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title = "A cross-sectional survey and analysis of Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award recipients",
abstract = "Background: The Dermatology Foundation (DF) has a comprehensive career development award (CDA) program. Objective: To assess the impact of this program, a cross-sectional survey of recipients receiving support between 1990 and 2012 was performed. Methods: Award recipients completed a questionnaire concerning their career status and record of research funding. To verify the self-reported funding data, information about each awardee was extracted from the National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools database and used to define funding acquired by CDA recipients. Results: In all, 84% of CDA recipients responded to the survey. A total of 213 awardees (79%) hold full- or part-time positions in academic medicine. Approximately 70% of the award recipients in academic medicine have received federal research funding. The National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools database and other sources indicated that the funding acquired by CDA recipients through 2015 and 2017 amounted to approximately $365.4 million and $451.8 million, respectively. Each dollar of DF CDA funding through 2015 (ie, $36.2 million) was linked to more than $10 in grant support through 2015 and $12 through 2017. Limitations: This cross-sectional survey was retrospective and (in part) self-reported. Conclusions: The DF has succeeded in supporting the career development of basic, translational, and clinical investigators and fostered the promotion and retention of these individuals in academic medicine.",
keywords = "basic research, clinical research, education, leadership, postgraduate training, professional development",
author = "Chris Boris and George Cotsarelis and Fairley, {Janet A.} and Wintroub, {Bruce U.} and Yancey, {Kim B.}",
note = "Funding Information: The 397 NIH grants (ie, new, competing, noncompeting, etc) awarded to DF CDA recipients through 2015 and listed in the NIH RePORTER database are summarized in . The total value of NIH support garnered through 2015 by these CDA recipients amounted to approximately $343.4 million. In addition to garnering support from the NIH, these DF CDA recipients also obtained support from the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Department of Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, other private foundations, host institutions, and industry. Estimates place funding from these sources for these CDA recipients at $22 million through 2015. In aggregate, these DF awardees leveraged $36.2 million in DF support to capture $365.4 million in research funding through 2015 (ie, $343.4 million in NIH support plus $22 million from other sources). This ratio represents a return on investment of more than $10 in subsequent grant support through 2015 for each $1 of CDA funding. When the NIH RePORTER data on the same CDA recipients were summarized through 2017 (ie, $429.8 million in NIH support plus $22 million from other sources), the return on investment of each original DF dollar amounted to approximately $12.50 in subsequent extramural funding. Table II Funding Information: The Dermatology Foundation (DF) has developed and implemented a comprehensive research award program to shape the future of the specialty by supporting young leaders in all aspects of dermatology. Over the course of 50 years, this research award program has been steadily expanded to meet the growth and needs of the specialty. To assess the impact of this program, a survey of individuals who received a Career Development Award (CDA) (the DF's major funding mechanism) between 1990 and 2007 was conducted in 2010. 1 The survey found that 80% of CDA recipients held full- or part-time positions in academic medicine and approximately 80% of the respondents had received additional extramural support subsequent to their DF award. The 2010 self-reported data indicated that each dollar of DF support yielded more than The survey found that 80% of CDA recipients held full- or part-time positions in academic medicine and approximately 80% of the respondents had received additional extramural support subsequent to their DF award. The 2010 self-reported data indicated that each dollar of DF support yielded more than $10 in support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as additional funding from other sources. To reassess the impact of the DF's research award program, update the career progress of awardees, and verify the self-reported funding data, a second and more comprehensive analysis of individuals receiving funding through the DF CDA program was conducted.0 in support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as additional funding from other sources. To reassess the impact of the DF's research award program, update the career progress of awardees, and verify the self-reported funding data, a second and more comprehensive analysis of individuals receiving funding through the DF CDA program was conducted. Funding Information: CDA recipients were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning career status, employment history, academic rank, record of independent funding (federal and private), number of publications, and personal assessment of the DF CDA program's impact on the their career trajectory. 2 A copy of the survey questionnaire can be found on the DF's website. 2 To verify the self-reported funding data, information about each awardee was extracted from the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (NIH RePORTER) database and used to define funding acquired by CDA recipients. 3 Award data were identified for each CDA recipient on the basis of contact principal investigator (PI)/leader status. NIH project numbers were used to identify grants. Valuations of support from sources other than the NIH (ie, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other private foundations) were based on publicly available sources. Extracted data regarding total support of each CDA recipient were compared with the self-reported data. The ratio of total independent research funding of CDA recipients (in 2015 and 2017) to the amount of DF funding awarded to these individuals was used as 1 estimate of program effectiveness. To conform to prior estimates of returns on investment, 1 funding data from the DF, federal foundations, and private foundations have been stated in nominal dollars (ie, dollars not adjusted for inflation). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc.",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.jaad.2018.11.034",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "81",
pages = "1093--1098",
journal = "Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology",
issn = "0190-9622",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "5",
}