Health research funding and its output in Pakistan

Challenges in Health Research Funding: an opinion

Several countries in the world are able to support health research. This capability is dependent upon the economy. One measure of economies that is generally used is the country's gross national product (GNP). Thus, it is of interest to ascertain the GNPs of a few countries. The GNP of the USA in 2014 was approximately $17,555.2 billion. For comparison, the GNPs of India, Great Britain, and Jap...

A new paradigm for health research funding.

Mapping UK mental health research funding and its contribution to global funding: A refined analysis for the UK context

A refined analysis for the UK context

NSFC Health Research Funding and Burden of Disease in China

BACKGROUND Allocation of health research funds among diseases has never been evaluated in China. This study aimed to examine the relationship between disease-specific funding levels of National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the main governmental resource for health research in China, and burden of disease. METHODS Funding magnitudes for 53 diseases or conditions were obtained fro...

Factors associated with cumulative research funding of investigators from CIHR: a major health-research funding agency.

PURPOSE Few systematic studies have focused on determinants of cumulative research funding (CRF), a measure of research productivity among career researchers world-wide. Using researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), this exploratory study quantifies the association between CIHR-investigator roles and CRF obtained from the CIHR. METHODS CIHR grants and awards ...