Evaluation of Biomedical Research
Training & Career Development Programs:
Examples From the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Panel Session 225
American Evaluation Association
EVALUATION 2012
October 25, 2012
Session Presenters
James Corrigan
Chair
Julie Mason
Outcome Evaluation of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Career
Development (K) Awards Program
Sarah Glavin
Evaluating Diversity-Focused Training Programs of the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD)
Jennifer Sutton
Discussant
National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director
National Cancer
Institute
National Institute
of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
National Institute
of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney
Diseases
National Institute
of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
National Eye
Institute
National Institute
of Arthritis &
Musculoskeletal &
Skin Diseases
National Institute
on Drug Abuse
National Institute
of Nursing
Research
National Heart,
Lung and Blood
Institute
National Human
Genome Research
Institute
National Institute
of Biomedical
Imaging and
Bioengineering
National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse
And Alcoholism
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
National Institute of
National Institute
on Deafness and
Dental and
of Child Health and Other Communication
Craniofacial Research
Human Development
Disorders
National Institute of
Environmental
Health Sciences
National Institute
of General Medical
Sciences
National Institute
of Mental Health
National Institute on
Minority Health &
Health Disparities
John E. Fogarty
National Center for
National Center for
International Center
Advancing
Complementary &
for Advanced Study in
Translational Science Alternative Medicine
The Health Sciences
National Library
of Medicine
Clinical Center
National
Institute on Aging
Center for
Information
Technology
Center for Scientific
Review
About the National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
 Primary US agency for supporting and conducting
biomedical research
 Invests > $30B in biomedical research
 > 80% funding awarded through nearly 50,000
competitive grants to > 300,000 researchers at > 2,500
research institutions
 About 10% funding supports nearly 6,000 intramural
researchers
 > 20,000 extramural training & career development
positions
Multiple Strategies
 Varied Mechanisms & Target Populations
 Individual vs. Institutional
 Education Level (pre-doctoral vs. post-doctoral)
 Combined Degree
 Basic vs. Clinical Focus
 Loan Repayment
 Supplements to Traditional Research Grants
 Diversity-Focused
Program Examples Across
Scientific Career Stages
Source: Trends in NIH Training and Career Development Awards
http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2011/10/07/trends-in-nih-training-andcareer-development-awards/
Key Question
 How to define success of biomedical research
training & career development programs?