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Lost in Translation: NIH Funding for Family Medicine Research Remains Limited

Brianna J. Cameron, Andrew W. Bazemore and Christopher P. Morley
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2016, 29 (5) 528-530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.05.160063
Brianna J. Cameron
Central New York Master of Public Health Alumnus, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (BJC); the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, DC (AWB); and the Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse (CPM).
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Andrew W. Bazemore
Central New York Master of Public Health Alumnus, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (BJC); the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, DC (AWB); and the Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse (CPM).
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Christopher P. Morley
Central New York Master of Public Health Alumnus, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY (BJC); the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, DC (AWB); and the Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse (CPM).
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    Table 1.

    National Institutes of Health Grant Dollars (in Millions) and Number of Grants Awarded to Departments of Family Medicine from 2002 to 2014

    2002–2006*2007–20102011–2014
    Total grant dollars received by FM, 2014$57 million$76 million$71 million
    Total grant dollars awarded by NIH, 2014$28,451 million$38,002 million$32,985 million
    Total NIH grant dollars awarded to FM (%)0.200.200.22
    Total grants received by FM (n)170224192
    Total grants awarded by NIH (n)60,22771,77765,603
    Total NIH grants awarded to FM (%)0.280.310.29
    • ↵* Differs slightly from the findings of Lucan et al,4 who used data directly from the Office of Extramural Research.

    • FM, family medicine; NIH, National Institutes of Health.

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    Table 2.

    Comparison of Awards Reviewed versus Awarded, for All Departments and Family Medicine Only*

    Fiscal YearApplications
    All DepartmentsFamily Medicine
    Reviewed (n)Awarded (n)Success Rate (%)Reviewed (n)Awarded (n)Success Rate (%)
    200622,3394,67020.91872513.4
    200722,9815,16222.51682716.1
    200821,1134,91923.31452617.9
    200920,8464,58522.01733017.3
    201021,9544,84022.01612314.3
    201123,2304,40919.01592515.7
    201224,3894,64619.01611911.8
    201323,7384,37618.41712816.4
    201424,1534,72219.61582314.6
    201524,4664,87619.91502516.7
    Total229,20947,20520.61,63325115.4
    • ↵* Data obtained from the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT). Funding. Available from: https://report.nih.gov/success_rates/index.aspx. Accessed July 19, 2016.

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