@article{4e18a1f775494b7a88f422ba3c893403,
title = "Key Strategies for Building Research Capacity of University Faculty Members",
abstract = "Universities are under pressure to increase external research funding, and some federal agencies offer programs to expand research capacity in certain kinds of institutions. However, conflicts within faculty roles and other aspects of university operations influence the effectiveness of particular strategies for increasing research activity. We review conventional approaches to increasing research, focusing on outcomes for individual faculty members and use one federally-funded effort to build cancer-related research capacity at a public university as an example to explore the impact of various strategies on research outcomes. We close with hypotheses that should be tested in future formal studies.",
keywords = "Faculty productivity, Mentoring, University research",
author = "Huenneke, {Laura F.} and Stearns, {Diane M.} and Martinez, {Jesse D.} and Kelly Laurila",
note = "Funding Information: This work grew out of NAU{\textquoteright}s experience with The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (in an earlier phase, the Native American Cancer Research Partnership). The Partnership has been funded by grant numbers UU54CA 96281 and U54CA 143924 (for the University of Arizona Cancer Center), and U54CA 96320 and U54CA 143925 (to NAU), under the Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity of the National Institutes of Health. This content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We are grateful to current and former participants in NACP programs for sharing their CV{\textquoteright}s and their personal experiences with us. Finally, we thank members of the Internal Advisory Committee and the (external) Program Steering Committee for their long-term support of and assistance to the Partnership and its many faculty, staff, and student members. Funding Information: One federal funding program designed to build university research capacity is the Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE), which is funded by the National Cancer Institute () or NCI. The program aims to increase capacity for cancer-related research at institutions serving under-represented minority populations in collaboration with NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers. NAU has received funding since 2002 from CPACHE to support The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention, a collaboration with the University of Arizona{\textquoteright}s Cancer Center (UACC). The Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NACP or the Partnership) connects two universities operating within the same state system under a strategic vision set by a shared Board of Regents. Funding Information: We examined data on grants received through the NAU Office of Sponsored Projects, by investigator, for the time period since each individual{\textquoteright}s initial support by NAU. Of the 21 supported individuals, 9 received no external funding during or after NACP support. Ten did have external funding for projects related to biomedical or health disparities, and two others received funding for projects not in biomedical or health disparities fields. While established faculty members may have had successful funding records prior to association with NACP, some had not previously been funded by NIH or other biomedical entities. Early career individuals supported as research project leaders were generally successful in obtaining external funding after NACP support: 9 of 10 funded externally, 7 from biomedical agencies. It appears that Partnership support did lead to increased levels of external funding for biomedical and health disparities work for some but not all participants. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, The Author(s).",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s10755-017-9394-y",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "421--435",
journal = "Innovative Higher Education",
issn = "0742-5627",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "5-6",
}