Congratulations from the IARS!

摘要

ON the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the International Anesthesia Research Society (LARS) applauds the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) for its prodigious contributions to the science of an-esthesiology and to the careers of numerous anesthesiology investigators and educators. Founded in 1986, FAER's stated mission is to "advance medicine through education and research in anesthesiology." Specifically, FAER was started at a time when external metrics indicated that the specialty of anesthesiology was not effectively competing in the arena of biomedical science. Total National Institutes of Health funding to departments of anesthesiology in 1985 was dollar12.3 million, a mere 0.5% of total expenditures. FAER wisely targeted the career development of physician-scientists through a program of fellowship and starter grants. These granting mechanisms have successfully bridged trainees from residency to funding as National Institutes of Health investigators. Surveys have demonstrated a huge return on investment from this strategy as measured by extramural grants, publications, and the continued research careers of former grant recipients. The strategy may also have affected external metrics; by 2003 National Institutes of Health funding to departments of anesthesiology had grown to dollar97.2 million and 0.9% of total expenditures.