Performance-based funding (PBF) policies with research incentives have grown in popularity over the years despite little understanding regarding whether they actually work. This study leverages a novel national data set to examine the impact of PBF research incentives on the research expenditures and total state appropriations among public 4-year institutions, with a particular focus on minority-serving institutions. We find that PBF research incentives had no impact on the total amount or relative share of total research expenditures or the total amount of state appropriations allocated to treated institutions, regardless of minority-serving institution status. PBF policies that allowed institutions to self-select or opt into including research incentives as part of their PBF formula had a positive impact on the relative share of expenditures allocated to research and total state appropriations.

多年来，具有研究激励的基于绩效的资助 (PBF) 政策越来越受欢迎，尽管人们对它们是否真的有效知之甚少。本研究利用一个新的国家数据集来检查 PBF 研究激励措施对公共 4 年制机构的研究支出和国家拨款总额的影响，特别关注少数族裔服务机构。我们发现 PBF 研究激励对总研究支出的总量或相对份额或分配给治疗机构的国家拨款总额没有影响，无论少数民族服务机构的地位如何。