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UCLA's research faculty faces significant challenges due to a $584 million grant funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration following a civil rights controversy, threatening ongoing scientific projects and livelihoods, with some researchers scrambling for alternative funding and expressing concerns over the broader impact on science and education.
A new study suggests that winning a Nobel Prize or a MacArthur Fellowship does not necessarily enhance the productivity or impact of scientists in their field. The study found that Nobel laureates published about the same number of papers after receiving the award, but those papers had fewer citations compared to their pre-award work. MacArthur fellows published slightly more, but their citations remained the same. Age also seemed to have an effect, with winners aged 42 or older experiencing a drop in both publications and citations. The study suggests a need to reassess the purposes, criteria, and impacts of research awards to improve the scientific enterprise.