Early stage NIH funding found free from gender or race bias

 There is no evidence of race or gender bias in the initial peer review of research grant proposals submitted to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to a new analysis from a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.¹ The overall impact scores of white male principal investigators (PIs) applying for grants were not significantly different to those of female or ethnic minority PIs. This pattern held true regardless of grant proposal quality or scientific topic area.