Trends in Diversity within the NIH-funded Workforce

This study focused on the time period between 2009, when NIH first implemented new and early stage investigator policies, and 2016. When looking at the data by career-stage, we see that women, underrepresented racial minority, and Hispanic researchers comprise a higher percentage in both the ESI and NI groups compared to the experienced investigator (Exp) group (Table 1). This suggests these groups could be disproportionately affected if resources for new and early-stage investigators decline. However, these data also highlight an opportunity for NIH to enhance the diversity of the biomedical workforce by increasing support for ESI and NI. Table 1. Research Project Grant (RPG) applicants and awardees by gender, ethnicity, and race. Notes: All numbers highlighted in bold indicate differences that are statistically significant at the 1% sig level. e Difference between NI and ESI for males significant at 10% level. f No difference between percent of male applicants in ESI and NI among RPG awardees. g Difference between NI and ESI for Hispanic significant at 5% sig (p=0.045). h No difference in non-Hispanics between ESI and Exp. i Difference between ESI and Exp applicants for Ethnicity Unknown significant at the 10% level (p=0.051). All figures were reproduced with permission from the FASEB Journal. The funding rate for women is less than that for men (Figure 1). That said, compared with men, female researchers have shown a much larger percent increase in applications and awards...
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