Distribution of Early Career Research Funding by Specialty from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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Biomedical research includes basic research on mechanisms underlying the function of organisms and clinical or patient-oriented research to produce knowledge for preventing and treating illness (National Research Council (US) Committee for Monitoring the Nation’s Changing Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Personnel, 2005). In response to emerging concerns decades ago about the relative lack of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for clinical research (Nathan and Wilson, 2003; Williams et al., 1997; Wyngaarden, 1979), efforts were made to support clinical investigators, including initiating the K23 award for career development in clinical research (Teo, 2009; Zerhouni, 2003).
