Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.C.I.T.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2005. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 17, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Eric Twombly, Committee Member ; Theodore Poister, Committee Member ; David Van Slyke, Committee Member ; Mary Frank Fox, Committee Member ; John C. Thomas, Committee Chair.

Orientadora: Maria Cláudia Cabrini Grácio / Banca: Ely Francina Tannury de Oliveira / Banca: Lailah Santiago Bufrem / Resumo: Esta pesquisa propõe a utilização do Acoplamento Bibliográfico de Autores como método para a mensuração da intensidade das ligações em análises de Genealogia Acadêmica. Nesse contexto, o estudo analisa a contribuição do Método de Acoplamento Bibliográfico para a avaliação da intensidade da transmissão da corrente teórico-metodológica de um pesquisador entre seus descendentes acadêmicos (egressos orientados em nível de doutorado) e adota como universo de prova de conceito o conjunto de orientações concluídas de Aldo Barreto, pesquisador PQ-Sênior da área de Ciência da Informação, pesquisadores bolsistas de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq. Os procedimentos metodológicos consistem em: identificar o do conjunto de pesquisadores bolsistas de produtividade em pesquisa da área da Ciência da Informação, com vigência em 2018, que foram orientados em nível de doutorado pelo Pesquisador Sênior Aldo Barreto, em um total de oito pesquisadores; recuperar os currículos Lattes de Aldo Barreto e de todos seus descendentes acadêmicos bolsistas PQ; recuperar o conjunto de artigos publicados de cada descendente e de Aldo Barreto, em um total de 230 artigos analisados; calcular o valor do índice normalizado de Acoplamento Bibliográfico de Autores, por Cosseno de Salton, entre Aldo Barreto e os pesquisadores descendentes analisados; construir a rede de genealogia acadêmica de Aldo Barreto e seus descendentes analisados, com as ligações entre eles proporcionais aos valores normalizados do acoplam... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research proposes the use of the Author Bibliographic Coupling as a method for the measurement of the intensity of links in of Academic Genealogy. In this context, the study analyzes the contribution of the Bibliographic Coupling Method for the evaluation of the intensity of the transmission of the theoretic-methodological current of a researcher among his academic descendants (graduates oriented at doctoral level) and adopts as a universe of proof of concept the set of orientations completed by Aldo Barreto, PQ-Senior researcher in the area of Information Science, productivity researchers in CNPq. The methodological procedures consist of identifying the set of productivity researchers in the field of Information Science, effective in 2018, who were oriented at the doctoral level by the Senior Researcher Aldo Barreto, in a total of eight researchers; to retrieve Lattes curricula from Aldo Barreto and all his academic descendants PQ researchers; to retrieve the set of published articles of each descendant and of Aldo Barreto, in a total of 230 articles analyzed; to calculate the value of the normalized index of Authors Bibliographic Coupling, by Salton's Cosine, between Aldo Barreto and his descendant researchers; to build Aldo Barreto's academic genealogy network and of his descendants, with the links between them proportional to the normalized values of the bibliographic coupling. The most intense theoretical proximities, explicit in the intensity of normalized bibliogr... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

In higher education settings the peer review process is highly valued and used for evaluating the academic merits of grant proposals, journal submissions, academic promotions, monographs, text books, PhD thesis and a variety of other academic products. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the peer review process for awarding research grants used by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Large Grants Program and to propose strategies to address potential shortcomings of the system. This study also evaluated psychometric properties such as the reliabilities of various ratings that are part of the assessment process of the ARC Large grants Program. Data for the all grant applications submitted for the 1996 round of the Large Grants Program were provided by the ARC. In a variation to the typical peer review process, applicants were given an opportunity to nominate assessors to review their proposals. The results indicated that global ratings given by the researcher-nominated assessors were systematically higher and less reliable than those by panel-nominated external reviewers chosen by the ARC. The reliability of peer reviews is not adequate by most standards. A critical direction for future research is considering what strategies need to be put in place to improve the quality of the reviews. To improve the reliability it is recommended that researcher-nominated reviewers should not be used; that there should be more reviews per proposal and a smaller more highly selected core of reviewers should perform most of the reviews within each sub-discipline providing a greater control over error associated with individual reviewers / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

In higher education settings the peer review process is highly valued and used for evaluating the academic merits of grant proposals, journal submissions, academic promotions, monographs, text books, PhD thesis and a variety of other academic products. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate the peer review process for awarding research grants used by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Large Grants Program and to propose strategies to address potential shortcomings of the system. This study also evaluated psychometric properties such as the reliabilities of various ratings that are part of the assessment process of the ARC Large grants Program. Data for the all grant applications submitted for the 1996 round of the Large Grants Program were provided by the ARC. In a variation to the typical peer review process, applicants were given an opportunity to nominate assessors to review their proposals. The results indicated that global ratings given by the researcher-nominated assessors were systematically higher and less reliable than those by panel-nominated external reviewers chosen by the ARC. The reliability of peer reviews is not adequate by most standards. A critical direction for future research is considering what strategies need to be put in place to improve the quality of the reviews. To improve the reliability it is recommended that researcher-nominated reviewers should not be used; that there should be more reviews per proposal and a smaller more highly selected core of reviewers should perform most of the reviews within each sub-discipline providing a greater control over error associated with individual reviewers / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (D.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1994.

Thesis (D.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1994.

This project updated the California State University, San Bernardino's Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization's Solicitation Management System (SMS) software, used to facilitate the processing of grant proposal solicitations. The SMS software update improved the interface so that it is more user-friendly, increased the processing speed, and added additional functions necessary to comply with new requirements. The software was rewritten using the Spring and Hibernate frameworks.

This dissertation analyzes competition for foundation grants in the nonprofit sector. First, I examine how inter-organization competition and foundation activity in local grants markets affect organization behavior through institutional pressure on (1) firm fundraising expenses, (2) program expense ratios, and (3) revenue diversification. Second, I explore the impacts of nonprofit program expense ratios and fundraising expenses on foundation grantmaking. This analysis focuses on the relative "prices" of donations to competing nonprofit organizations, represented by these expense ratios, and the impact prices have on foundation grant decisions relative to the impact that nonprofit marketing has. Finally, I examine whether greater competition in grants markets increases the importance of program expense ratios and firm marketing behavior for grant selection. Overall, this dissertation contributes to our understanding of organization behavior and foundation influence in grant-seeking markets and competition's role in the distribution of charitable grants.