RAPID: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Biomedical Research Workforce: Productivity and Progress in Academia

RAPID：Covid-19 大流行对生物医学研究人员的影响：学术界的生产力和进步

基本信息

批准号：
2035112
负责人：
Nicole Woitowich
金额：
$ 8.67万
依托单位：
Northwestern University at Chicago
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-09-01 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2035112&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
RAPID Impact Covid 19 Pandemic

项目摘要

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the biomedical research enterprise as institutions across the countryimplemented workplace restrictions following public health guidelines. Scientists are expected to continue to work and achieve professional goals and milestones, while potentially facingadditional domestic responsibilities. While broad projections can be made about the status of the research enterprise, it is unclear how these restrictions and limitations will affect individual scientists across the biomedical research spectrum. Further, with many institutions enacting policies such as tenure-clock adjustments, institutional policy shifts may raise expectations for “bouncing back” from work interruption without providing additional structural support or guidance on managing an unprecedented situation. It is likely that these experiences will vary not only by gender and family status, but also by institutional type and career stage. The goal of this project is to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the biomedical research enterprise by examining the productivity and professional progress of academic scientists. The objectives are: 1) To assess the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic scientists at multiple timepoints; 2) To determine if the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic differs based on gender, race/ethnicity, family status, career stage, or academic institution type; and 3) To identify the structural or systemic factors which influenced individual productivity and progress among a stratified sample of biomedical scientists. These findings will have significant implications related to gender equity within the biomedical workforce and may identify strategies to broaden participation in science.Using a mixed-methodology approach, the project will develop and administer a cross-sectionalquantitative survey and conduct qualitative interviews. Expected outcomes of the survey-study includesummary statistics and analysis of demographic information, family status, career stage, and type ofacademic institution against data on institutional response and support, work-family timing, and othervariables. In-depth interviews will further probe respondents’ reactions to the work interruptions posed byCOVID-19; experiences with work and family responsibilities; perceptions of universities’ responses tothe pandemic; and prospective insights on long term impacts. Together, this work will provide a data driven perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on scientists which can be used to inform decision-making critical to sustaining the biomedical enterprise within the United States. The biomedical research enterprise is engaged in synergistic efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic at unprecedented speed. Thus, it is critical to monitor the ways in which the research community functions throughout the pandemic in order to generate data which informs research funding, policy, and practice. As women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups in the biomedical workforce have traditionally faced barriers to advancement, it is important to understand if and how COVID-19-related disruptions might differentially affect these groups. Likewise, this work will help identify the scientists left most professionally vulnerable by the pandemic and may assist in development of equitable strategies to support retention and advancement.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

共同19岁的大流行破坏了生物医学研究企业，因为根据公共卫生指南，全国实施工作场所限制的机构。预计科学家将继续工作并实现专业目标和里程碑，同时可能面临额外的国内责任。尽管可以对研究企业的地位进行广泛的预测，但尚不清楚这些限制和局限性如何影响生物医学研究范围内的个体科学家。此外，随着许多机构制定了诸如终身制调整之类的政策，机构政策的转变可能会提高对工作中断“反弹”的期望，而无需提供其他结构支持或指导，以管理前所未有的情况。这些经历可能不仅因性别和家庭地位而异，而且会因机构类型和职业阶段而有所不同。该项目的目的是探索Covid-19-19如何通过研究学术科学家的生产力和专业进步来影响生物医学研究企业。目的是：1）评估在多个时间点上，共同研究对学术科学家的感知影响； 2）确定COVID-19的感知影响是否取决于性别，种族/种族，家庭地位，职业阶段或学术机构类型的影响； 3）确定影响个人生产力和在生物医学科学家分层样本中进步的结构或系统因素。这些发现将在生物医学劳动力中具有与性别平等有关的重要意义，并可能确定拓宽科学参与的策略。使用混合方法学方法，该项目将开发和管理横断面的降级调查并进行定性访谈。调查研究的预期结果包括统计数据和人口统计信息，家庭地位，职业阶段和学术机构类型的分析，以反对有关机构响应和支持，工作家庭时机和其他因素的数据。深入的访谈将进一步探讨反应对计划中断的工作中断的反应；有工作和家庭责任的经验；对大学对大流行的反应的看法；以及对长期影响的潜在见解。这项工作将共同提供有关Covid-19对科学家的影响的数据驱动的观点，这些观点可用于为维持美国境内生物医学企业至关重要的决策提供信息。生物医学研究企业正在以前所未有的速度以协同的努力来解决COVID-19的大流行。这一点至关重要的是，监测研究社区在整个大流行过程中的运作方式，以生成为研究资金，政策和实践提供信息的数据。由于生物医学劳动力中的妇女，少数民族和其他代表性不足的群体传统上面临着晋升的障碍，因此重要的是要了解与共同19-9相关的干扰是否以及如何对这些群体有不同的影响。同样，这项工作将有助于确定大流行的科学家最脆弱的科学家，并可能有助于制定公平的策略来支持保留和进步。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来诚实地支持支持。