Figure 1. Each pair of vertical bars represents the total dollar amount of all ASA and FAER awards made in each calendar year (cross-hatched bar) and the total research funds (solid bar) subsequently acquired by that year's award recipients. The number at the top of each pair of bars is the ratio of dollars in subsequent funding to the dollars awarded by ASA or FAER. The overall ratio for all years was 17.4:1. (Note: The vertical scale is interrupted between $0.5 and 1 million.)