Do researchers from prestigious universities have an unfair advantage in securing research funding? 📊 A new study on China's #NSFC grants confirms the #MatthewEffect — the rich get richer in academia:

 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05278-2

Should funding be prestige-blind? 🤔 I'd advocate for anonymized applications to prevent institutional bias.

#ScienceFunding #AcademicInequality #Scientometrics #UniversityPrestige