Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.
Acad Med. 2011 Sep;86(9):1179-84. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182254399.
The loss of new investigators from academic science places the future of biomedical science at risk. Failure to obtain independent funding contributes significantly to attrition from the academic career path. In this article, the authors describe the Advanced Research Institute (ARI) in Geriatric Mental Health, a national program based at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University that matches new investigators with mentors to help them make a successful transition to independence. The program is multidisciplinary, and its faculty and participants (the latter known as "scholars") span the spectrum of translation, interventions, and services research. ARI helps scholars overcome three barriers to independence through the development of grant-preparation and time-management skills and consultation with statistical and other experts. The authors analyze the record of federal grant funding among the first four cohorts of ARI scholars (2004-2007, n = 42). As of January 2010, 45.2% of these scholars had achieved R01 funding and 69.1% had obtained National Institutes of Health grants (not including career development or small grants). The 24 scholars who had National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) mentored career development (mentored K) awards were 2.36 times (P = .048) more likely than the other 380 recipients of NIMH mentored K awards during the same period (2001-2005) to achieve R01 funding. Based on objective outcomes, ARI offers an effective model for stemming attrition of new investigators from the academic career path that is generalizable to other fields and promotes innovative, translational science.
学术领域新研究人员的流失使生物医学科学的未来面临风险。未能获得独立资金是导致研究人员脱离学术职业道路的重要原因。在本文中，作者描述了老年精神健康高级研究机构（ARI），这是一个基于康奈尔大学威尔康奈尔医学院的全国性项目，该项目为新研究人员匹配导师，帮助他们成功过渡到独立状态。该项目是多学科的，其教师和参与者（后者被称为“学者”）涵盖了转化、干预和服务研究的范围。ARI 通过发展申请资金和时间管理技能以及与统计和其他专家的咨询来帮助学者克服独立的三个障碍。作者分析了前四批 ARI 学者（2004-2007 年，n=42）的联邦资助记录。截至 2010 年 1 月，这些学者中有 45.2%获得了 R01 资助，69.1%获得了美国国立卫生研究院的资助（不包括职业发展或小额资助）。在同期（2001-2005 年）获得美国国立精神卫生研究所（NIMH）导师职业发展（mentored K）奖的 24 名学者获得 R01 资助的可能性是同期获得 NIMH 导师 K 奖的其他 380 名学者的 2.36 倍（P=0.048）。基于客观结果，ARI 为阻止新研究人员从学术职业道路流失提供了一种有效的模式，这种模式适用于其他领域，并促进了创新的转化科学。
