Landscape of Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts Grant Recipients Over the Past Decade.

Objective: To investigate the demographics of CORE grant recipients (Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts) over the last decade and evaluate disparity among recipients as compared with otolaryngology overall. To assess whether procurement of a grant predicts pursuit of an academic career.

Study Design: Analysis of grant recipients' bibliometrics.

Setting: Academic medical center.

Methods: The list of recipients of grants from 2010 to 2019 was obtained from the website of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Demographics of recipients were collected through an internet search, including gender, race, residency program, and -index. Recipients from 2010 were searched to determine current academic faculty rank. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to compare these factors with otolaryngology overall.

Results: The distribution of gender among recipients over the last decade remained nearly constant, with no significant difference versus residents in otolaryngology ( > .05). However, there were significantly more female recipients when adjusted for gender differences in the field overall ( < .01). Asians were relatively overrepresented, while Black and Hispanic residents were underrepresented ( < .01). Many recipients (52.6%) trained at institutions recognized as the best training programs with reputations for quality research output. The -index of recipients decreased over the last decade ( < .01). The -index of duplicate winners was significantly higher than those of nonduplicate winners ( < .01). After adjusting for gender and rank, recipients were significantly more likely to hold academic positions ( < .01).

Conclusion: CORE grants are favorably distributed as related to gender and racial disparities, and recipients frequently go on to achieve high levels of academic success.