Division of Minimal Invasive, Robotic and Endoscopic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Surg Endosc. 2018 Jul;32(7):3041-3045. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-6014-y. Epub 2018 Jan 8.
Small seed grants strongly impact academic careers, result in future funding, and lead to increased involvement in surgical societies. We hypothesize that, in accordance with the SAGES Research and Career Development committee mission, there has been a shift in grant support from senior faculty to residents and junior faculty. We hypothesize that these junior physician-researchers are subsequently remaining involved with SAGES and advancing within their academic institutions.
All current and previous SAGES grant recipients were surveyed through Survey Monkey™. Questions included current academic status and status at time of grant, ensuing funding, publication and presentation of grant, and impact on career. Results were verified through a Medline query. SAGES database was examined for involvement within the society. Respondent data were compared to 2009 data.
One hundred and ninety four grants were awarded to 167 recipients. Of those, 75 investigators responded for a response rate 44.9%. 32% were trainees, 43% assistant professors, 16% associate professors, 3% full professors, 3% professors with tenure, and 3% in private practice. This is a shift from 2009 data with a considerable increase in funding of trainees by 19% and assistant professors by 10% and a decrease in funding of associate professors by 5% and professors by 10%. 41% of responders who were awarded the grant as assistant or associate professors had advanced to full professor and 99% were currently in academic medicine. Eighty-two percent indicated that they had completed their project and 93% believed that the award helped their career. All responders remained active in SAGES.
SAGES has chosen to reallocate an increased percentage of grant money to more junior faculty members and residents. It appears that these grants may play a role in keeping recipients interested in the academic surgical realm and involved in the society while simultaneously helping them advance in faculty rank.
小额种子基金对学术生涯有重大影响，能带来后续资金，并促使研究者更多地参与外科协会。我们假设，根据 SAGES 研究和职业发展委员会的使命，资助对象已经从资深教员转移到住院医师和初级教员。我们假设这些初级医师研究员随后仍会参与 SAGES 事务，并在其学术机构中晋升。
通过 Survey Monkey 对所有现任和前任 SAGES 赠款接受者进行调查。问题包括目前的学术地位和获得赠款时的地位、后续资金、赠款的发表和演讲，以及对职业的影响。结果通过 Medline 查询进行验证。检查了 SAGES 数据库中该协会的参与情况。将应答者的数据与 2009 年的数据进行了比较。
共向 167 名接受者授予了 194 项赠款。其中 75 名调查对象做出回应，回应率为 44.9%。32%是受训者，43%是助理教授，16%是副教授，3%是正教授，3%是终身教授，3%是私人执业医生。这与 2009 年的数据相比发生了重大转变，受训者的资助增加了 19%，助理教授的资助增加了 10%，副教授的资助减少了 5%，教授的资助减少了 10%。41%的应答者在获得赠款时是助理教授或副教授，现已晋升为正教授，99%的人目前从事学术医学。82%的人表示已完成项目，93%的人认为该奖项有助于他们的职业发展。所有应答者仍积极参与 SAGES。
SAGES 选择将更多的赠款资金重新分配给更初级的教员和住院医师。这些赠款似乎在保持受赠者对学术外科领域的兴趣和参与协会方面发挥了作用，同时帮助他们在教职等级上晋升。
