Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists
Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists
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DOI：
10.1126/sciadv.aaw7238
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
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13.6
通讯作者：
Santangelo, George M.
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作者：
Hoppe, Travis A.;Litovitz, Aviva;Santangelo, George M.
尽管努力促进生物医学劳动力的多样性，非洲裔美国人/黑人（AA/B）科学家提交的美国国立卫生研究院R 01申请的资助率仍然低于白色科学家。为了找出造成这一资金缺口的根本原因，我们分析了2011年至2015年申请过程的六个阶段，发现其中三个阶段出现了不同的结果：讨论的决定，影响分数分配，以及以前未研究的阶段，主题选择。值得注意的是，AA/B类申请者倾向于提出奖励率较低的研究课题。这些专题包括社区和人口一级的研究，而不是更基本和机械的调查;后者往往有更高的获奖率。在控制了多个变量（包括申请人以前的成就）后，仅主题选择就占资金缺口的20%以上。我们的研究结果可用于为旨在缩小资金缺口的干预措施提供信息。
Despite efforts to promote diversity in the biomedical workforce, there remains a lower rate of funding of National Institutes of Health R01 applications submitted by African-American/black (AA/B) scientists relative to white scientists. To identify underlying causes of this funding gap, we analyzed six stages of the application process from 2011 to 2015 and found that disparate outcomes arise at three of the six: decision to discuss, impact score assignment, and a previously unstudied stage, topic choice. Notably, AA/B applicants tend to propose research on topics with lower award rates. These topics include research at the community and population level, as opposed to more fundamental and mechanistic investigations; the latter tend to have higher award rates. Topic choice alone accounts for over 20% of the funding gap after controlling for multiple variables, including the applicant's prior achievements. Our findings can be used to inform interventions designed to close the funding gap.