate research funding: a survey of applicants". Research Integrity and Peer Review. 5 (1): 3. doi: 10.1186/s41073-019-0089-z . ISSN   2058-8615. PMC   6996170 . PMID   32025338.
  5. ↑ Roumbanis, Lambros (2019-11-01). "Peer Review or Lottery? A Critical Analysis of Two Different Forms of Decision-making Mechanisms for Allocation of Research Grants". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 44 (6): 994–1019. doi:10.1177/0162243918822744. ISSN   0162-2439.
  6. ↑ Bedessem, Baptiste (2020-04-01). "Should we fund research randomly? An epistemological criticism of the lottery model as an alternative to peer review for the funding of science". Research Evaluation. 29 (2): 150–157. doi:10.1093/reseval/rvz034. ISSN   0958-2029.


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