ArticleFrontiers in research metrics and analytics2026
Researcher profiles, proposal submission, and project approval: an exploratory case study at a Brazilian Federal Institute.
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Introduction: Decisions to enter funding competitions and subsequent funding outcomes are connected components of a broader process. However, evidence on how researcher-profile characteristics relate to these stages remains limited in public research institutions outside the research-intensive university sector, particularly in emerging-economy research systems. Objective: This exploratory case study analyzed the associations between researcher-profile characteristics and two respondent-level outcomes among researchers at a Brazilian Federal Institute: proposal submission and, among submitters, self-reported approval of at least one project. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was completed by 83 of 327 eligible researchers (response rate 25.4%) in 2023. Data from this self-selected, single-institution sample were analyzed using bivariate contingency-table tests, exact tests for sparse tables, and Cramér's Results: Proposal submission was associated with education level ( Conclusion: By distinguishing submission from approval, this study contributes to research evaluation by indicating that proposal submission and reporting at least one approved project among submitters were associated with different researcher-profile characteristics. These exploratory findings do not establish barriers or causal mechanisms. Multicenter, proposal-level, and longitudinal studies using explicit, context-sensitive definitions of career stage should test whether these patterns vary across institutions, fields, and career trajectories.
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