so what did NIH do? Let's take a look at the following data.
Supporting and training world-class scholars
95% of NIH research funds are directly invested in research awards, research projects, research centers, training programs and research and development contracts.
NIH has provided funds for scientists in the United States and around the world. Every year, NIH grants more than 57, research and training funds, which support:
about 3, researchers
more than 2,5 universities and institutions
covering all states in the United States
NIH directly hires scientists for its subordinate research projects. NIH has funded more than 1,2 Principal Investigators and more than 4, postdoctoral researchers with 11% of research funds. They work in NIH laboratories in Maryland, North Carolina and Montana.
NIH researchers are leaders in their respective fields. Among them,
145 researchers (21 from within NIH) who received NIH funding won the Nobel Prize.
211 researchers (31 from within NIH) who received NIH funding have won the Lasker Prize. This award, known as the "American Nobel Prize", is awarded to researchers who have made outstanding contributions in medical research and clinical medicine.
NIH is also funding the next generation of researchers. In 214, NIH funded more than 8,6 doctoral students and more than 5,8 postdoctoral researchers.
Establish a knowledge base for all scientists
NIH guarantees to publish the research results in scientific journals, which is the main way for scientists to share knowledge.
in 214 alone, there were 95,178 research papers thanking NIH for its support in the past five years.
every R1 fund (the most common research fund category in NIH) will produce an average of 7.36 research papers.
These papers will be further cited by other scientists. Each NIH-funded paper can get an average of 3 citations.
NIH shares knowledge through the National Library of Medicine
NLM's PubMed/MEDLINE is the most frequently used scientific and medical database in the world.
in p>214, this database was visited more than 7 million times. Researchers, medical personnel and the general public who have access to this database can find more than 24 million journal articles.
NIH's research funds directly gave birth to new inventions and new patents.
from p>2 to 213, researchers funded by NIH created 2,441 patents.
On average, every 1 million NIH research funds can bring 6 brand-new patents.
NIH's annual investment in scientific research can produce at least 1-12 brand-new inventions.
NIH's investment has also inspired private-sector patents, and the industries of some biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies are based on the achievements supported by NIH.
On average, every 1 million NIH research funds can bring 3.26 private sector patents.
This is equivalent to one private patent for every two NIH funds.
The knowledge generated by p>NIH-funded projects can also inspire different disease fields. More than half of the papers cited in biomedical patents come from different disease fields.