October 9 - 12, 2012
Building 10 & Natcher Conference Center
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- Opening Plenary Session
- Concurrent Symposia Sessions
- Poster Sessions
- National Graduate Student Research Conference
- FARE Award Ceremony
- Special Exhibits on Resources for Intramural Research
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- Clinical Center Tours
- Research Festival Committees
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Basic research, multiple implications: An analysis of the NIH OppNet portfolio
| Friday, November 08, 2013 — Poster Session III | |||
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10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
FAES Academic Center (Upper-Level Terrace) |
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BEHAV-1 |
Authors
- W.N. Elwood
- R. Roberts
- K.M. Kulinowski
- S.H. Jonas
Abstract
NIH founded OppNet to augment its portfolio in basic inquiry on individual and group processes that inform health-related human attitudes, decisions, and behaviors. 24 Institutes and Centers co-fund/co-manage OppNet, providing $44,853,314 to 141 extramural research projects between FYs 2010-mid FY2013. To demonstrate impact on NIH’s portfolio, analysis constructed three comparison groups: OppNet grants (IC=OP, n = 108), behavioral and social science research grants (BSSR, n = 7804), and basic-BSSR grants (bBSSR, n=4246). Group construction eliminated overlap. Results describe top 15 NIH RCDC research areas, percentage of New PIs/ESIs, and average age of OP contact PIs compared to BSSR and bBSSR grants. Qualitative results of grant abstracts and specific aims found three main OppNet grant themes: 1. Explain how individuals and settings mutually influence health behaviors, 2. Explain links between brains and behaviors, and, 3. Advance basic research methodologies. Conclusions are that OppNet generates unique (b-)BSSR projects related to NIH’s health-wellbeing mission, complements interests across NIH’s 24 Institutes and Centers, attracts a younger cohort of researchers than (b-)BSSR contact investigators, should explore means to increase proportion of newer investigators comparable to (b-)BSSR and promises results in specific human mechanisms and processes that can inform more targeted intervention research in the future.
