An updated look at the funding gaps between white and black applicants for NIH’s R01 awards.
Written by Dr. Cato T. Laurencin who is chairing the Academies’ Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Despite efforts to promote diversity there remains a lower rate of funding of R01 applications submitted by African-American/black scientists relative to white scientists.
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