Longitudinal analysis of National Institutes of Health funding for academic thoracic surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for academic (noncardiac) thoracic surgeons at the top-140 NIH-funded institutes in the United States was assessed. We hypothesized that thoracic surgeons have difficulty in obtaining NIH funding in a difficult funding climate.

Methods

The top-140 NIH-funded institutes' faculty pages were searched for noncardiac thoracic surgeons. Surgeon data, including gender, academic rank, and postfellowship training were recorded. These surgeons were then queried in NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results for their funding history. Analysis of the resulting grants (1980-2019) included grant type, funding amount, project start/end dates, publications, and a citation-based Grant Impact Metric to evaluate

SUBMITTER: Narahari AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8329128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature