Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
J Surg Res. 2024 Oct;302:845-849. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.07.025. Epub 2024 Sep 6.
External funding is fundamental to surgeon-scientists and many Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS) members have received funding through National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. The amount of funding through NIH awards amongst SAAS members has yet to be evaluated. Our objective was to quantify the amount and type of NIH funding among SAAS members.
A list of all active SAAS members was compiled. The NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool's Expenditure and Results was queried to identify NIH funding among active members.
Among 585 active SAAS members, 165 (28%) received NIH funding during their career. Of these, 110 members (66.6%) were male and 55 members (33.3%) were female. A total of 420 NIH grants have been awarded totaling $518.7 million in funding. There are currently 47 active grants totaling $34.1 million in funding. When analyzing by type, there were 226 R research grants, 63 K career development awards, 53 T and F research training and fellowships awards, and 78 other awards. Of the 63 members who received a K award, 35 members (55%) have subsequently received an R award.
SAAS members are highly funded with 28% of members having received NIH funding totaling $518.7 million. SAAS' mission is to foster the personal and professional development of academic surgeons and we found that many SAAS members have the experience to mentor other surgeon-scientists through the process of obtaining NIH funding. Participation in organizations like SAAS can help nurture the success of future generations of surgeon-scientists.
外部资金对于外科医生科学家来说至关重要，许多亚洲学术外科医师学会（SAAS）成员通过美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的拨款获得了资金。SAAS 成员通过 NIH 奖项获得的资金数量尚未得到评估。我们的目标是量化 SAAS 成员获得的 NIH 资金数量和类型。
编制了一份所有活跃的 SAAS 成员名单。通过 NIH 研究组合在线报告工具的支出和结果查询，确定了活跃成员中的 NIH 资金。
在 585 名活跃的 SAAS 成员中，有 165 名（28%）在其职业生涯中获得了 NIH 资金。其中，110 名成员（66.6%）为男性，55 名成员（33.3%）为女性。共授予了 420 项 NIH 拨款，资助总额为 5.187 亿美元。目前有 47 项活跃的拨款，资助总额为 3410 万美元。按类型分析，有 226 项 R 研究拨款、63 项 K 职业发展奖、53 项 T 和 F 研究培训和奖学金以及 78 项其他奖项。在获得 K 奖的 63 名成员中，有 35 名（55%）随后获得了 R 奖。
SAAS 成员的资金非常充足，有 28%的成员获得了总额为 5.187 亿美元的 NIH 资助。SAAS 的使命是促进学术外科医生的个人和职业发展，我们发现许多 SAAS 成员有经验通过获得 NIH 资金的过程来指导其他外科医生科学家。参与像 SAAS 这样的组织可以帮助培养未来几代外科医生科学家的成功。
