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Transforming Genes and University Research: Agricultural Biotechnology, University-Industry Research Collaborations, and Professional Science Values
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Transforming Genes and University Research: Agricultural Biotechnology,
University-Industry Research Collaborations, and Professional Science Values
Leland Glenna
Pennsylvania State University
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Rick Welsh
Clarkson University
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315-268-3988
William Lacy
UC Davis
Dina Biscotti
UC Davis
Abstract. Over the past three decades, legal decisions and legislative changes regarding research-funding and intellectual property in the United States have sought to integrate research universities into the knowledge economy. Because these changes have often targeted university genetics research programs, especially those related to agricultural biotechnology, a study of how university agricultural biotechnology research agendas are affected by funding sources and scientist research values may yield important insights into the society-science relationship. Through a nation-wide survey of 912 agricultural biotechnology scientists at 60 research universities, we asked scientists to rate their research projects on a continuum from basic to applied and from non-excludable to excludable. We included scales to measure scientist values related to the social implications of their research and also asked them to list funding sources. Our analysis reveals a dynamic relationship between values and funding sources on research agendas. Funding source influences research on the basic-applied continuum, but not excludability. In contrast, scientists’ diverse value orientations have substantial effects on both the basic-applied continuum and the excludable-nonexcludable continuum. The implications for the university’s contributions to public-interest research are profound. Universities need to maintain strong incentives for public-science research and the public sector must insure adequate public research funds to complement private-sector research investments at universities in order to preserve the university’s significant role in conducting basic and non-excludable research.
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| | Authors: Glenna, Leland., Welsh, Rick., Lacy, William. and Biscotti, Dina. |
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Transforming Genes and University Research: Agricultural Biotechnology,
University-Industry Research Collaborations, and Professional Science Values
Leland Glenna
Pennsylvania State University
Rick Welsh
Clarkson University
315-268-3988
William Lacy
UC Davis
Dina Biscotti
UC Davis
Abstract. Over the past three decades, legal decisions and legislative changes regarding
research-funding and intellectual property in the United States have sought to integrate
research universities into the knowledge economy. Because these changes have often
targeted university genetics research programs, especially those related to agricultural
biotechnology, a study of how university agricultural biotechnology research agendas are
affected by funding sources and scientist research values may yield important insights
into the society-science relationship. Through a nation-wide survey of 912 agricultural
biotechnology scientists at 60 research universities, we asked scientists to rate their
research projects on a continuum from basic to applied and from non-excludable to
excludable. We included scales to measure scientist values related to the social
implications of their research and also asked them to list funding sources. Our analysis
reveals a dynamic relationship between values and funding sources on research agendas.
Funding source influences research on the basic-applied continuum, but not excludability.
In contrast, scientists’ diverse value orientations have substantial effects on both the
basic-applied continuum and the excludable-nonexcludable continuum. The implications
for the university’s contributions to public-interest research are profound. Universities
need to maintain strong incentives for public-science research and the public sector must
insure adequate public research funds to complement private-sector research investments
at universities in order to preserve the university’s significant role in conducting basic
and non-excludable research.
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