Competitive Grants and the Funding of Agricultural Research in the United States

Kelly Day Rubenstein, Paul W. Heisey, Cassandra Klotz-Ingram and George Frisvold ()

Review of Agricultural Economics, 2003, vol. 25, issue 2, 352-368

Abstract: Efforts to improve public agricultural research efficiency include calls to increase use of competitive grants. This paper empirically assesses different instruments the USDA uses to fund state-level research. Compared with other instruments, competitive grants focus more on basic research and are concentrated among fewer states. Model results suggest that top-ranked biology and agricultural science programs were strong determinants of states' shares of competitive grants. Other significant factors were agricultural sector size and number of agricultural scientists. USDA-funded state-level research focus did not change significantly because competitive grants comprised only 15% of these funds and other instruments counteracted their influence. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2003
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