Table 1.
Selected NIH-Funded Awards for Palliative Care Research by Institute from 2011 to 2015
| Institute | All grants | Early-stage CDAa | Experienced investigator CDAb | Training grantsc | Pilot grantsd | Research project grantse | Education project grantsf | Center grantsg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All institutes | 461 | 45 (9.8) | 15 (3.3) | 40 (8.7) | 66 (14.3) | 139 (30.2) | 27 (5.9) | 68 (14.8) |
| NIA | 115 (24.9) | 28 (62.2) | 7 (46.7) | 3 (2.6) | 25 (37.9) | 20 (14.4) | 0h | 21 (18.3) |
| NCI | 143 (31.0) | 7 (15.7) | 6 (40.0) | 5 (3.5) | 18 (27.3) | 33 (23.7) | 26 (96.3) | 36 (25.2) |
| NHLBI | 17 (3.7) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (6.7) | 4 (23.5) | 1 (1.5) | 8 (5.8) | 0h | 0h |
| NIMH | 5 (1.1) | 1 (2.2) | 0h | 0h | 1 (1.5) | 2 (1.4) | 0h | 0h |
| NINR | 112 (24.3) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (6.7) | 26 (23.2) | 12 (18.2) | 58 (41.7) | 0h | 8 (7.1) |
| NIDDK | 6 (1.3) | 1 (2.2) | 0h | 1 (16.7) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0h | 2 (33.3) |
| Other | 63 (13.7) | 0h | 0h | 1 (1.6) | 2 (3.0) | 7 (5.0) | 0h | 1 (1.6) |
Early-stage investigator CDA: K01, K07, K08, and K23.
Experienced investigator CDA: K05 and K24.
Training grants: F31, F32 and T32.
Pilot grants: R21 and R03.
Research project grants: R01.
Education project grants: R25.
Center grants: P01, P30, P50, U01, U10, U19, U24, U2C, U54, UG1, and UH3.
The number zero reflects that there were no grants funded in those categories, which may be because these Institutes did not fund the mechanism or did not fund the mechanism during the study period. This information could not be tracked by year of the study period.
CDA, career development award; NCI, National Cancer Institute; NHLBI, National Heart Lung Blood Institute; NIA, National Institute on Aging; NIDDK, National Institute on Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; NIMH, National Institute of Mental Health; NINR, National Institute for Nursing Research.