""Why do certain projects never succeed? Why do they fail? Why do some never get funded? These are all questions we're dying to know and at the very core to understanding how science works, but no one has really been able to study at scale how that's done," said Spencer Hong, '25 PhD, a former graduate student at the McCormick School of Engineering and lead author of the study."
"State-funded scientific research agencies are crucial for supporting the scientific enterprise through allocating taxpayer dollars to fund scientific research and supporting the employment of scientists and the development of shared resources for the scientific community, according to the authors."
Northwestern scientists developed a digital archive that illustrates the collaboration between state-funded research agencies and the scientific community. This archive sheds light on how these agencies allocate funding and support scientific innovation. The study highlights the importance of understanding the decision-making processes behind funding allocations, which have historically been opaque. The archive, created by the National Human Genome Research Institute, documents significant developments in genomics, including model organism sequencing and genetic epidemiology, providing insights into funding decisions and their impact on scientific progress.
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