Application, Review, Funding, and Demographic Trends for Maximizing Investigators ’ Research Awards (MIRA): FYs 2019-2021

In this Feedback Loop post, we revisit our previous analysis of application, review, funding, and demographic trends for the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) program over Fiscal Years (FYs) 2019 to 2021. We look at trends for applicants by race/ethnicity and by gender. Due to privacy requirements and small numbers, applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in biomedical research (Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander) are combined into a larger group that can be reported. Because of the small applicant numbers, we’re unable to show intersectional analyses of race/ethnicity and gender or analyses of applicants with disabilities. 

Table 1 shows the number of new awards made and associated award rates by fiscal year for Established Investigators (EIs) and Early Stage Investigators (ESIs).

Table 1: Number of New (Type 1) MIRAs Funded by Fiscal Year and Cohort (Percentage of Reviewed Applications)

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Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 10, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Funding Trends Funding Outcomes Funding Policies MIRA R01 Source Type: blogs