Topic choice contributes to the lower rate of NIH awards to African-American/black scientists

Travis A. Hoppe, Aviva Litovitz, Kristine A. Willis, Rebecca A. Meseroll, Matthew J. Perkins, B. Ian Hutchins, Alison F. Davis, Michael S. Lauer, Hannah A. Valantine, James M. Anderson, George M. Santangelo

Science Advances. 2019;5(10):aww7238. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7238

Topic choice is a previously unappreciated contributor to the lower rate of NIH awards to AA/B scientists.Despite efforts to promote diversity in the biomedical workforce, there remains a lower rate of funding of National Institutes of Health R01 applications ...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785250/

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