Researchers shine a light on racial disparities in peer review scores for NIH grants
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 09:11
in Psychology & Sociology
In 2011, a study published in Science found that Black applicants for the prestigious and highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 research grants were 10 percentage points less likely to receive funding than their white counterparts. NIH R01 grants provide four or five years of independent support and can be crucial to a junior faculty member's chances for promotion, tenure and ability to pursue a major avenue of research.