Research productivity and training support for doctoral students in the biological and biomedical sciences.

ABSTRACT: Training of doctoral students as part of the next generation of the biomedical workforce is essential for sustaining the scientific enterprise in the United States. Training primarily occurs at institutions of higher education, and these trainees comprise an important part of the workforce at these institutions. Federal investment in the support of doctoral students in the biological and biomedical sciences is distributed differently than the distribution of students across different types of institutions, for example, public vs private. Institutions in states that historically receive less federal support for research also receive less support for doctoral student training. Doctorates at different types of institution exhibit little difference in research productivity, with the exception

SUBMITTER: Schaller MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9983073 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature