Characterizing researchers to study research funding agency impacts: The case of the European Research Council's Starting Grants

Research Evaluation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-269

  Thomas, Duncan ^a   Nedeva, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

characterizing researchers; European Research Council; frontier research; funding agency impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867556361     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvs020     Document Type: Article

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