Fig. 3.

Histogram of the reward differences between two hypothetical evaluation scenarios for the 73 scientists of UNAM’s Biology Institute, when the relative values of the first scenario should be used (Table 3), but the relative values of the second scenario are applied (Table 4). In that case, some scientists would get underpaid by up to almost US$2,000 per month, while others would get overpaid by up to almost US$3,000. The incorrect reward assignment of (here) 29 % of the program’s budget would tend to distort academic priorities of the scientists