Grant application outcomes for biomedical researchers who participated in the National Research Mentoring Network's Grant Writing Coaching Programs

Autor: Richard McGee, Nancy B. Schwartz, Anne Marie Weber-Main, Spero M. Manson, Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, Elizabeth Ofili, Kimberly Lawson, Thaddeus Unold, Meldra Hall, Japera Hemming, Harlan P. Jones, Kolawole S. Okuyemi, Jeffrey Engler, Clifford J. Steer, Ann Smith, Kristin Eide Boman, Laurie E. Risner, Dedra Buchwald, Eileen M. Harwood
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Institutional Funding of Science
Science and Technology Workforce
Biomedical Research
Economics
Writing
Ethnic group
Social Sciences
Surveys
Careers in Research
Coaching
Grant writing
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
0303 health sciences
Multidisciplinary
Ecology
Careers
Financing
Organized
Group session
Biodiversity
Research Design
Workforce
Medicine
Female
Psychology
Research Article
Employment
Science Policy
Science
Research Grants
Research and Analysis Methods
Research Funding
03 medical and health sciences
Humans
Government Funding of Science
030304 developmental biology
Medical education
Survey Research
business.industry
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Mentoring
Biology and Life Sciences
United States
Labor Economics
Program completion
business
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0241851 (2020)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Background A diverse research workforce is essential for catalyzing biomedical advancements, but this workforce goal is hindered by persistent sex and racial/ethnic disparities among investigators receiving research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In response, the NIH-funded National Research Mentoring Network implemented a Grant Writing Coaching Program (GCP) to provide diverse cohorts of early-career investigators across the United States with intensive coaching throughout the proposal development process. We evaluated the GCP’s national reach and short-term impact on participants’ proposal submissions and funding outcomes. Methods The GCP was delivered as six similar but distinct models. All models began with an in-person group session, followed by a series of coaching sessions over 4 to 12 months. Participants were surveyed at 6-, 12- and 18-months after program completion to assess proposal outcomes (submissions, awards). Self-reported data were verified and supplemented by searches of public repositories of awarded grants when available. Submission and award rates were derived from counts of participants who submitted or were awarded at least one grant proposal in a category (NIH, other federal, non-federal). Results From June 2015 through March 2019, 545 investigators (67% female, 61% under-represented racial/ethnic minority, URM) from 187 different institutions participated in the GCP. Among them, 324 (59% of participants) submitted at least one grant application and 134 (41% of submitters) received funding. A total of 164 grants were awarded, the majority being from the NIH (93, 56%). Of the 74 R01 (or similar) NIH research proposals submitted by GCP participants, 16 have been funded thus far (56% to URM, 75% to women). This 22% award rate exceeded the 2016–2018 NIH success rates for new R01s. Conclusion Inter- and intra-institutional grant writing coaching groups are a feasible and effective approach to supporting the grant acquisition efforts of early-career biomedical investigators, including women and those from URM groups.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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