承担企业科研项目给科研人员带来了什么?

The impact of industry funding on scientific activities

国内外普遍认为高校及科研院所的科研人员与企业的合作有助于推动国家创新,但迄今尚少有经验研究来探讨校企合作究竟对科研活动产生了哪些积极的或消极的影响。本文基于对一项全国七千余名科研人员的调查数据的分析,全面考察了科研人员承担企业项目对于科研文化、科研网络、科研投入及产出等多方面的具体影响,研究发现承担企业项目的科研人员有更高的研究积极性、建立了更广泛的科研合作网络、在科研成果的市场转换方面表现也更好,但同时也发现承担企业项目对科研文化和基础研究可能存在不利影响。研究结果为我们更好地促进科研机构与企业协同创新提供了新的启示。

While it is widely acknowledged that collaborations between public research sectors and private sectors will promote national innovativeness, there are few empirical studies exploring the positive or negative effects of such collaborations on scientif- ic activities. Based on a national survey of 7000 scientists in China conducted in 2008, this study examines how industry funding affects scientific cultures, collaboration networks, scientific engagements and seientific outcomes. The findings show that scien- tists who get funds from industry tend to engage more actively in their studies, build up broader cooperation networks, and per- form better in the commereiallzation of their inventions. However, it is also found that the collaboration with industry might bring about negative consequences to scientific cultures and basic researches. This study sheds new light on the university - industry re- lationships and provides us with policy implications.