Division of Pediatric, General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA.
J Surg Res. 2013 Sep;184(1):66-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.050. Epub 2013 Apr 3.
The current research environment for academic surgeons demands that extramural funding be obtained. Financial support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is historically the gold standard for funding in the biomedical research community, with the R01 funding mechanism viewed as indicator of research independence. The NIH also supports a mentor-based career development mechanism (K-series awards) in order to support early-stage investigators. The goal of this study was to investigate the grants successfully awarded to pediatric surgeon-scientists and then determine the success of the K-series award recipients at achieving research independence.
In July 2012, all current members of the American Pediatric Surgery Association (APSA) were queried in the NIH database from 1988-2012 through the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools. The following factors were analyzed: type of grant, institution, amount of funding, and funding institute or center.
Among current APSA members, there have been 83 independent investigators receiving grants, representing 13% of the current APSA membership, with 171 independent grants funded through various mechanisms. Six percent currently have active NIH funding, with $7.2 million distributed in 2012. There have been 28 K-series grants awarded. Of the recipients of expired K08 awards, 39% recipients were subsequently awarded an R01 grant. A total of 63% of these K-awarded investigators transitioned to an independent NIH award mechanism.
Pediatric surgeon-scientists successfully compete for NIH funding. Our data suggest that although the K-series funding mechanism is not the only path to research independence, over half of the pediatric surgeons who receive a K-award are successful in the transition to independent investigator.
目前，学术外科医生的研究环境要求获得外部资金。美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 的财政支持历来是生物医学研究界资金的金标准，R01 资助机制被视为研究独立性的指标。NIH 还支持基于导师的职业发展机制（K 系列奖项），以支持早期研究人员。本研究的目的是调查成功授予儿科外科医生科学家的资助，并确定 K 系列奖项获得者实现研究独立性的成功。
2012 年 7 月，通过 NIH 研究组合在线报告工具，在 NIH 数据库中对现任美国儿科学会 (APSA) 成员进行了 1988-2012 年的查询。分析了以下因素：资助类型、机构、资助金额和资助机构或中心。
在现任 APSA 成员中，有 83 名独立研究员获得了资助，占现任 APSA 成员的 13%，通过各种机制资助了 171 项独立资助。目前有 6%的人有活跃的 NIH 资助，2012 年分配了 720 万美元。已授予 28 项 K 系列赠款。已过期 K08 奖的获得者中，有 39%的获奖者随后获得了 R01 赠款。总共 63%的 K 获奖者过渡到独立的 NIH 奖励机制。
儿科外科医生科学家成功竞争 NIH 资助。我们的数据表明，尽管 K 系列资助机制不是实现研究独立性的唯一途径，但获得 K 奖的儿科外科医生中有超过一半成功过渡到独立研究员。
