Table 1 Funding resources
|  | Full sample (n = 31), mean | University-based (n = 15)a, mean | Outside a university (n = 16), mean | χ2 (p-value) | USA (n = 21)a, mean | International (n = 10), mean | χ2 (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funding portfolio (%) | |||||||
 National government research grants | 17.9 (25.7) | 27.3 (28.7) | 9.1 (19.5) | 9.94 (0.002)** | 21.7 (28.3) | 10.0 (17.6) | 4.29 (0.04)* |
 Foundation research grants | 6.9 (16.0) | 8.7 (18.4) | 5.0 (13.3) | 0.57 (0.45) | 9.5 (18.9) | 2.0 (6.3) | 3.90 (0.05)* |
 Government research contracts | 10.3 (23.7) | 15.3 (29.9) | 5.6 (15.5) | 4.04 (0.04)* | 6.9 (21.6) | 17.5 (27.4) | 4.30 (0.04)* |
 Government service contracts | 29.0 (35.7) | 27.2 (35.1) | 30.6 (37.3) | 0.14 (0.71) | 35.0 (39.1) | 16.3 (24.3) | 8.21 (0.004)** |
 Foundation service contracts | 14.9 (25.8) | 9.8 (20.8) | 20.0 (29.8) | 3.34 (0.07) | 11.5 (19.9) | 21.7 (35.1) | 3.06 (0.08) |
 Private sources; fundraising | 18.7 (33.9) | 11.7 (26.7) | 25.3 (39.1) | 5.26 (0.02)* | 16.9 (32.7) | 22.5 (38.0) | 0.69 (0.41) |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | t (95% CI) | Â | Â | t (95% CI) |
Number of funding sources | 2.2 (0.97) | 2.47 (0.92) | 1.88 (0.96) | 1.76 (− 0.10, 1.28) | 2.24 (0.89) | 2.0 (1.15) | 0.58 (− 0.65, 1.12) |
Likelihood funders will support activities (1–5) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Evidence synthesis | 3.13 (1.31) | 2.40 (1.30) | 3.81 (0.91) |  − 3.49 (− 2.25, − 0.58)** | 3.00 (1.41) | 3.33 (1.12) |  − 0.87 (− 1.35, 0.55) |
 Evidence dissemination | 3.65 (1.17) | 3.47 (1.19) | 3.81 (1.17) |  − 0.82 (− 1.21, 0.52) | 3.67 (1.06) | 3.44 (1.42) | 0.13 (− 1.02, 1.16) |
 Evidence connecting | 2.87 (1.31) | 2.53 (1.36) | 3.19 (1.22) |  − 1.41 (− 1.61, 0.30) | 2.62 (1.28) | 3.33 (1.32) |  − 1.60 (− 1.81, 0.25) |
 Capacity-building and implementation support | 3.77 (0.96) | 3.73 (1.03) | 3.81 (0.91) |  − 0.23 (− 0.80, 0.64) | 3.71 (1.01) | 3.89 (0.93) |  − 0.53 (− 0.92, 0.55) |