Subtle and unexamined racial biases can affect decisions over research funding, too. Minority researchers and doctors may be more likely to focus on health disparities and minority populations36 yet less likely to receive federal funding for their research. In one analysis, white scientists were twice as likely as their black counterparts to receive NIH grants for their research.37 The authors of the analysis controlled for variables such as education, training, and experience, yet their models could not explain why black investigators were less likely to be funded than white investigators.
