Options
America's Research-Active, Geotechnical Faculty Members: An Investigation of National Science Foundation Funding Trends
Author(s)
Date Issued
2011-03-13
Date Available
2013-02-12T09:52:42Z
Abstract
This paper is an investigation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funding trends within America’s research-active tenured and tenure-track, civil engineering community from 50 major, doctoral-granting institutions, with 5 schools examined in detail. Important questions are raised as to how funding patterns relate to rank and sub-discipline within Civil Engineering, and whether there is a causal link with publication rates. The paper presents key parameters with respect to issues that may
be critical for tenure decisions at some institutions. They include total average number
of awards per individual, the size of those awards normalized by named participant,
and how these values have changed over the past nearly 40 years. These issues
are considered for Geotechnical Engineering in comparison to other sub-disciplines
within Civil Engineering. Funding breakdowns shows a higher reliance of Geotechnical
engineers on traditional funding programs within NSF with a profoundly greater capacity to raise money at more senior levels, although these additional resources do not necessarily translate into increased journal publication rates.
Type of Material
Conference Publication
Publisher
ASCE
Copyright (Published Version)
2011, ASCE
Keywords
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
Part of
Han, J., Alzamora, D., eds. Geo-Frontiers 2011 : Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
Conference Details
Geo-Frontiers Congress 2011, Dallas, Texas, United States, March 13-16, 2011
ISBN
978-0-7844-1165-0
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
File(s)
Owning collection
Scopus© citations
1
Acquisition Date
Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
Views
1897
Acquisition Date
Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2024
Downloads
346
Last Week
2
2
Last Month
8
8
Acquisition Date
Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2024