title: Grant Success for Early-Career Faculty in Patient-Oriented Research: Difference-in-Differences Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Mentored Research Training Program.
abstract: Since 2004, the Clinical Faculty Scholars Program (CFSP) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has provided intensive interdisciplinary mentoring and structured training for early-career clinical faculty from multiple disciplines conducting patient-oriented clinical and outcomes research. This study evaluated the two-year program's effects by comparing grant outcomes for CFSP participants and a matched comparison cohort of other junior faculty.
  
  
  
  Using 2000-2011 institutional grant and employment data, a cohort of 25 scholars was matched to a cohort of 125 comparison faculty (using time in rank and pre-period grant dollars awarded). A quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design was used to identify the CFSP effect on grant outcomes. Grant outcomes were measured by counts and dollars of grant proposals and awards as principal investigator. Outcomes were compared within cohorts over time (pre- vs. post-period) and across cohorts.
  
  
  
  From pre- to post-period, mean annual counts and dollars of grant awards increased significantly for both cohorts, but mean annual dollars increased significantly more for the CFSP than for the comparison cohort (delta $83,427 vs. $27,343, P < .01). Mean annual counts of grant proposals also increased significantly more for the CFSP than for the comparison cohort: 0.42 to 2.34 (delta 1.91) versus 0.77 to 1.07 (delta 0.30), P < .01.
  
  
  
  Institutional investment in mentored research training for junior faculty provided significant grant award gains that began after one year of CFSP participation and persisted over time. The CFSP is a financially sustainable program with effects that are predictable, significant, and enduring.
authors.affiliation: A.M. Libby is professor and vice chair for academic affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. P.W. Hosokawa is senior professional research associate, Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Dissemination Sciences (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. D.L. Fairclough is professor, Department of Biostatistics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. A.V. Prochazka is professor, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, and assistant chief, Research, Ambulatory Care, Denver Veterans Affairs, Denver, Colorado. P.J. Jones is clinical instructor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado. A.A. Ginde is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Libby
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Diane L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Fairclough
authors.forename: Allan V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Prochazka
authors.forename: Pamela J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Adit A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ginde
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States