TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the success of American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery research grants
AU - Clapp, Benjamin
AU - Ghanem, Omar M.
AU - Edwards, Michael
AU - Giannopoulos, Spyridon
AU - Lyo, Victoria
AU - Puzziferri, Nancy
AU - Stefanidis, Dimitrios
N1 - Funding Information:
The mission of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation is to raise funds for conducting research and education, increasing public and scientific awareness and understanding, and improving access to quality care and treatment of obesity and morbid obesity. To ensure that funds raised by the ASMBS Foundation are directed to the worthiest projects, the ASMBS Research Committee has the responsibility of reviewing and selecting the best research proposals that advance our field and are submitted for funding on an annual basis. Submitted proposals are assigned to members of the ASMBS Research Committee for review and scoring using a standardized rubric that is based on the National Institute of Health (NIH) scoring criteria. The highest scoring proposals are then reviewed by all Committee members and ranked in order of importance and quality. Based on the available funding, the top proposal(s) are chosen for funding, and the winners are announced at the ASMBS annual meeting. Further, the Committee monitors the conduct of the awarded grants by requiring semi-annual progress reports until study completion. In addition to selecting the best research grants, the ASMBS Research Committee also provides education regarding the conduct of bariatric surgery research and helps define research priorities for the society’s members [ 1 ].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Since 2004 the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation has funded competitive proposals by ASMBS members that are administered through the ASMBS Research Committee. These grants are intended to further the knowledge in the field of metabolic and bariatric surgery and support the scholarly growth of its members. Objectives: The aim of this project was to evaluate the factors associated with grant completion success and barriers encountered by investigators. Setting: ASMBS. Methods: Members of the ASMBS Research Committee retrospectively reviewed all awarded research grants since 2004. Information captured included research topic, status of awarded grants, and related publications. Further, a web-based survey of grant recipients was administered exploring the perceived factors of successful completion and barriers encountered. Results: Since 2004, ASMBS members have been awarded 28 research grants funded by the ASMBS Foundation totaling $1,033,000. Fifty-seven percent of awardees responded to the survey. Seventeen projects had been completed at the time of the survey leading to 13 publications, while 11 remain in progress. Seventy percent of non-completed grant recipients indicated that a publication was forthcoming in the next 12 months. Overall, 64% received additional funding. Factors reported to influence successful completion of grants included the effectiveness of the research team, principal investigator (PI) perseverance, PI protected time, institutional support and available resources, and mentorship. Over the last decade, the average time from the award to publication was 2 years. Conclusions: The research grants awarded by the AMSBS are successful at producing peer reviewed publications at a high rate and often lead to further funding suggesting that they boost the career of their recipients. The identified factors of success can help guide future applicants and the ASMBS Research Committee during its grant selection process.
AB - Background: Since 2004 the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation has funded competitive proposals by ASMBS members that are administered through the ASMBS Research Committee. These grants are intended to further the knowledge in the field of metabolic and bariatric surgery and support the scholarly growth of its members. Objectives: The aim of this project was to evaluate the factors associated with grant completion success and barriers encountered by investigators. Setting: ASMBS. Methods: Members of the ASMBS Research Committee retrospectively reviewed all awarded research grants since 2004. Information captured included research topic, status of awarded grants, and related publications. Further, a web-based survey of grant recipients was administered exploring the perceived factors of successful completion and barriers encountered. Results: Since 2004, ASMBS members have been awarded 28 research grants funded by the ASMBS Foundation totaling $1,033,000. Fifty-seven percent of awardees responded to the survey. Seventeen projects had been completed at the time of the survey leading to 13 publications, while 11 remain in progress. Seventy percent of non-completed grant recipients indicated that a publication was forthcoming in the next 12 months. Overall, 64% received additional funding. Factors reported to influence successful completion of grants included the effectiveness of the research team, principal investigator (PI) perseverance, PI protected time, institutional support and available resources, and mentorship. Over the last decade, the average time from the award to publication was 2 years. Conclusions: The research grants awarded by the AMSBS are successful at producing peer reviewed publications at a high rate and often lead to further funding suggesting that they boost the career of their recipients. The identified factors of success can help guide future applicants and the ASMBS Research Committee during its grant selection process.
KW - ASMBS Foundation
KW - ASMBS research committee
KW - Grants
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U2 - 10.1016/j.soard.2022.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.soard.2022.10.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 36351846
AN - SCOPUS:85143534757
JO - Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
JF - Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
SN - 1550-7289
ER -