caa a22 4500 445348526 CHVBK 20180317142836.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0392-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0392-z Shibayama Sotaro Department of Economics, The University of Turin, Via Po 53, 10124, Turin, Italy aut Distribution of academic research funds: a case of Japanese national research grant [Elektronische Daten] [Sotaro Shibayama] Drawing on a database of the competitive research funds in the Japanese academia, this study examines the distribution of research grants at the university and individual levels. The data indicates high inequality at the university level and slightly lower inequality at the individual level. Over the last three decades, the total grant budget has greatly increased and an increasing number of researchers have received the funds. Simultaneously, large-size grants have become more common and multiple awarding (i.e., one researcher receives more than one grant simultaneously) has become more frequent. These changes taken together, the level of inequality has not been changed substantially. The extent of inequality largely differs between scientific fields; especially high in basic natural sciences and relatively low in social sciences. A close examination of inequality over researchers' career indicates different patterns of transition between fields and cohorts. Finally, both at the university and individual levels, the funding distribution is found more unequal than the distribution of publications as an output indicator. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2011 Research grant nationallicence Funding nationallicence Inequality nationallicence Academia nationallicence University nationallicence Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 43-60 0138-9130 88:1<43 2011 88 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0392-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0392-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shibayama Sotaro Department of Economics, The University of Turin, Via Po 53, 10124, Turin, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 43-60 0138-9130 88:1<43 2011 88 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer