"NIH director Jay Bhattacharya said, 'I want Iowa, Nebraska scientists, scientists at every institution, to be able to compete on the same level playing fields with the brilliant scientists here in Massachusetts.' He said something similar at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on 3 February."
"Information about the number of grant applications and the likelihood of them being funded as a function of applicants' geography has not generally been made available - even though the distribution of NIH funding across states and organizations is accessible."
"An analysis of these data reveals that Massachusetts did do better than Iowa and Nebraska when it came to grant success rate. But the differences were not statistically significant - at least in this data set, although they might be in a larger one."
The NIH possesses extensive data on grant applications, peer-review outcomes, and funding results spanning decades. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has stated commitment to creating equal competition opportunities for scientists across all US institutions, suggesting geographic disparities in funding. However, comprehensive data on grant application numbers and funding likelihood by geography has remained largely unavailable to the public. Analysis of publicly accessible Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grant data from 2015-2024 shows Massachusetts achieved approximately 20% grant success rates compared to around 18% in Iowa and Nebraska. These differences lack statistical significance in current datasets, though larger datasets might reveal meaningful variations.
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