A research grant application from a black scientist to the National Institutes of Health is markedly less likely to win approval than one from a white scientist, a new study reported on Thursday (August 18, 2011) in Science magazine.
A black scientist was one-third less likely than a white counterpart to get a research project financed, the study found.
Members of other races and ethnic groups, including Hispanics, do not appear to run into the same difficulties. Asians were somewhat less successful, but the gap disappeared when foreign-born scientists — who may have difficulty with English in writing successful grants — were excluded.
Earlier studies have found that women have largely the same level of success as men in obtaining N.I.H. grants.
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