On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers.
On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers.
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DOI：
10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002800
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发表时间：
2013-05-28
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Graves N
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作者：
Herbert DL;Barnett AG;Clarke P;Graves N
估计研究人员为准备拨款提案所花费的时间，并检查花费更多的时间是否会增加成功的机会。观察性研究。澳大利亚国家卫生和医学研究委员会。在2012年3月提交了一个或多个NHMRC项目资助提案的研究人员。研究人员准备提案的总时间；通过花费的时间来预测融资的成功。NHMRC收到了3727份提案，其中3570份得到了审查，731份（21%）得到了资助。在285名参加者提交的632份建议书中，成功的占21%。准备一份新提案平均需要38个工作日的研究时间，重新提交的提案需要28个工作日，每个提案平均需要34天。据估计，研究人员花费了550年的工作时间（95% CI 513至589）来准备3727份提案，这相当于每年6600万澳元的工资成本。花费更多时间准备提案并没有增加首席研究员（10天内成功的患病率（PR）增加=0.91,95%可信区间0.78至1.04）或其他研究人员（PR=0.89, 95%可信区间0.67至1.17）的成功机会。相当多的时间花在准备NHMRC项目拨款提案上。由于成功率在历史上是20-25%，大部分时间对研究人员或社会都没有直接的好处，而且研究成果的损失有很大的机会成本。申请过程可以缩短，以便只收集与同行评审相关的信息，而不是收集与管理相关的信息。这对同行评议的质量几乎没有影响，节省下来的时间可以再投入到研究中。
To estimate the time spent by the researchers for preparing grant proposals, and to examine whether spending more time increase the chances of success. Observational study. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia. Researchers who submitted one or more NHMRC Project Grant proposals in March 2012. Total researcher time spent preparing proposals; funding success as predicted by the time spent. The NHMRC received 3727 proposals of which 3570 were reviewed and 731 (21%) were funded. Among our 285 participants who submitted 632 proposals, 21% were successful. Preparing a new proposal took an average of 38 working days of researcher time and a resubmitted proposal took 28 working days, an overall average of 34 days per proposal. An estimated 550 working years of researchers' time (95% CI 513 to 589) was spent preparing the 3727 proposals, which translates into annual salary costs of AU$66 million. More time spent preparing a proposal did not increase the chances of success for the lead researcher (prevalence ratio (PR) of success for 10 day increase=0.91, 95% credible interval 0.78 to 1.04) or other researchers (PR=0.89, 95% CI 0.67 to 1.17). Considerable time is spent preparing NHMRC Project Grant proposals. As success rates are historically 20–25%, much of this time has no immediate benefit to either the researcher or society, and there are large opportunity costs in lost research output. The application process could be shortened so that only information relevant for peer review, not administration, is collected. This would have little impact on the quality of peer review and the time saved could be reinvested into research.
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.d4797
发表时间：
2011-09-27
期刊：
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
影响因子：
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作者：
Graves N;Barnett AG;Clarke P
通讯作者：
Clarke P
影响因子：
4.9
作者：
Deddens, J. A.;Petersen, M. R.
通讯作者：
Petersen, M. R.
影响因子：
2.2
作者：
Lunn, DJ;Thomas, A;Spiegelhalter, D
通讯作者：
Spiegelhalter, D
影响因子：
11.4
作者：
Nicol, Marcus B.;Henadeera, Kumara;Butler, Linda
通讯作者：
Butler, Linda
影响因子：
5
作者：
WOOD, FQ;MEEK, VL;HARMAN, G
通讯作者：
HARMAN, G