The Impact of Postdoctoral Fellowships on a Future Independent Career in Federally Funded Biomedical Research

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2018-04Author
Heggeness, Misty L.
Ginther, Donna K.
Larenas, Maria I.
Carter-Johnson, Frances D.
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Working Paper
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© 2018 by Misty L. Heggeness, Donna K. Ginther, Maria I. Larenas, and Frances D. CarterJohnson. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted
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The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is a major research training program administered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with funds appropriated each year by Congress. This study examines the impact of NRSA postdoctoral fellowships on subsequent research-related career outcomes using NIH administrative records on applicants who applied for a fellowship between 1996 and 2008. We find that postdoctoral fellowships increased the probability of receiving subsequent NIH research awards from 6.3 to 8.2 percentage points and of achieving an NIH-funded R01 award, an indication of an independent research career, from 4.6 to 6.1 percentage points. Our findings demonstrate that the NRSA postdoctoral fellowship awards have the potential to promote retention of scientists in NIH-funded research and in the biomedical workforce pipeline.
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“The Impact of Postdoctoral Fellowships on A Future Independent Career In Federally Funded Biomedical Research.” 2018. NBER Working Paper 24508: http://www.nber.org/papers/w24508 (with Misty Heggeness, Maria Larenas, and Frances Carter-Johnson).
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