Financiamiento competitivo de proyectos de investigación y autoridad relativa. El caso de los Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT) en Argentina.

Abstract

Different researchers have argued that the way in which research is financed conditions the general operation of Public Research Systems, the relative authority of the various groups and institutions and therefore the modalities for financing and carrying out scientific and technological research. In the present study, analyzes the relationship between competitive financing of research projects scientific and technological and the implications on the relative authority of the groups and institutions through the case study of Scientific Research Projects and Technological, one of the main instruments of the State to support research. The methodology includes the design and construction of a database on the instrument for competitive financing of scientific and technological research projects in Argentina It is concluded that the characteristics of the messages to competitive projects they generally favor the authority of the national scientific elite, which implies a conservative practice of knowledge production, where competition for Disciplinary reputation, attention to solving socio-economic challenges is discouraged, and red work is not favored.