Research Catalog

Title

An evaluation of the NIH Research Career Development Award / Grace M. Carter, John D. Winkler, Andrea K. Biddle ; prepared for the National Institutes of Health.

Author

Carter, Grace M.

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, [1987]

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Additional Authors

• Biddle, Andrea K.
• Winkler, John D., 1953-
• National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

Description

xix, 102 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This report evaluates the Research Career Development Award (RCDA) program of the National Institutes of Health. It describes how Initial Review Groups (IRGs) select candidates to receive an RCDA, and how the careers and accomplishments of RCDA recipients differ from those of other researchers, and it attempts to determine whether these differences are attributable to the impact of the RCDA program. The major effect of the program is an increase in the rate of research participation. Although the RCDA program supports persons who will become outstanding researchers, it is not because it "creates" them, but because the IRGs are able to target them. In recent years, however, the program has not consistently awarded grants to researchers in the intended career stage--that is, to those with limited career experience.

Series Statement

The Rand publication series

Uniform Title

Rand publication series.

Alternative Title

• Research Career Development Award.
• Research Career Development Award

Subjects

• Federal aid to medical care research > United States > Evaluation
• National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
• Awards and Prizes
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Research Support as Topic
• United States

Note

• "August 1987."
• "R-3568-NIH."
• Bibliography: p. 101-102.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-102).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0833008161

OCLC

• 16913705
• SCSB-14234631

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Harvard Library