title: Increasing research capacity at the New England School of Acupuncture: building grants management infrastructure.
abstract: A significant practical, yet perhaps under-appreciated, barrier to a more active role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) institutions in research is the organizational infrastructure required for submitting and managing research grants. In this article, we discuss how the New England School of Acupuncture, in collaboration with the Harvard Medical School Osher Institute and with the support of a Developmental Center for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine grant awarded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health, developed its grants management infrastructure and increased its research capacity. We highlight initiatives that have been successful, challenges we have encountered, and lessons we learned that may be relevant to other CAM institutions that may wish to develop a research program.
authors.affiliation: New England School of Acupuncture (NESA), Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Wayne
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pensack
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.forename: Julie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Buring
authors.forename: Roger B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Steve C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schachter
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hrbek
authors.forename: Ted J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kaptchuk
authors.forename: Sally M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D026881:Acupuncture / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008404:Massachusetts; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012109:Research Support as Topic