Scholarly productivity and professional advancement of junior researchers receiving KL2, K23, or K08 awards at a large public research institution

J Clin Transl Sci. 2017 Apr;1(2):140-143. doi: 10.1017/cts.2016.22. Epub 2017 Apr 19.

John K Amory^{1

2}, Diana K N Louden^{2

3}, Christy McKinney^{2

4}, Joanne Rich³, Stacy Long-Genovese², Mary L Disis^{1

2}

¹ Departments of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Abstract

Background: How the productivity and careers of KL2 scholars compare with scholars receiving individual K-awards is unknown.

Methods: The productivity of KL2 scholars (n=21) at our institution was compared with that of K08 (n=34) and K23 (n=26) scholars.

Results: KL2 and K23 scholars had greater productivity than K08 scholars (p=0.01). Professional advancement was similar among groups.

Conclusion: At our institution, scholarly productivity and professional advancement did not differ by type of K-award.

Keywords: CTSA; Career development; interdisciplinary research; translational research.