Title

Perception of health professionals on extramural research funding in India

Authors

Mayank Das^1,*, Sanchit Pradhan¹, Supurna Pandit1, Arunendra Singh Chauhan2 & Baidnath Jha3

Affiliation

1Department of Public Health Dentistry, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India; 2Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana-Ambala, Haryana, India; 3Department of Microbiology, Sarjug Dental College and Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Mayank Das - E-mail: dr.mayankdas101@gmail.com
Sanchit Pradhan - E-mail: sanch1684@gmail.com
Supurna Pandit - E-mail: supurnapanditphd@gmail.com
Arunendra Singh Chauhan - E-mail: dr.arun00@gmail.com
Baidnath Jha - E-mail: jha69248@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7644063692

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

Limited awareness of extramural research funding hinders healthcare research growth in India, especially among non-medical professionals. This cross-sectional study among 400 health researchers assessed awareness and challenges related to research grants. Only 48.6% knew of funding agencies, with 82.9% recognizing only ICMR and 74.3% unaware of proposal drafting formats (p=0.001). Most participants (85.7%) lacked experience with extramural grants. Thus, we show the urgent need for research grant training and integration of proposal writing into health curricula to enhance funding utilization in India.

Keywords

Extramural research grants, funding agencies, health professionals, research proposals, India

Citation

Das et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3760-3765 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.