Launching IDeA state early career clinician-scientists with mentored just-in-time grant-writing support.
J Clin Transl Sci 2023;
7:e197. [PMID:
37771413 PMCID:
PMC10523290 DOI:
10.1017/cts.2023.625]
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Abstract
Institutional Development Award (IDeA) programs build research infrastructure in regions with historically low access to NIH funds. The Mentored Research Development Award (MRDA), a professional development program embedded in our IDeA-funded center, provides junior investigators with mentorship and effort offset to write a grant. We evaluated outcomes from the first eight years (2013-2021; N = 55) using administrative records, publicly available data, and a self-report survey (n = 46, 84% response rate). Fifteen MRDA recipients (27%) went on to receive NIH funding. Providing just-in-time grant-writing support may launch early career clinician-scientists in an IDeA state context.
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