Analysis of National Institutes of Health Funding to Departments of Urology

Silvestre, Jason; Agarwal, Divyansh; Lee, David I.

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2016.02.029

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“…One urology study compared funding to other surgical subspecialties, noting that otolaryngology received 10% of funding among surgical subspecialties in 2014, coming in fourth of 6 surgical subspecialties. 12 Otolaryngology departments also enjoyed an increase in funding in 2009, presumably due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. However, the US budget sequestration of 2013 perhaps affected our specialty, as total NIH funding not only fell after the 2009 surge but also fell below the mean level from the few years prior to 2009, as shown in Figure 3 .…”

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“…Compared with other surgical subspecialties, otolaryngology is underrepresented. One urology study compared funding to other surgical subspecialties, noting that otolaryngology received 10% of funding among surgical subspecialties in 2014, coming in fourth of 6 surgical subspecialties 12 . Otolaryngology departments also enjoyed an increase in funding in 2009, presumably due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.…”

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NIH Funding within Otolaryngology: 2005‐2014

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Mistry

et al. 2017

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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Objective Analyze grants awarded between 2005 and 2014 to otolaryngology departments that appear in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RePORTER database, summarize characteristics of grant recipients associated with otolaryngology departments as listed in the RePORTER between 2005 and 2014, and identify trends in otolaryngology NIH funding between 2005 and 2014 by topic. Study Design Case series. Setting NIH database inquiry. Subjects Grant recipients. Methods The RePORTER was queried for all grants awarded to otolaryngology departments between 2005 and 2014. All grants classified as new, renewal, or revision were included while duplicates were excluded. Results In total, 475 grants to 51 institutions were categorized by topic and subtopic. Internet searches were conducted for characteristics of 352 principal investigators. Sixty-seven percent of awardees had a PhD, 22% had an MD, and 11% had an MD/PhD. Sex ratios varied by degrees held. Although 31% of all grant recipients were women, this ratio was not seen when recipients were classified by degree type, with 78% of women holding a PhD compared with 55% of men ( P = .0013). Of the award types, 39% were R01s, 15% were R21s, and 10% were R03s. The top 3 represented topics were otology/neurotology (52%), audiology (25%), and head and neck surgery (14%). The mean annual award amount, after adjusting for inflation to 2014 dollars, was $226,495.76, with 72.8% awarded by the National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders. Twenty percent of awardees received multiple grants. Conclusion NIH funding in otolaryngology tends to be awarded to those with PhDs studying the hearing sciences, with 1 in 5 having multiple awards. As in other areas of NIH funding, women are underrepresented overall.

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NIH Funding within Otolaryngology: 2005‐2014

Lennon

Hunter

Mistry

et al. 2017

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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“…We also encourage utilizing bridge grants and grant writing workshops. 6 This also calls for increased investment in advocacy for improved research funding, and the participation of urology faculty in NIH study sections, who bring content expertise and awareness to the review process.…”

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Contemporary Trends and End-Results of National Institutes of Health Grant Funding to Departments of Urology in the United States: A 10-year Analysis

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“…The relationship between gender and grant support has been examined in other specialties, often showing disadvantageous funding environments for women [ 14 ]. In a retrospective analysis of NIH grants awarded to Unites States diagnostic radiology departments, women were found to have received only 15.9% of awards and 13.3% of funding [ 15 ].…”

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Gender differences in career development awards in United States’ anesthesiology and surgery departments, 2006–2016

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BackgroundAlthough the status of women in anesthesiology has advanced by many measures, obtaining career development funding remains challenging. Here, we sought to compare the characteristics of funded career development awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) between the specialties of anesthesiology and surgery. We hypothesized that the two groups differ in percentage of faculty with awards, gender distribution among principal investigators, as well as the number of awards promoting diversity.MethodsThe NIH grant-funding database RePORT was queried for career development awards for the years 2006–2016 using the filters “Anesthesiology” and “Surgery.” Grants were characterized based on the gender of the principal investigator and whether the funding opportunity announcement indicated promotion of underrepresented minorities (URM). The 2016 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) report on “Distribution of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Sex and Rank” was used to adjust comparisons according to baseline gender distributions in anesthesiology and surgery departments. Cohorts were characterized using descriptive methods and compared using Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test.ResultsBased on our AAMC data query, in 2016, the number of women faculty members at the instructor or assistant professor level in U.S. medical schools was 2314 (41%) for anesthesiology and 2281 (30%) for surgery. Between 2006 and 2016, there were 88 career development grants awarded to investigators in anesthesiology departments compared to 261 in surgery departments. Of the grantees in each specialty, 29 (33%) were women in anesthesiology and 72 (28%) in surgery (P = 0.344). Awards to promote URM were identified for two grants (2%) in anesthesiology and nine grants (3%) in surgery (P = 0.737). Faculty members in surgery were more likely to receive an award than in anesthesiology (P < 0.0001), and women were less likely to receive an award than men (P = 0.026).ConclusionsThe major difference between US anesthesiology and surgery departments is that the number of faculty career development awards is significantly higher in surgery departments. Future efforts should aim to identify the reasons for such differences in order to inform strategies that can improve the likelihood for junior faculty members to receive career development funding.

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Analysis of National Institutes of Health Funding to Departments of Urology

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

NIH Funding within Otolaryngology: 2005‐2014

NIH Funding within Otolaryngology: 2005‐2014

Contemporary Trends and End-Results of National Institutes of Health Grant Funding to Departments of Urology in the United States: A 10-year Analysis

Gender differences in career development awards in United States’ anesthesiology and surgery departments, 2006–2016

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