Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Mar 15;85(4):924-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.2361. Epub 2012 Aug 25.
Between 2000 and 2010, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) awarded 22 Junior Faculty Career Development Awards (JFA) totaling $4.4 million. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of these awards on the grantees' career development, including current position, publications, and subsequent independent grant funding.
Each awardee was requested via email and telephone to provide an updated curriculum vitae, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) biosketch, and information regarding current position of employment. Twenty-one of the 22 JFA recipients complied. Reported grant funding was extracted from each candidate's CV, and the amounts of NIH grants obtained were confirmed via NIH REPORTER. Reported publications were confirmed via PubMed.
All survey respondents (21 of 21) have remained in academic positions. Subsequent aggregate grant funding totaled more than $25 million (range, $0-$4.1 million), 5.9 times the initial investment. NIH grant funding totaled almost $15 million, 3 times the initial investment. Awardees have published an average of 34.6 publications (range, 0-123) for an overall rate of 4.5 papers/year (range, 1-11).
ASTRO JFAs over the past decade have been strongly associated with grantees remaining in academic positions, success in attracting private and NIH grants, and publication productivity. In an era of dwindling federal research funding, the support provided by the ASTRO JFA may be especially helpful to support the research careers of promising junior faculty members.
在 2000 年至 2010 年间，美国放射肿瘤学会（ASTRO）授予了 22 项初级研究员职业发展奖（JFA），总计 440 万美元。本研究旨在评估这些奖项对获奖者职业发展的影响，包括当前职位、出版物以及随后的独立资助资金。
通过电子邮件和电话要求每位获奖者提供更新的简历、美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）简介以及当前就业情况的信息。22 名 JFA 获奖者中有 21 名做出了回应。从每位候选人的简历中提取报告的资助资金，并通过 NIH REPORTER 确认 NIH 获得的资助金额。通过 PubMed 确认报告的出版物。
所有接受调查的受访者（21 名中的 21 名）都留在了学术岗位上。随后的总资助资金超过 2500 万美元（范围：0-410 万美元），是初始投资的 5.9 倍。NIH 资助资金总额接近 1500 万美元，是初始投资的 3 倍。获奖者平均发表了 34.6 篇论文（范围：0-123），总发表率为 4.5 篇/年（范围：1-11）。
过去十年，ASTRO 的 JFA 与获奖者留在学术岗位上、成功吸引私人和 NIH 资助以及发表论文的生产力密切相关。在联邦研究资金不断减少的时代，ASTRO JFA 提供的支持可能特别有助于支持有前途的初级研究人员的研究职业。
