Demographic trends and disparities among NIH-funded medical school faculty in the US, 1970-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although gender and racial/ethnic trends and disparities are well documented among recipients of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant funding, little is known about the demographic trends and disparities within a critical subpopulation: NIH-funded medical school faculty.

Methods

This paper analyzes a rich dataset of full-time medical school faculty and their NIH grants from 1970 to 2022 and examines temporal trends in the demographic distribution and relative representation (representation index) of NIH-funded medical school faculty by gender, race/ethnicity, and their intersections.

Results

This paper reports that, while the gender gap in NIH funding has narrowed, a gender gap remains, particularly among highly funded faculty. Further, trends

SUBMITTER: Browne A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668554 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature