The analysis of existing institutional research proposal databases can provide novel insights into science funding parity. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between race/ethnicity and extramural research proposal and award rates across a medical school faculty and to determine whether there was evidence that researchers changed their submission strategies because of differential inequities across submission categories. The authors performed an analysis of 14,263 biomedical research proposals with proposed start dates between 2010-2022 from the University of Michigan Medical School, measuring the proposal submission and award rates for each racial/ethnic group across 4 possible submission categories (R01 & Equivalent programs, other federal, industry, and non-profit). Biomedical researchers from different racial/ethnic groups follow markedly different proposal submission strategies within the University of Michigan Medical School. There is also a clear relationship between race/ethnicity and rates of proposal award. Black/African American and Asian researchers appear disadvantaged across all submission categories relative to White researchers. This study can be easily replicated by other academic research institutions, revealing opportunities for positive intervention.
翻译:对现有机构研究提案数据库的分析可以提供科学供资均等的新见解。本研究的目的是分析种族/族裔和外部研究提案之间的关系,以及医学院教师的授标率,确定是否有证据表明研究人员因各提交类别之间的不平等而改变了提交战略。作者分析了14 263项生物医学研究提案,并提议从密歇根大学医学院2010年至2022年的起始日期开始,衡量提案提交和每个种族/族裔群体在4个可能提交类别(R01 & 等价方案、其他联邦、工业和非盈利性方案)中的授标率。来自不同种族/族裔群体的生物医学研究人员在密歇根大学医学院遵循了显著不同的提交提案战略。种族/族裔与提案获奖率之间也有明显的关系。黑人/非洲裔美国人和亚洲研究人员在提交提案的所有类别中似乎相对于白人研究人员而言处于劣势。这一研究很容易被其他学术研究机构复制,揭示了积极干预的机会。