Tanzania’s move is designed to encourage research and help boost institutions’ rankings. But some researchers say it will reward those already established in their careers.
Tanzania wants to improve the global visibility of its scientists and the position of universities in international rankings.Tanzania’s government has offered scientists TZS50 million if they can publish their research in a well-known journal. Researchers had until the end of last month to apply for the scheme.
Paula Stephan, an economist at Georgia State University in Atlanta who studies how monetary incentives affect publishing, says “it does not come as a surprise to see that Tanzania has joined the list of countries offering such incentives to faculty”. Some have welcomed the scheme as a much-needed incentive for scientists to conduct research in a country with limited resources, where most academics are focused on teaching and where the average monthly salary for a professor is around TZS1,990,000, around $844. But others say the funds could have been better spent.
However, Haruna Kanaabi, a human-rights researcher at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, argues that awards for papers in well-known journals are most likely to reward those that are already established in their careers, whereas Tanzania’s government should be encouraging those at earlier career stages. Celebrating those “that have made it up at the top is a nice gesture but misplaced”, he says.
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