The increasing importance of fellowships and career development awards in the careers of early-stage biomedical academic researchers.

ABSTRACT: Excessive competition for biomedical faculty positions has ratcheted up the need to accumulate some mix of high-quality publications and prestigious grants to move from a training position to university faculty. How universities value each of these attributes when considering faculty candidates is critical for understanding what is needed to succeed as academic faculty. In this study, I analyzed publicly available NIH grant information to determine the grants first-time R01 (FTR01) awardees held during their training period. Increases in the percentage of the FTR01 population that held a training award demonstrate these awards are becoming a more common component of a faculty candidate's resume. The increase was largely due to an expansion of NIH K-series career development awards between

SUBMITTER: Pickett CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797166 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature