Enhancing philanthropy's support of biomedical scientists : proceedings of a workshop on evaluation / George R. Reinhart, editor ; Committee for the Evaluation of the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Programs in Biomedical Sciences, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reinhart, George R. (George Ritter), 1942-

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Evaluation of the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Programs in Biomedical Sciences.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust.

Medical sciences--United States--Endowments--Congresses.

Medical sciences.

Medical sciences--Research--United States--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During an interval of 15 years, the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust spent over $500 million on four programs in the basic biomedical sciences that support the education and research of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and senior researchers. The Markey Trust asked the NRC to evaluate these programs with two questions in mind: oeWere these funds well spent? and oeWhat can others in the biomedical and philanthropic communities learn from the programs of the Markey Trust, both as an approach to funding biomedical research and as a model of philanthropy? One of five resulting reports, this volume contains the proceedings of a workshop held in June 2005 to investigate methods used to evaluate funding of the biomedical scientists by philanthropic and public funders. In addition to the Markey Trust, representatives from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the American Heart Association, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and six other funders of biomedical scientists presented information on evaluation methodologies and outcomes.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""The Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Scholars Program

Krystyna R. Isaacs""; ""The Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award: A Seven-Year Retrospective and Summary

Jessica C. Fanzo and Elaine K. Gallin""; ""Burroughs Wellcome Fund Evaluation Strategy

Martin Ionescu-Pioggia and Georgine Pion""; ""Searle Scholars Program: Selection and Evaluation of Searle Scholars

Douglas M. Fambrough""; ""Research Program Evaluation at the American Heart Association

Nancy Fishman""

""Analysis of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Program (1947-2003)

Amy L. Francis""""Evaluation Activities of the American Cancer Society

Ralph Vogler""; ""Program Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Nancy Fishman""; ""Exploring Program Effects on Life Sciences Faculty Diversity: Assessing the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

Connie L. McNeely and Christine O'Brien""; ""Program Assessment in HHMI-Sponsored Medical Student Research Training Programs

Min K. Lee, Barbara Ziff, and William R. Galey""

""Outcomes and Impacts of the National Science Foundation's Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Program

Carter Kimsey""""Evaluation of Research Training and Career Development Programs at NIH: Current Capabilities and Continuing Needs

Charles R. Sherman""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Workshop Agenda""; ""B Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers""; ""C Workshop Participants""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610465521

9780309180429

0309180422

9781280465529

1280465522

9780309656733

0309656737

OCLC:

923275526