Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Aug;29(4):343-350. doi: 10.1177/15910199221084801. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
BACKGROUND & PURPOSE: Neurovascular research is underfunded, imposing substantial challenges on clinical researchers in the field of neurovascular diseases. We explored what physicians perceive to be the greatest challenges with regard to neurovascular research funding, and how they think the funding crisis in neurovascular research could be overcome.
We performed an international, multi-disciplinary survey among physicians involved in the medical care of patients with neurovascular diseases. After providing their demographic data, physicians were asked closed-ended questions on their personal opinion regarding challenges in neurovascular research funding, and how these challenges could be overcome. Physicians also described in their own words what they perceived to be the biggest challenges in obtaining funding. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and response clustering.
Of 233 participating physicians (70.4% male,82.8% senior staff) from 48 countries, 217(97.4%) perceived the discrepancy between required and available funding to be a problem;172(73.8%) considered it a major problem. High competitiveness (61/118 available free text responses[51.7%]), time-consuming application processes (28/118[23.7%]) and administrative requirements (25/118[21.1%]) were identified as key obstacles. Traditional big funding agencies were perceived to be most capable of closing the neurovascular research funding gap, followed by specialty-specific organizations and industry, while philanthropy and crowdfunding were perceived to be less important.
The gap between required and available funding was perceived to be a major problem in neurovascular research, with high competitiveness, time-consuming funding processes and excessive administrative requirements being the key obstacles to obtaining funding. Traditional funding agencies were perceived to be most capable of closing this funding gap.
神经血管研究资金不足，给神经血管疾病领域的临床研究人员带来了巨大挑战。我们探讨了医生认为神经血管研究资金面临的最大挑战是什么，以及他们认为如何克服神经血管研究的资金危机。
我们对参与神经血管疾病患者医疗护理的医生进行了一项国际、多学科的调查。在提供他们的人口统计学数据后，医生们被问到关于神经血管研究资金挑战的个人意见的封闭式问题，以及如何克服这些挑战。医生们还以自己的话描述了他们认为在获得资金方面最大的挑战是什么。使用描述性统计和响应聚类对数据进行分析。
在来自 48 个国家的 233 名参与医生（70.4%为男性，82.8%为高级职员）中，217 名（97.4%）认为所需资金与可用资金之间的差距是一个问题；172 名（73.8%）认为这是一个主要问题。高竞争力（118 个可用自由文本回复中的 61 个[51.7%]）、耗时的申请流程（28/118[23.7%]）和行政要求（25/118[21.1%]）被确定为关键障碍。传统的大资金机构被认为最有能力填补神经血管研究资金缺口，其次是专业组织和行业，而慈善和众筹则被认为不太重要。
研究认为，所需资金与可用资金之间的差距是神经血管研究的一个主要问题，高竞争力、耗时的资金流程和过多的行政要求是获得资金的关键障碍。传统的资金机构被认为最有能力填补这一资金缺口。
