Publication of projects granted by faculty of medicine Siriraj Hospital during 1992-1997.

ABSTRACT

To study the success of Siriraj’s grants, awarded from 1992-1997, information about the granted projects was analysed using the number of publications as a success indicator. One hundred and ninety nine questionnaires were sent out ; 48 granted projects (1,440,000 Baht) were to staff and 151 (1,365,200 Baht) were to residents/fellows. The response rate was 74% (148/199). A total of 56 articles have been published (from 28% of the projects), 44% of faculty staff projects (21 out of 48) resulted in a publication, as did 23% of residents/fellows projects (35 out of 151). Factors that could affect the success of granted projects, such as the average time to start and the duration of the research, were not statistically different between faculty staff and residents/fellows (p=0.17 and 0.08, respectively). The results of this study could be used as a guide in the granting process.