Climbing the Research Ladder: A 25-year Analysis of K-to-R Grant Conversion among Plastic Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We evaluate the performance of plastic surgeons in converting National Institutes of Health K grants in early career to R grants intended for established investigators. We also investigate characteristics that may positively predict successful transition from K to R grants.

Methods

K08, K23, and R01 (or equivalent) grants awarded to plastic surgeons and physicians within the departments of ophthalmology, dermatology, and neurosurgery were collected. Analyses of successful conversion rates from a K to an R grant between plastic surgeons and physicians within the selected departments were performed. Cross-sectional analysis of characteristics among identified plastic surgeons was completed via logistic regression to elucidate possible predictors of successful conver

SUBMITTER: Arcelona CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11469810 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature