Negotiating science funding: The interplay of merit, bias, and administrative discretion in grant allocation in Kazakhstan

• Darkhan Medeuov ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Darkhan Medeuov, Adil Rodionov

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: darkhan.medeuov.personal@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1424-1062

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• Kamilla Rodionova,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Zhaxylyk Sabitov,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, Research Institute for Jochi Ulus Studies, Astana, Kazakhstan

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• Adil Rodionov

  Contributed equally to this work with: Darkhan Medeuov, Adil Rodionov

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Eurasian Integration, Astana, Kazakhstan, Maqsut Narikbayev Institute for Network and Development, Maqsut Narikbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9110-5259

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