A small grants program improves medical education research productivity.
BACKGROUND
This study compared research collaboration and productivity among applicants to a small educational research grants program.


METHODS
Brief interviews were conducted with 89% (8/9) of funded applicants and 55% (6/11) of unfunded applicants.


RESULTS
Funded projects had an average 6.6 scholarly products per project and 3.8 interinstitutional collaborators with 72.5% continuing collaborations, compared with the unfunded group that had 2.8 products, 1.8 collaborators, and only 16% continuing collaborations.


CONCLUSIONS
This program seems beneficial to research productivity and multiinstitutional collaboration.
El-Sawi
Nehad I
NI
KCUMB Institute for Medical Education Innovation, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 1750 Independence Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64106-1453, USA. nelsawi@kcumb.edu
Sharp
Glynda F
GF
Gruppen
Larry D
LD
D004501:Education, Medical; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012109:Research Support as Topic