Geographic inequality in funding by National Institutes of Health negatively impacts almost one-half of the states in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary federal agency in the United States (US) that supports biomedical research, training, and clinical trials. NIH funding creates patents and jobs and thus helps the regional and national economy grow. Therefore, NIH funding would be expected to flow equitably to all 50 US states. However, there is a significant geographic disparity in the level of NIH funding received by various states. To that end, in 1993, authorized by Congress, NIH initiated a funding program called the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) to support states, called IDeA states, which received low levels of NIH funding. However, whether this approach has helped reduce the geographic disparity in NIH funding is unclear.

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SUBMITTER: Caulder E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461335 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature