Success in Attaining Independent Funding Among National Institutes of Health K Grant Awardees in Ophthalmology An Extended Follow-up
Success in Attaining Independent Funding Among National Institutes of Health K Grant Awardees in Ophthalmology An Extended Follow-up
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10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.3887
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
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8.1
通讯作者：
Chao, Daniel L.
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Protopsaltis, Nicholas J.;Chen, Allison J.;Chao, Daniel L.
了解获得国家眼科研究所职业发展奖（K08或K23）的眼科临床科学家获得独立研究资金的相关因素对于维持临床科学家的渠道非常重要。目的：对一组接受美国国立卫生研究院（NIH） K职业发展资助的眼科临床医生和科学家进行持续随访。设计、设置和参与者队列研究来自电子数据库综述，研究对象为获得美国国立卫生研究院K08或K23职业发展资助的眼科医生。数据分析时间为2015年12月30日至2017年12月30日。主要结果和测量获得NIH R01资助。我们之前对1996年至2010年间获得K奖的100多名眼科医生进行了研究，其中29人获得了R01奖。在2017年对该队列的随访中，从2011年到2017年，该初始队列的另外27名K奖获得者获得了R01，导致128名眼科医生中共有62名获得了R01。K奖结束后，获得R01补助金的平均时间为2.8年。这些数据并没有确定性别、博士学位或大学研究级别与获得R01资助之间的明确联系。与我们之前对同一队列的报告相比，获得R01奖的K奖获得者数量增加了93%，平均时间为完成K奖后近3年。这表明，大多数眼科K奖获得者都成功地获得了R01资助，但人们应该认识到，这可能是在他们的K资助结束后的几年。
IMPORTANCE Understanding factors associated with attaining independent research funding by ophthalmology clinician-scientists receiving National Eye Institute career development awards (K08 or K23) in ophthalmology can be important to maintaining the pipeline of clinician-scientists.OBJECTIVE To provide continued follow-up of a cohort of ophthalmology clinician-scientists who received National Institutes of Health (NIH) K career development grants.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cohort study from an electronic database review of ophthalmologists who have received either a K08 or K23 career development grant from the NIH. Data were analyzed between December 30, 2015, and December 30, 2017.MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Receipt of an NIH R01 grant.RESULTS We previously characterized a group of more than 100 ophthalmologists who received K awards from 1996 to 2010, of whom 29 were awarded R01 grants. In follow-up of this cohort in 2017, 27 additional K awardees of this initial cohort were awarded an R01 from 2011 to 2017, leading to a total of 62 of 128 ophthalmologists receiving an R01. The mean time to receiving an R01 grant after the K award ended was 2.8 years. The data did not identify a definitive association with sex, having a PhD degree, or research tier of university in obtaining an R01 grant in this cohort.CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In comparison with our previous report of the same cohort, there was a 93% increase in the number of K awardees who have received an R01 award, with the mean time to award being nearly 3 years after completing their K grant. This suggests that most K awardees in ophthalmology are successful in obtaining R01 grants, but one should recognize this may be several years after their K grant has ended.