title: Outcomes of Canadian National Institute for the Blind Baker research grants from 1998 to 2009.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the outcome of Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Baker research grants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-six Canadian vision researchers who received 88 CNIB Baker grants from 1998 to 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grant recipients were invited to complete a survey relating to their CNIB Baker grant. Questions included the number of publications, presentations, patents, impact of the grant research on health policy, further research funding, and career advancement. For those not responding to the survey, a MEDLINE search was conducted to locate any potential publications. Each publication was reviewed to obtain the year of publication, journal impact factor, and to determine whether the CNIB Baker grant was acknowledged in the publication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-five (96.6%) of the grant recipients completed the survey. For the 3 nonrespondents the results for publications was obtained by conducting a MEDLINE search. Forty-seven (53.4%) grants resulted in 87 publications. This translates to an overall mean investment of $33 823 per publication. Seventy-one (83.5%) grants resulted in a total of 280 presentations, 9 (10.6%) in a health policy change, and 4 (4.7%) in a patent. Forty-seven (55.3%) investigators responded that the CNIB Baker grant assisted in obtaining subsequent research funding and 71 (91.7%) indicated that the grant contributed to their career advancement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The goals of the CNIB Baker grants in furthering vision research, to assist in career advancement, and in obtaining future funding from other granting agencies seem to have been achieved. The expenditure per publication is consistent with the literature.
authors: Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
authors: Erin A
authors: EA
authors: Compeau
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Gordon
authors: Yvonne M
authors: YM
authors: Buys
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002170:Canada; D002322:Career Mobility; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011642:Publications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies