Meeting the Nation's Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists (1994) / Chapter Skim
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The historical summary that follows reports information in three areas: (1) a brief history of NIH support for research training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, including trends in support of the NRSA program; (2)
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Only 2,200 or 16 percent of the awards were made as fellowships.4 Predoctoral fellowship support was restricted to just over 500 recipients and these primarily in the behavioral sciences and health services research. At the postdoctoral level fellowships represent about one-quarter of all awards ~igure Am.
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Accordingly, the committee recommended a modest reduction in the number of federally supported predoctoral students in the basic biomedical and behavioral areas. Postdoctoral support, the committee believed, should be held constant in the basic biomedical sciences and increased in other areas.
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However, in developing a stable continuing policy for government support of training programs in the biomedical sciences, the 1978 NRC committee concluded that it is essential to consider over effects that may be less obvious than the contribution of mere numbers. Many experienced observers believe, for example, that training grants have been just as important in improving the quality of Raining as in providing for increased numbers.
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More recent examinations of NIH postdoctoral training in the biomedical sciences have been carried out for 19671977 Ph.D. recipients (NIH, 1986)
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Differences between M.D.s with postdoctoral appointments and those without postdoctoral Paining, some of which appear to be substantial, were found by the National Research Council (1976) for certain outcomes: employment in medical schools and universities (40.9 percent versus 7.4 percent, respectively)
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3. For example, earlier study committees called for a shift from predoctoral to postdoctoral support in the behavioral sciences, which has occurred.
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