Federal Research Funding for Family Medicine: Highly Concentrated, with Decreasing New Investigator Awards.
A small proportion of National Institutes of Health and other federal research funding is received by university departments of family medicine, the largest primary care specialty. That limited funding is also concentrated, with roughly a quarter of all National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funding awarded to 3 departments, almost half of that funding coming from 3 agencies, and a recent trend away from funding for new investigators.
From 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).
Brianna J
BJ
Cameron
From 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).
Andrew W
AW
Bazemore
From 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). morleycp@upstate.edu.
Christopher P
CP
Morley
D001363:Awards and Prizes; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics*; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000191:economics; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000191:economics; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality / Q000191:economics; D014495:Universities / Q000191:economics*
Awards & Prizes; Center for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.); Family Practice; Grants; Primary Health Care; Research