title: Health disparities grants funded by National Institute on Aging: trends between 2000 and 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study examined the characteristics of health disparities grants funded by National Institute on Aging (NIA) from 2000 to 2010. Objectives were (a) to examine longitudinal trends in health disparities-related grants funded by NIA and (b) to identify moderators of these trends.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our primary data source was the National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) system. The RePORTER data were merged with data from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. General linear models were used to examine the longitudinal trends and how these trends were associated with type of grant and institutional characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  NIA funded 825 grants on health disparities between 2000 and 2010, expending approximately 330 million dollars. There was an overall linear increase over time in both the total number of grants and amount of funding, with an outlying spike during 2009. These trends were significantly influenced by several moderators including funding mechanism and type of institution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings highlight NIA's current efforts to fund health disparities grants to reduce disparities among older adults. Gerontology researchers may find this information very useful for their future grant submissions.
authors.affiliation: Center for Mental Health and Aging and Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Box 870315, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0315, USA. giyeon.kim@ua.edu
authors.forename: Giyeon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Decoster
authors.forename: Chao-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parmelee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D054561:National Institute on Aging (U.S.) / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States