Table 1.
History of grant competitions for ICRAs in SCD
| 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | All Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Type of competition | Open | Open | Limited renewal | Open | Limited renewal | |||||||
| ICRA applications | 80 | 85 | 5 | 83 | 8 | 262 | ||||||
| ICRA grants | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 35 | ||||||
| Success rate | 10 | 11 | 60 | 13 | 50 | 11 (new), 54 (renewal) | ||||||
| Unique investigators or investigative teams | 8 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Early career lead investigators* | 3 | 38 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 40 |
| Total grant amount ($) | 3 888 000 | 4 374 000 | 1 458 000 | 5 346 000 | 1 944 000 | 17 010 000 | ||||||
| Grant projects led by teams of 2 or more | 4 | 50 | 8 | 89 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 64 | 3 | 75 | 23 | 66 |
| Grant projects led by investigators who did not consider sickle cell research their primary field | 5 | 63 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 100 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 49 | |
*
Instructor or assistant professor.