Government Funding and the Direction of Academic Energy Research
NBER Working Paper No. 34856 · 2026 · Preprint / working paper
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This working paper studies whether government grants shift researchers' subsequent publications toward funded topics. It compares energy researchers supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation with matched researchers, using publication text to track changes in research direction.
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David Popp; Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski; Lizhen Liang; Daniel E. Acuna (2026). Government Funding and the Direction of Academic Energy Research. NBER Working Paper No. 34856. 10.3386/w34856.
@article{popp2026government,
title = {Government Funding and the Direction of Academic Energy Research},
author = {Popp, David and Gregoire-Zawilski, Myriam and Liang, Lizhen and Acuna, Daniel E.},
year = {2026},
journal = {NBER Working Paper No. 34856},
doi = {10.3386/w34856},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3386/w34856}
}