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NIH funding of COVID-19 research in 2020: a cross-sectional study.

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Citation: BMJ Open. 12(5):e059041, 2022 05 11.PMID: 35545399Institution: MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: NursingForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tSubject headings: *Biomedical Research | *COVID-19 | COVID-19/ep [Epidemiology] | Cross-Sectional Studies | Financing, Organized | Humans | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) | United StatesYear: 2022 ISSN:

2044-6055

Name of journal: BMJ openAbstract: CONCLUSION: In the first year of the pandemic, the NIH diverted a small fraction of its budget to COVID-19 research. Future health emergencies will require research funding to pivot in a timely fashion and funding levels to be proportional to the anticipated burden of disease in the population. Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was to determine the number of grants and funding amount the NIH allocated for COVID-19 by research type and clinical/scientific area. The secondary outcome was to calculate the time from the funding opportunity announcement to the award notice date.OBJECTIVE: This study aims to characterise and evaluate the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) grant allocation speed and pattern of COVID-19 research.PARTICIPANTS: 1108 grants allocated to COVID-19 research.RESULTS: The NIH awarded a total of 56 169 grants in 2020, of which 2.0% (n=1108) wwas allocated for COVID-19 research. The NIH had a USSETTING: COVID-19 NIH RePORTER Dataset was used to identify COVID-19 relevant grants.All authors: Bai G, Balaguru L, Cary B, Dai T, Dun C, Hennayake S, Kung C, Makary M, Meyer A, Migliarese F, Sutcliffe K, Walsh CFiscal year: FY2022 Digital Object Identifier:

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059041

Date added to catalog: 2022-07-06

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CONCLUSION: In the first year of the pandemic, the NIH diverted a small fraction of its budget to COVID-19 research. Future health emergencies will require research funding to pivot in a timely fashion and funding levels to be proportional to the anticipated burden of disease in the population. Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.

MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was to determine the number of grants and funding amount the NIH allocated for COVID-19 by research type and clinical/scientific area. The secondary outcome was to calculate the time from the funding opportunity announcement to the award notice date.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to characterise and evaluate the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) grant allocation speed and pattern of COVID-19 research.

PARTICIPANTS: 1108 grants allocated to COVID-19 research.

RESULTS: The NIH awarded a total of 56 169 grants in 2020, of which 2.0% (n=1108) wwas allocated for COVID-19 research. The NIH had a US 5.3 billion budget that year, of which 4.9% (US .2 billion) was allocated to COVID-19 research. The most common clinical/scientific areas were social determinants of health (n=278, 8.5% of COVID-19 funding), immunology (n=211, 25.8%) and pharmaceutical interventions research (n=208, 47.6%). There were 104 grants studying COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions, of which 2 grants studied the efficacy of face masks and 6 studied the efficacy of social distancing. Of the 83 COVID-19 funded grants on transmission, 5 were awarded to study airborne transmission of COVID-19 and 2 grants on transmission of COVID-19 in schools. The average time from the funding opportunity announcement to the award notice date was 151 days (SD: +/-57.9).

SETTING: COVID-19 NIH RePORTER Dataset was used to identify COVID-19 relevant grants.

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