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. 2021 Dec 21;326(23):2427-2429.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.19360.

NIH Diversity Supplement Awards by Year and Administering Institute

Katherine A Hill  1 , Mayur M Desai  2 , Sarwat I Chaudhry  3 , Mytien Nguyen  1 , Dowin Boatright  4
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NIH Diversity Supplement Awards by Year and Administering Institute

Katherine A Hill et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study charts the use of the National Institutes of Health’s diversity supplements, grant enhancement awards designed to provide research opportunities to individuals from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups, since the program’s inception in 1989.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Number of New R01-Associated Diversity Supplements by Fiscal Year
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Number and Percentage of New R01-Associated Diversity Supplements by Administering National Institutes of Health Agency (2005-2020)
NCI indicates National Cancer Institute; NEI, National Eye Institute; NHGRI, National Human Genome Research Institute; NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; NIA, National Institute on Aging; NIAAA, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; NIAID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIAMS, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; NIBIB, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; NICHD, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; NIDA, National Institute on Drug Abuse; NIDCD, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; NIDCR, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; NIDDK, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; NIEHS, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; NIGMS, National Institute of General Medical Sciences; NIMH, National Institute of Mental Health; NIMHD, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; NINDS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; NINR, National Institute of Nursing Research; NLM, National Library of Medicine.
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