What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the detrimental effects of competitive funding and perverse incentives on scientific integrity in academia.

Academic Research in the 21st Century: Maintaining Scientific Integrity in a Climate of Perverse Incentives and Hypercompetition

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Discussion highlights the impact of competitive funding on academic integrity, suggesting support for ethical outcomes.

To examine the detrimental effects of competitive funding and perverse incentives on scientific integrity in academia.
Qualitative analysis of trends in academic research funding over the last 50 years.
Discussion of the impact of reduced federal and state funding on academic competition.
Exploration of the risk of unethical behavior in academia due to heightened pressures.
Identified increased pressure on academic scientists leading to potential unethical practices.
Outlined a risk of corrupt scientific enterprise threatening public trust and societal well-being.
Proposed that academia should focus on supporting science as a public good over metrics of output.

Edwards et al. (2016) studied this question.

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