As the crown jewel in the U.S. biomedical enterprise, NIH is the engine of the US's competitive advantage in science and technology
On Feb. 7, the U.S. National Institutes of Health moved to dramatically reduce how much institutions can recover for research infrastructure costs.This action prompted alarm and concern from leaders of America's top universities and research centers, who warned the policy could halt critical work on cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other life-threatening conditions. For example, NIH funding helped develop 99.7 percent of 387 drugs approved by the U.S. FDA from 2010 to 2019. NIH also is a driver of jobs and economies in every U.S. state. A snapshot of these notable impacts is reported below.
About the Cure Translational Research Survey 2024
Cure, a premier healthcare innovation campus and hub for entrepreneurs in New York City, conducted the Cure Translational Research Survey 2024 in collaboration with the Deerfield Institute, a division of Deerfield Management Company, an affiliate of Cure.
Cure surveyed 4,500 senior researchers with patents in February 2024. At the time of the survey, these scientists held positions at 130 top-tier academic institutions as ranked by 2023 NIH grant dollars. Cure asked about their interest and experience in translating their research into commercial applications. The 139 respondents represent a 3 percent response rate. They hailed from 30 states, with 11 percent from Massachusetts, 8 percent in California and 7 percent in Ohio.
What position do they hold?
74% are researcher scientists who also teach, while 26% have no teaching responsibilities.
With what the life-sciences department(s) are they affiliated?
Most have ties to chemistry.
36% Biochemistry 32% Cancer Biology 29% Biomedical engineering 28% Immunology, Virology, and/or Microbiology 26% Chemical Biology 19% Cell Biology 18% Neuroscience 17% Genetics and Genomics 12% Structural Biology 10% Biophysics 9% Quantitative/Computational Biology 9% Pharmaceutical Sciences/Drug Discovery 3% Public Health 2% Medicinal Chemistry
With what academic institutions are they affiliated?
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Arizona State University Baylor College of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Children's Hospital Boston University Broad Institute Brown University California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Colorado State University Cornell University Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Dartmouth College Duke University Florida State University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Johns Hopkins University Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Michigan State University North Carolina State University Northwestern University Ohio State University Oregon Health & Science University Oregon State University Rockefeller University Rutgers University Scripps Research Institute Stony Brook University Temple University Tulane University University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Barbara University of Cincinnati University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus University of Georgia University of Illinois at Chicago University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Massachusetts Medical School University of Miami University of Michigan–Ann Arbor University of Minnesota University of New Mexico University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of South Florida University of Texas at Austin University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center University of Washington University of Wisconsin–Madison Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Medical Center Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Washington University in St. Louis Yale University
What were their demographics?
Of the respondents, 90 percent identified as male and 10 percent as female. The majority were older than 50, with 21 percent aged 50 to 55, 16 percent aged 56 to 60 and 18 percent aged 61 to 65, while 20 percent were younger than 50.
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