Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
J Surg Res. 2021 Oct;266:6-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.053. Epub 2021 May 8.
Over time, NIH funding has become increasingly competitive. In addition, academic surgeons' research competes with time required for patient care, operating, and administrative work. Due to these competing interests for surgeons, we hypothesize that the percentage of NIH grants awarded to researchers from departments of surgery is decreasing.
The NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool was queried for the number and value of new and renewal R01 grants, and career development awards noting which surgery departments received awards from 1998 to -2018. Statistical analysis was performed using univariate and multivariable logistic regression.
The number of career development awards granted to researchers from departments of surgery decreased significantly over time (P = 0.007) while new R01's and R01 renewal awards were stable. The number of grants awarded to researchers from all procedural departments were compared to non-procedural departments and again, career development awards decreased significantly (P = 0.005) over time but new R01's and R01 renewals stayed stable. Looking at the difference in average dollar amount received for new R01, renewal R01, or career development awards between department of surgery awardees and non-surgery over time, there was no significant difference.
NIH funding is becoming increasingly competitive and surgeons have many competing interests. Our study found that there has been a significant decrease in career development awards to department of surgery awardees and procedural specialists. The decrease in receipt of these awards is particularly concerning given that they are meant to provide protected time for developing researchers and thus have potential consequences for future research.
随着时间的推移，NIH 资金的竞争日益激烈。此外，学术外科医生的研究与患者护理、手术和行政工作所需的时间竞争。由于外科医生的这些利益冲突，我们假设授予外科部门研究人员的 NIH 资助的比例正在下降。
使用 NIH 研究组合在线报告工具查询了 1998 年至 2018 年期间新的和续签的 R01 赠款以及职业发展赠款的数量和价值，并指出了哪些外科部门获得了赠款。使用单变量和多变量逻辑回归进行统计分析。
授予外科部门研究人员的职业发展赠款数量随着时间的推移显着减少（P = 0.007），而新的 R01 和 R01 续签赠款保持稳定。与非程序部门相比，授予所有程序部门研究人员的赠款数量也有所减少，而且随着时间的推移，职业发展赠款显着减少（P = 0.005），但新的 R01 和 R01 续签保持稳定。观察新的 R01、R01 续签或职业发展赠款的部门间外科奖获得者与非外科奖获得者之间的平均美元金额差异，随着时间的推移，没有显着差异。
NIH 资金的竞争日益激烈，外科医生有许多利益冲突。我们的研究发现，授予外科部门奖获得者和程序专家的职业发展奖显着减少。这些奖项的减少尤其令人担忧，因为它们旨在为研究人员提供发展的保护时间，因此可能对未来的研究产生潜在影响。
