Trends in NIH-supported career development funding: implications for institutions, trainees, and the future research workforce

Conte, Marisa; Schnell, Santiago; Ettinger, Adrienne S.; Omary, M. Bishr

doi:10.1172/jci.insight.142817

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“…The number of F31 awards at an institution correlates with the number of R01 awards at the institution, suggesting levels of NIH funding is a factor influencing F31 awards amongst institutions. Consistent with this observation, a recent analysis found that the top 14 institutions in terms of total NIH funding were also the top 14 institutions in amount of support by F series, T series and K series awards, with a very strong correlation between the top 7 in each category (28). NIH funding at an institution can affect the success of fellowship applications in several ways.…”

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confidence: 67%

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Research Productivity and Training Support for Doctoral Students in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Schaller

2022

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Training of doctoral students as part of the next generation of the biomedical workforce is essential for sustaining the scientific enterprise in the US. Training of doctoral students primarily occurs at institutions of higher education and these trainees comprise an important part of the workforce at these institutions. Federal investment in the support of doctoral students in the biological and biomedical sciences is distributed differently than the distribution of students across different types of institutions, e.g. Public vs Private. Institutions in states that historically receive less federal support for research also receive less support for doctoral student training. Analysis of F31 awardees at different types of institution reveal little difference in research productivity and subsequent receipt of additional NIH awards. Analysis of a large cohort of doctoral students at different types of institutions also reveal little difference in research productivity, with the exception of citations. Thus, training outcomes, which are related to the quality of the student and training environment, are similar across different institutions. Factors that correlate with F31 funding include R01 funding levels and program size. The findings suggest strategies for institutions to increase success at securing F31s and modification of policy to promote more equitable distribution of F31s across institutions.

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“…Institutions could develop training programs to better prepare graduate students to compete for F31 awards, e.g. F31 writing groups (28, 34). Institutions could invest in the development, evaluation and dissemination of innovative components to their graduate curricula.…”

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Research Productivity and Training Support for Doctoral Students in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Schaller

2022

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“…Ensuring a successful career trajectory for research faculty is an important institutional priority. As NIH inflation-adjusted funding paylines have remained flat and team science is steadily growing in importance, the need to develop an accessible and well-resourced research infrastructure at the institutional level has become more widely recognized [4,[9][10][11][12]. The CTSA programs are ideal vehicles to house and oversee many specialized functions, such as informatics, biostatistics, clinical trials administration and community engagement [7].…”

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Building an institutional K awardee program at UC Davis through utilization of CTSA resources

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Rainwater

Neves

et al. 2021

J. Clin. Trans. Sci.

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NIH offers multiple mentored career development award mechanisms. By building on the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) from its initial NIH funding in 2006, we created an institution-wide K scholar resource. We investigated subsequent NIH funding for K scholars and to what extent CTSC research resources were used. Using NIH RePORTER, we created a database of UC Davis investigators who obtained K01, K08, K23, K25, or K99, as well as institutional KL2 or K12 awards and tracked CTSC research resource use and subsequent funding success. Overall, 94 scholars completed K training between 2007 and 2020, of which 70 participated in one of four institutional, NIH-funded K programs. An additional 103 scholars completed a mentored clinical research training program. Of 94 K awardees, 61 (65%) later achieved NIH funding, with the majority receiving a subsequent individual K award. A higher proportion (73%) of funded scholars used CTSC resources compared to unfunded (48%). Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics were most commonly used and 55% of scholars used one or more CTSC resource. We conclude that institutional commitment to create a K scholar platform and use of CTSC research resources is associated with high NIH funding rates for early career investigators.

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“…However, since 2010, the percentage of funding for training and career development has been stagnant as compared to the total NIH budget. Further 36.5% of training dollars were concentrated at just 14 academic centers (3). The increase in production pressure coupled with a decline in accessible resources for physician scientists may lead to dishonest research practices.…”

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Fake News in Science: Maybe They Have a Point?

Pfeil

Goldhammer

2022

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

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Trends in NIH-supported career development funding: implications for institutions, trainees, and the future research workforce

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Research Productivity and Training Support for Doctoral Students in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Research Productivity and Training Support for Doctoral Students in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Building an institutional K awardee program at UC Davis through utilization of CTSA resources

Fake News in Science: Maybe They Have a Point?

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