STAT News – Biotech
NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds
Academics have long referred to their field as a leaky pipeline — gradually bleeding researchers from marginalized communities as they progress through their careers.
A new paper, published Monday, suggests that grant terminations from the National Institutes of Health over the past year may have further punctured that pipeline. The paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, were disproportionately affected by terminations, even though they receive less funding from the NIH in general.