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Rock Talk:NIH Support of Biomedical Research

NIH Regional Seminar on

Program Funding And Grants Administration

Sally J. Rockey, Ph.D.NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research

April 28, 2011

Research Project Grants - Applications, Awards, and Success Rates

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R01-Equivalent Grants - Average Size

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Distribution of Each Year’s New R01 Awards by Version

Awards of New, Unsolicited R01 Grants to New NIH Investigators

Investigators’ time-to-award. New, unsolicited R01 applications, by fiscal year of original A0 application.

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R01-Equivalent Grants Funding Rates, by Gender and Type of Application

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Table 1

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Sex Differences in Application, Success, and Funding Rates for NIH Extramural Programs

Pohlhaus, Jennifer Reineke; Jiang, Hong; Wagner, Robin M.; Schaffer, Walter T.; Pinn, Vivian W.

Academic Medicine. 86(6):759-767, June 2011.

doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31821836ff

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Table 3

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Sex Differences in Application, Success, and Funding Rates for NIH Extramural Programs

Pohlhaus, Jennifer Reineke; Jiang, Hong; Wagner, Robin M.; Schaffer, Walter T.; Pinn, Vivian W.

Academic Medicine. 86(6):759-767, June 2011.

doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31821836ff

Race and Ethnicity of Reporting Principal Investigators on Research Project Grants

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2009

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Distribution of FY2009 RPG Funding Across Institutions

Average Number of Competing and Non Competing RPG Awards per Contact PI per Year

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Distribution of FY2009 RPG Support to Principal Investigators

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Number of RPG Awards per PI – Top 20%

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Distribution of Principal Investigators by Degree Type

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Federal Funding and Institutions R+D Budgets

• The NSF Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges found that in FY2008, 63.3% of Biomedical R+D was federally financed.

• NIH funding as a percent of the Institution’s estimated grants and contracts budget (based on publically available financial reports):– 33.5% - 88.9% for the top 5 NIH funded Higher Education

Institutions (all have Medical Schools)– 77.1% - 93.6% for the top 3 NIH funded Research Institutions– 48.5% - 65.8% for the top 5 NIH funded Land Grant Institutions– 1.2%-1.8% for 2 Higher Education Institutions at the 50th

percentile of NIH funding

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Tenure-track Status – MDs in Clinical Departments

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Source: The Continued Evolution of Faculty Appointment and Tenure Policies at U.S. Medical Schools Bunton, Sarah A.; Mallon, William T. Academic Medicine. 82(3):281-289, March 2007.

Figure 3 Tenure status for full-time newly hired MD faculty in clinical departments at U.S. medical schools, in percentages, 1985-2004. (Newly hired faculty are those at the rank of assistant professor and above hired in the previous year.)Source: AAMC Faculty Roster database.

Tenure-track Status – PhDs in Basic Science Dept. at Medical Schools

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Source: The Continued Evolution of Faculty Appointment and Tenure Policies at U.S. Medical Schools Bunton, Sarah A.; Mallon, William T. Academic Medicine. 82(3):281-289, March 2007.

Figure 5 Tenure status for full-time newly hired PhD faculty in basic science departments at U.S. medical schools, in percent, 1985-2004. (Newly hired faculty are those at the rank of assistant professor and above, hired in the previous year.)Source: AAMC Faculty Roster database.

Predoctoral Individual NRSA (F31)Predoctoral Individual NRSA (F31)Predoctoral Individual MD/PhD NRSA Predoctoral Individual MD/PhD NRSA

(F30)(F30)

Postdoctoral Institutional Training Grant (T32) Postdoctoral Institutional Training Grant (T32)

Postdoctoral Individual NRSA (F32)Postdoctoral Individual NRSA (F32)

Small Grant (R03) Small Grant (R03)

Research Project Research Project Grant (R01)Grant (R01)

Independent Scientist Award (K02)Independent Scientist Award (K02)

Senior Scientist Award (K05Senior Scientist Award (K05) )

Approx. Stage of ResearchApprox. Stage of ResearchTraining and DevelopmentTraining and Development Mechanism of SupportMechanism of Support

GRADUATE/GRADUATE/MEDICALMEDICALSTUDENTSTUDENT

POSTPOSTDOCTORALDOCTORAL

EARLYEARLY

MIDDLEMIDDLE

SENIORSENIOR

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CA

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Predoctoral Institutional Training Grant (T32)Predoctoral Institutional Training Grant (T32)

NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)Mentored Research Scientist Development Award Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)(K01)Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)Mentored Patient-Oriented RCDA (K23)Mentored Patient-Oriented RCDA (K23)Mentored Quantitative RCDA (K25)Mentored Quantitative RCDA (K25)

Midcareer Investigator Award in Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24) Patient-Oriented Research (K24) Exploratory/Exploratory/

Development Grant Development Grant (R21) (R21)

Career Stages of Funding Programs

*Graph represents a small sample of NIH funding mechanisms available.

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Kirschstein-NRSA Training Grants and Fellowships - Numbers

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Estimated Number of NIH-Supported Graduate Students

Sources: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering and the NIH Data Book

Estimated Number of NIH-Supported Postdocs

Sources: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering and the NIH Data Book

Average Age Of First-time R01-equivalent Principal Investigators By Degree

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Career Development Awards

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