FIGURE 4.

Extramural funding among academic surgeons. Faculty were asked “Do you currently have research funding awarded from outside your institution?” and the results are shown for all faculty and for the clinical and basic research subgroups (A). Sources of funding for basic researchers are shown in (B). Faculty with funding are stratified by basic vs. clinical research and by career stage, showing lower funding rates among younger faculty and consistently among clinical researchers (C). Respondents were asked “Approximately how many applications have you submitted for National Institutes of Health/federal funding in the last 3 years?” The response is shown by the dark bars, with the number of submissions along the x axis, and represents the percentage of respondents who submitted the specified number of grants. Submission number was correlated with a respondent’s funding status, shown by the light bars, which represent the proportion of individuals who are actively funded for each of the groups of grant submission numbers. The results are shown for both basic science (D) and clinical research (E).