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A small grants program improves medical education research productivity.

Nehad I El-Sawi¹, Glynda F Sharp, Larry D Gruppen

¹KCUMB Institute for Medical Education Innovation, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 1750 Independence Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64106-1453, USA. nelsawi@kcumb.edu

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

|November 13, 2009

Summary

This study found that educational research grants significantly boost scholarly output and interinstitutional collaboration. Funded projects yielded more products and sustained collaborations compared to unfunded ones.

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Area of Science:

Educational research
Research funding
Scientific collaboration

Background:

Examined research collaboration and productivity among applicants to a small educational research grants program.
Compared funded and unfunded applicants to assess program impact.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effect of a small educational research grants program on research productivity.
To assess the program's influence on fostering interinstitutional collaboration.

Main Methods:

Conducted brief interviews with 8/9 funded and 6/11 unfunded applicants.
Collected data on scholarly products and interinstitutional collaborators.

Main Results:

Funded projects averaged 6.6 scholarly products versus 2.8 for unfunded.

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Funded projects had 3.8 interinstitutional collaborators with 72.5% continuing collaborations, compared to 1.8 collaborators and 16% for unfunded.

Conclusions:

The educational research grants program appears beneficial for enhancing research productivity.
The program effectively promotes multi-institutional collaboration among researchers.