title: A study of the outcome of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery research grant program.
abstract: Since 1974, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has funded a competitive research grant program jointly administered by the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation. The grant program was initiated to provide "seed money" to researchers in aesthetic surgery. A written survey of all recipients over a 6-year period from 1985 to 1990 was conducted to assess the productivity of the grant program. The survey suggests that seed money grants are effective and that there is a high rate of peer-reviewed publication and national presentation of completed projects. Suggestions for improvement of the grant program are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Landis
mesh_terms: D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States