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Research Productivity Among Recipients of AAFP Foundation Grants

¹ Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
² Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
³ Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
⁴ American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Leawood, Kan

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Martin C. Mahoney, MD, PhD, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, martin.mahoney{at}roswellpark.org

PURPOSE This study examines research productivity generated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation and the AAFP Joint Grant Awards Program (JGAP) based upon projects funded during the period 1990 through 2000.

METHODS A structured questionnaire was mailed to all JGAP applicants who were funded between 1990 and 2000 (N = 95). The cross-sectional questionnaire included items reflective of research productivity: (1) numbers of publications, (2) numbers of presentations, and (3) numbers and types of subsequent grants. An additional comparison examined publication productivity among a subset of funded (n = 17) and nonfunded applicants (n = 36).

RESULTS The 69 funded respondents reported 91 publications and 129 presentations deriving from JGAP-supported research; 26 subsequent grants were funded ($9.6 million total costs). Funded and nonfunded applicants showed a significant increase in the overall number of publications during the 5-year period after their application when compared with the 5-year period before their application. Funded applicants had a greater number of publications during both the 5 years before and the 5 years after their JGAP grant submission.

CONCLUSION Projects supported by the JGAP have generated a considerable body of publications and presentations, as well as subsequent grant activity. This program appears to be important in supporting the early career development of family medicine researchers.

Key Words: Financing, organized • research/funding • program review • research capacity building • faculty, family practice

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