02157nas a2200469   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001500043653001700058653002400075653001700099653003000116653002300146653002400169653001400193653003300207653002600240653002300266653001100289653002500300653002400325653004100349653002600390653001500416653001800431653002300449653003000472653001800502653001700520100002100537700002300558700001900581700001800600700001300618700001900631700002000650245004500670300001400715490000800729520093600737022001401673       2011                            d  c2011-08-1910aAsian People10aBiomedical Research10aBlack People10aBlack or African American10aDatabases, Factual10aEducation, Graduate10aEthnicity10aFellowships and Scholarships10aFinancing, Government10aHispanic or Latino10aHumans10aLikelihood Functions10aModels, Statistical10aNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)10aPeer Review, Research10aPublishing10aRacial Groups10aResearch Personnel10aResearch Support as Topic10aUnited States10aWhite People1 aDonna K. Ginther1 aWalter T. Schaffer1 aJoshua Schnell1 aBeth Masimore1 aFaye Liu1 aLaurel L. Haak1 aRaynard Kington00aRace, ethnicity, and NIH research awards  a1015-10190 v3333 aWe investigated the association between a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 applicant's self-identified race or ethnicity and the probability of receiving an award by using data from the NIH IMPAC II grant database, the Thomson Reuters Web of Science, and other sources. Although proposals with strong priority scores were equally likely to be funded regardless of race, we find that Asians are 4 percentage points and black or African-American applicants are 13 percentage points less likely to receive NIH investigator-initiated research funding compared with whites. After controlling for the applicant's educational background, country of origin, training, previous research awards, publication record, and employer characteristics, we find that black applicants remain 10 percentage points less likely than whites to be awarded NIH research funding. Our results suggest some leverage points for policy intervention.  a1095-9203