Journal article
The rise of teamwork and career prospects in academic science
M Andalón, C de Fontenay, DK Ginther, K Lim
Nature Biotechnology | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2024
Abstract
The rise in team size in academic science has generated an unintended side effect: junior scientists are less likely to secure research funding or obtain tenure and are more likely to leave academia.
Grants
Awarded by Automotive Research Center
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank C. Zambrana for research assistance and P. Oslund for creating the SDR Longitudinal Data. D.K.G. acknowledges funding from US National Science Foundation (NSF) grant number SMA-1854849. The authors also thank seminar participants at the AEIA-NBER Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the APPAM conference, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy Virtual Research Seminar and the NBER Early Careers Scientists conference. We acknowledge ARC grant DP1095010 and IPRIA.org for funding. J. Evans provided valuable comments. The use of NSF data does not imply NSF endorsement of the research, research methods or conclusions contained in this report. Any errors are the authors' own responsibility. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Productivity Commission or its employees.