J Boldt1, Th B Zoch. 1. Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH. BoldtJ@gmx.net
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Without outside funding, scientific research would widely stagnate. Funding of research projects by German foundations was analysed and specified for different medical disciplines. METHODS: The analysis based on the following sources: Handbuch der Wissenschaftspreise und Forschungsstipendien, Forschungshandbuch "Hochschul- und wissenschaftsfördernde Institutionen und Programme", Deutsches Arzteblatt 2000, the internet and the CD-ROM "Verzeichnis Deutscher Stiftungen". RESULTS: The highest number of research support by foundations was found in internal medicine (n = 70; volume: > 3,6 Mio DM). Other large disciplines, e. g. surgery (number of projects n = 10; financial volume: approximately 130,000 DM) or anesthesia (9 projects), were much less supported by foundations. A smaller discipline, dermatology, was supported much more (n = 13; volume 320,000 DM). CONCLUSIONS: None-industrial, none-governmental supported research is based on foundations. The range of support by foundations is very large, reaching from very high to only very small support. Increase in the foundation-based financial support would help to improve medical research in several disciplines.
OBJECTIVE: Without outside funding, scientific research would widely stagnate. Funding of research projects by German foundations was analysed and specified for different medical disciplines. METHODS: The analysis based on the following sources: Handbuch der Wissenschaftspreise und Forschungsstipendien, Forschungshandbuch "Hochschul- und wissenschaftsfördernde Institutionen und Programme", Deutsches Arzteblatt 2000, the internet and the CD-ROM "Verzeichnis Deutscher Stiftungen". RESULTS: The highest number of research support by foundations was found in internal medicine (n = 70; volume: > 3,6 Mio DM). Other large disciplines, e. g. surgery (number of projects n = 10; financial volume: approximately 130,000 DM) or anesthesia (9 projects), were much less supported by foundations. A smaller discipline, dermatology, was supported much more (n = 13; volume 320,000 DM). CONCLUSIONS: None-industrial, none-governmental supported research is based on foundations. The range of support by foundations is very large, reaching from very high to only very small support. Increase in the foundation-based financial support would help to improve medical research in several disciplines.
Authors: Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft; Cristian Scutaru; Carolin Kreiter; Silvana Kölzow; Axel Fischer; David Quarcoo Journal: Health Res Policy Syst Date: 2008-06-13