An Early Look at Applications Submitted During the Pandemic
It has been four months since the COVID-19
pandemic shuttered
laboratories and clinical studies across the country and the world. On April 10, only a few weeks into the
pandemic, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published
a report on the “Effects of COVID-19 on the Federal
Research and Development Enterprise.”
The report described the consequences of social distancing and other
pandemic mitigation measures. These
consequences included laboratory closures, de-prioritized projects, cancellation
of meetings and conferences, loss of revenue, disrupted personnel processes
(e.g. graduation, promotion, hiring), supply-chain interruptions, and,
overlying all of these, a great deal of uncertainty.
Since the CRS
report was issued, we have learned more about the
pandemic’s effects on non-COVID research and on the research workforce. There have been substantial challenges to clinical
trial activities as well as in research
based on animal models. A survey
of the scientific workforce found that biomedical scientists have seen
substantial reductions in productivity.
Of particular worry, women with young children appear to have been
disproportionately affected. Another
study found a decline in women authors on
pre-prints. And another
international survey found that half of scientists reported fewer
research hours, while substantial proportions reported more time on data
analysis, more time on manuscript (or thesis) preparation...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike coronavirus COVID-19 Funding data Source Type: funding
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