Family Medicine: Finding Its Way on the Federal Research Roadmap

Alyssa M. Indelicato; Amanda Weidner; Christopher P. Morley

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2024.240118R1

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Total percentage of funding and total amount of funding awarded to departments of family medicine from 2014 to 2023.

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Table 1.

Federal Grants Awarded to Departments of Family Medicine (DFMs) from 2014 to 2023, as Reported in NIH RePORTER. Percentage Calculations Use Number and Total Funding of All Projects in NIH RePORTER as Denominators. Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Total Funding in Billions, and Percentage of Total Funding, Included for Comparison

Fiscal Year	All Projects	Projects to DFMs (%)	Total Funding DFMs	Total Federal Funding	DFM Funding (%)	Internal Medicine (Total Funding in Billions (% of Total)	Pediatrics (Total Funding in Billions (% of Total)
2014	64762	0.30%	$79,753,100	$32,645,233,914	0.24%	$3.35 (10.27%)	$0.74 (2.27%)
2015	62100	0.33%	$92,439,910	$32,662,514,743	0.28%	$3.22 (9.85%)	$0.77 (2.37%)
2016	61325	0.30%	$89,292,165	$31,919,173,492	0.28%	$3.4 (10.64%)	$0.76 (2.40%)
2017	61735	0.28%	$80,922,039	$31,528,502,237	0.26%	$3.55 (11.26%)	$0.73 (2.32%)
2018	65164	0.26%	$83,892,324	$33,684,275,078	0.25%	$3.73 (11.08%)	$0.77 (2.30%)
2019	67294	0.30%	$91,540,142	$36,293,275,228	0.25%	$4.16 (11.46%)	$0.84 (2.33%)
2020	70299	0.31%	$105,744,113	$40,488,996,745	0.26%	$4.87 (12.02%)	$1 (2.46%)
2021	71265	0.31%	$107,975,115	$42,004,195,254	0.26%	$5.19 (12.37%)	$1.17 (2.78%)
2022	72539	0.33%	$123,624,912	$43,117,780,811	0.29%	$5.07 (11.75%)	$1.11 (2.57%)
2023	73230	0.41%	$141,251,767	$44,505,086,908	0.32%	$5.14 (11.55%)	$1.18 (2.66%)

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Table 2.
Comparison of Departments of Family Medicine Only versus Departments of Family Medicine plus Other Disciplines (as Indicated by Department Name), by Funding Status (Any Federal Funding Recorded in NIH RePORTER, 2014–2023)
Funded Non-Funded p
Family Medicine 27 (37.0%) 46 (63.0%) 0.06
Family Medicine Plus Other disciplines 31 (53.4%) 27 (37.0%)

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Table 3.

Departments of Family Medicine (DFMs) Awarded the Most Amount of Funding (Top 5, of 73) from 2014 to 2023

Family Medicine Department	Sum of Total Awarded Funding (2014–2023)	Percentage of Total Funding out of All DFMs Funding
University of California, San Diego	$158,371,748	15.89%
University of Minnesota	$75,211,983	7.55%
University of Utah	$71,633,249	7.19%
Oregon Health & Science University	$58,947,574	5.92%
University of California Los Angeles	$38,367,018	3.85%