Recent trends in NIH funding for top surgeon-scientists

Langston, Rebekah G.; Zhao, Edward; Wong, Ka Hin; Rodriguez, Analiz

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.004

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“…In contrast to other surgical subspecialties, the proportion of NIH funding awarded to orthopedic surgeon-scientists compared to their departments has decreased over time. 13 The source of this disparity has not been explored but has been purported to be due to the rigor of clinical training and lack of protected research time during residency. 30 K awards, including K08 and K23 grants, are research career development grants that provide mentored research time to support early-career scientists in their path to independent investigators and are crucial as a pipeline for developing surgeon-scientists.…”

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Orthopedic surgeon-scientist representation is low among National Institutes of Health grants for rotator cuff research

Imam,

Sudah,

Manzi

et al. 2024

JSES International

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Orthopedic surgeon-scientist representation is low among National Institutes of Health grants for rotator cuff research

Imam,

Sudah,

Manzi

et al. 2024

JSES International

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“…BRIMR is an independent, non-profit, scientific research institute that has monitored NIH funding to health science schools and organizations since 2006. 6 , 7 , 8 Further data was then collected on the 54 departments identified.…”

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Variation in academic neurosurgery departments’ #neurosurgery social media influence

Cloney

Hopkins

Roumeliotis

et al. 2023

World Neurosurgery: X

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“…Between 2010 and 2020, the overall number of NIH-funded surgeons and the rate of grants awarded to surgeon-scientists also increased 6 , but NIH funding for orthopaedic surgery departments has historically lagged behind that of other surgical disciplines 7 . Even within orthopaedic surgery departments, the number of surgeons awarded the highest-value grants has decreased 8 .…”

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National Institutes of Health Funding to Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery at U.S. Medical Schools from 2015 to 2021

Imam

Sudah

Shaikh

et al. 2023

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Background:National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding of orthopaedic surgery departments has historically lagged behind that of other surgical disciplines. In this study, we present an updated analysis of NIH grants awarded to orthopaedic surgery departments at U.S. medical schools and an evaluation of the characteristics of NIH-funded principal investigators (PIs).Methods:The NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) database was queried for grants awarded to orthopaedic surgery departments in the 2015 to 2021 fiscal years. Funding totals were calculated for 4 categories: award mechanism, awarding institute, recipient institute, and PI. Trends in funding from 2015 to 2021 were determined and compared with the annual NIH budget. Funding awarded to orthopaedic surgery departments was compared with awards received by other surgical specialties in 2021. The characteristics of NIH-funded PIs and co-PIs were evaluated. Funding awarded to orthopaedic surgery departments in 2021 was compared with funding in 2014 as reported in a previous study.Results:In 2021, 287 grants were awarded to 187 PIs at 47 orthopaedic surgery departments for a total of $104,710,841, representing 0.4% of the overall NIH budget. The top 5 departments earned $41,750,321 (39.9%) of the total NIH funding for orthopaedic surgery. From 2015 to 2021, total funding increased by 79.7% (p < 0.001), but the rate of increase was not significantly different from that of the overall annual NIH budget (p = 0.469). In 2021, grants were most commonly awarded via the R01 mechanism (70.0% of total funding), with a median annual award of $397,144 (interquartile range [IQR], $335,017 to $491,248). The majority of grants (70.0%) supported basic science research, followed by translational (12.2%), clinical (9.4%), and educational (8.4%) research. NIH funding did not vary by the gender of the PI (p = 0.505), and the proportion of female PIs was significantly greater in 2021 than in 2014 (33.9% versus 20.5%, p = 0.009). Compared with other surgical departments, orthopaedic surgery departments ranked second-lowest in terms of the total NIH funding received in 2021.Conclusions:NIH funding to orthopaedic surgery departments continues to be limited and lags behind that of other surgical subspecialties, which may create challenges in addressing the rising burden of musculoskeletal disease in the U.S. These findings highlight the importance of efforts to identify barriers to grant procurement in orthopaedic surgery.

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Recent trends in NIH funding for top surgeon-scientists

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Orthopedic surgeon-scientist representation is low among National Institutes of Health grants for rotator cuff research

Orthopedic surgeon-scientist representation is low among National Institutes of Health grants for rotator cuff research

Variation in academic neurosurgery departments’ #neurosurgery social media influence

National Institutes of Health Funding to Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery at U.S. Medical Schools from 2015 to 2021

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