NIH Funding and Career Development Opportunities for Women in Reproductive Immunology

OBJECTIVETo increase the number of independent National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded neurosurgeons and to enhance neurosurgery research, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) developed two national comprehensive programs (R25 [established 2009] for residents/fellows and K12 [2013] for early-career neurosurgical faculty) in consultation with neurosurgical leaders and academic departments to support in-training and early-career neurosurgeons. The authors assessed the effectiveness of these NINDS-initiated programs to increase the number of independent NIH-funded neurosurgeon-scientists and grow NIH neurosurgery research funding.METHODSNIH funding data for faculty and clinical department funding were derived from the NIH, academic departments, and Blue Ridge Institute of Medical Research databases from 2006 to 2019.RESULTSBetween 2009 and 2019, the NINDS R25 funded 87 neurosurgical residents. Fifty-three (61%) have completed the award and training, and 39 (74%) are in academic practice. Compared to neurosurgeons who did not receive R25 funding, R25 awardees were twice as successful (64% vs 31%) in obtaining K-series awards and received the K-series award in a significantly shorter period of time after training (25.2 ± 10.1 months vs 53.9 ± 23.0 months; p < 0.004). Between 2013 and 2019, the NINDS K12 has supported 19 neurosurgeons. Thirteen (68%) have finished their K12 support and all (100%) have applied for federal funding. Eleven (85%) have obtained major individual NIH grant support. Since the establishment of these two programs, the number of unique neurosurgeons supported by either individual (R01 or DP-series) or collaborative (U- or P-series) NIH grants increased from 36 to 82 (a 2.3-fold increase). Overall, NIH funding to clinical neurological surgery departments between 2006 and 2019 increased from $66.9 million to $157.3 million (a 2.2-fold increase).CONCLUSIONSTargeted research education and career development programs initiated by the NINDS led to a rapid and dramatic increase in the number of NIH-funded neurosurgeon-scientists and total NIH neurosurgery department funding.

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NIH Funding of Researchers in Surgery: Decreased Career Development Awards Over Time

Journal of Surgical Research ◽

10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.053 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 266 ◽

pp. 6-12

Author(s):

Mary Smithson ◽

M. Chandler McLeod ◽

Dan I. Chu ◽

Greg Kennedy ◽

Melanie Morris ◽

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Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Nih Funding ◽

Over Time

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The Increasing Importance of Fellowships and Career Development Awards in the Careers of Early-Stage Biomedical Academic Researchers

10.1101/622886 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christopher L. Pickett

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Early Stage ◽

Common Component ◽

Excessive Competition ◽

Faculty Positions ◽

Academic Researchers ◽

Academic Faculty ◽

Training Position ◽

Nih Funding ◽

First Time

AbstractExcessive competition for biomedical faculty positions has ratcheted up the need to accumulate some mix of high-quality publications and prestigious grants to move from a training position to university faculty. How universities value each of these attributes when considering faculty candidates is critical for understanding what is needed to succeed as academic faculty. In this study, I analyzed publicly available NIH grant information to determine the grants first-time R01 (FTR01) awardees held during their training period. Increases in the percentage of the FTR01 population that held a training award demonstrate these awards are becoming a more common component of a faculty candidate’s resume. The increase was largely due to an expansion of NIH K-series career development awards between 2000 and 2017. FTR01 awardees with a K01, K08, K23, or K99 award were overrepresented in a subset of institutions, whereas FTR01 awardees with F32 fellowships and those with no training award were evenly distributed across institutions. Finally, training awardees from top institutions were overrepresented in the faculty of the majority of institutions, echoing data from other fields where a select few institutions supply an overwhelming majority of the faculty for the rest of the field. These data give important insight into how trainees compete for NIH funding and faculty positions and how institutions prefer those with or without training awards.

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International trends in grant and fellowship funding awarded to women in neurosurgery

Neurosurgical FOCUS ◽

10.3171/2020.12.focus20846 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (3) ◽

pp. E5

Author(s):

Kimberly Wang ◽

Archis R. Bhandarkar ◽

Megan M. J. Bauman ◽

Cecile Riviere-Cazaux ◽

Juliana Rotter ◽

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Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Linear Trend ◽

Grant Funding ◽

The Past ◽

International Trends ◽

The Us ◽

Funded Project ◽

Nih Funding ◽

Important Building Block ◽

Over Time

OBJECTIVEMetric tracking of grant funding over time for academic neurosurgeons sorted by gender informs the current climate of career development internationally for women in neurosurgery.METHODSMultivariate linear trend analysis of grant funding awarded to neurosurgeons in the NIH and World Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) was performed. Traveling fellowships for international neurosurgery residents sponsored by the AANS and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) were also analyzed.RESULTSWithin the US, funding awarded to female neurosurgeons has remained static from 2009 to 2019 after adjusting for inflation and overall trends in NIH funding (β = −$0.3 million per year, p = 0.16). Internationally, female neurosurgeons represented 21.7% (n = 5) of project leads for World RePORTER grants. Traveling fellowships are also an important building block for young international female neurosurgeons, of which 7.4% (n = 2) of AANS international traveling fellowships and 19.4% (n = 7) of AANS/CNS pediatrics international traveling fellowships are women.CONCLUSIONSOver the past decade, funding has increased in neurosurgery without a concordant increase in funding awarded to women. Recognition of this trend is essential to focus efforts on research and career development opportunities for women in neurosurgery. Worldwide, female neurosurgeons head one-fifth of the funded project leads and constitute a minority of international traveling fellowships awarded by organized neurosurgery.

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Career development subsequent to general practice training

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1983.47.12.tb01734.x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 47 (12) ◽

pp. 767-770

Author(s):

SL Handelman ◽

PM Brunette ◽

ES Solomon

Keyword(s):

General Practice ◽

Career Development ◽

General Practice Training

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Faculty, Students Receive Research Career Development Awards

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.an4.21102016.60 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (10) ◽

pp. 60-60

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Research Career

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The Effects of Work Experience on Two Scales of Career Development

Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance ◽

10.1080/00256307.1977.12022127 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 175-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Flora B. Yen ◽

Charles C. Healy

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Work Experience

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A review of career interventions from an educational perspective: Have investigations shed any light?

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024//1421-0185.59.4.227 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 227-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Lee-Ann Prideaux ◽

Peter A. Creed ◽

Juanita Muller ◽

Wendy Patton

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Intervention Studies ◽

Future Research ◽

Development Programs ◽

Career Intervention ◽

Career Interventions ◽

International Trends ◽

Specific Career ◽

Education Interventions ◽

Development Literature

Despite widespread acknowledgement of the importance of career development programs to assist students in their complex transition from school to work, very few specific career education interventions have been objectively evaluated. The aim of this paper is to highlight what the authors consider to be a conspicuous shortfall in the career development literature to date, that is, reports of methodologically sound career intervention studies carried out in actual high school settings. International trends in the world of work are briefly discussed in association with the repercussions these changes are producing for today's youth. The major portion of this article is devoted to a comprehensive review of career intervention studies with particular attention paid to the methodological and theoretical issues that resonate from this review process. Recommendations for future research are proposed.

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