Research Highlight: Paper examines federal funding shocks and the innovation outputs of university researchers

Jan 12, 2023 | News, Publications, Research

“Cutting the Innovation Engine: How Federal Funding Shocks Affect University Patenting, Entrepreneurship, and Publications,” a paper that uses the IRIS-UMETRICS dataset, was recently published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Authors: Tania Babina,...

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Five Texas public universities join IRIS

Dec 15, 2022 | News

Five public universities in Texas have joined the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) in order to help demonstrate their impact on the state economy to lawmakers in Austin and Washington D.C. The universities are: Tarleton State University Texas...

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New IRIS project examines the role of software in scientific discovery

Dec 13, 2022 | News

A new project at the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) seeks to better understand the role of software in scientific research by linking mentions of software in published papers to data repositories focused on software and research funding. ...

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IRIS Research Update: Nearly 75 researchers are active in the virtual data enclave, working on a growing number of topics and disciplines

Oct 25, 2022 | News, Research

Approximately 75 researchers have active accounts in the IRIS data enclave in order to access the IRIS research dataset as of fall 2022. In all, nearly 500 researchers have accessed the dataset since its creation in 2017. The 2022 research dataset, the IRIS’ fifth...

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A Vision for Democratizing Data: IRIS cited as example in “Issues in Science and Technology” piece

Oct 21, 2022 | News

IRIS is featured as a use case in a recent article in Issues in Science and Technology titled “A Vision for Democratizing Data.” IRIS is cited as an example of a new way to measure returns on investment in research. Read the piece at...

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IRIS data cited in University of Michigan annual research report

Sep 14, 2022 | News

IRIS data on the economic impact of University of Michigan research was cited in the university’s annual research report. U-M spent $97 million on research-related goods and services with vendors in the state of Michigan, according to an IRIS report on the...

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