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Fighting racial inequity by funding Black scientists | The Source | Washington University in St Louis

Network of U.S. biomedical engineers calls to end funding discrimination January 26, 2021 SHARE According to studies of National Institutes of Health research funding allocations, Black applicant award rates have stood at about 55 percent of that of white principal investigators of similar academic achievement. A group of biomedical engineers is bringing to the forefront the issue of federal funding inequity. (Image: Shutterstock) Representatives from a network of women deans, chairs and distinguished faculty in biomedical engineering including two from Washington University in St. Louis are calling upon the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies to address disparities in allocating support to Black researchers.

How to end discrimination in health research funding

Mario Gutierrez consults Prof. Lola Eniola while using fluorescent microscopy to study the effect of red blood rigidification on the thermodynamics of blood flow. Graduate students and post-docs work at Prof. Lola Eniola’s Cell Adhesion & Drug Delivery Lab in North Campus Research Complex. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Multimedia Director and Senior Producer, University of Michigan, College of Engineering White researchers are nearly twice as likely to be awarded a grant than Black scientists of similar academic achievement, studies of National Institutes of Health funding programs show and a group of 19 biomedical engineering leaders is calling on NIH and other funding agencies to address the stark disparity.

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