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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
                                                                                                Volume XV-2023



                  Results

                         The CRF awarded 44 research grants, of which 30 were assigned to young and
                  14 to mid-career (n=14) researchers. Grant were spread across 11 UHS departments
                  and institutions (see Table 1). The average age (mean, standard deviation) of awardees

                  is 37.7, 6.8 years, with a majority of awardees female (61%). The junior researchers were
                  5-6 years younger than the mid-career researchers (mean + SD = 35.8 +4.8 vs. 41.7 + 8.6).
                  Thirty-two of grants (72%) were awarded to four major UHS faculties (Medicine,
                  Public Health, Dentistry, Pharmacy) while the rest were distributed across the rest of
                  faculties and UHS affiliated hospitals.





                  Table 1 CRF awardees data and their affiliations


                                                             Junior                        Mid-career   Total
                                                          Researchers        researchers
                   Numbers                                     30                 14               44
                   Age (mean + SD)                          35.8 + 4.8        41.7 + 8.6       37.7 + 6.8
                   Male:Female                                10:20              7:7             17:27

                   No. of Institutions                          7                 8                11
                   No. of awardees by affiliations
                    -  Medicine                                 7                 2                9
                    -  Public Health                            5                 4                9
                    -  Dentistry                                7                 1                8
                    -  Pharmacy                                 6                 0                6
                    -  IRED                                     3                 2                5
                    -  Mahosot Hospital                         0                 2                2
                    -  Medical Technology                       1                 0                1
                    -  Nursing Sciences                         1                 0                1
                    -  Tropical and Public Health               0                 1                1
                    -  Institute Pasteur                        0                 1                1

                    -  Children Hospital                        0                 1                1

                  IRED = International Research and Education Development

















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