Success Rates on F32 Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications
by Degree of Applicant

FY 1995 - 2006

FISCAL YEAR DEGREE NUMBER REVIEWED NUMBER AWARDED SUCCESS** RATE
1995 MD 346 138 39.9%
  PHD 2,059 823 40.0%
1995   2,405 961 40.0%
1996 MD 300 112 37.3%
  PHD 2,065 767 37.1%
1996   2,365 879 37.2%
1997 MD 281 101 35.9%
  PHD 2,118 814 38.4%
1997   2,399 915 38.1%
1998 MD 277 118 42.6%
  PHD 1,851 722 39.0%
1998   2,128 840 39.5%
1999 MD 223 112 50.2%
  PHD 1,740 750 43.1%
1999   1,963 862 43.9%
2000 MD 176 81 46.0%
  PHD 1,714 783 45.7%
2000   1,890 864 45.7%
2001 MD 190 92 48.4%
  PHD 1,486 670 45.1%
2001   1,676 762 45.5%
2002 MD 210 95 45.2%
  PHD 1,331 515 38.7%
2002   1,541 610 39.6%
2003 MD 259 89 34.4%
  PHD 1,662 618 37.2%
2003   1,921 707 36.8%
2004 MD 273 86 31.5%
  PHD 1,851 607 32.8%
2004   2,124 693 32.6%
2005 MD 304 84 27.6%
  PHD 1,989 604 30.4%
2005   2,293 688 30.0%
2006 MD 279 72 25.8%
  PHD 2,184 608 27.8%
2006   2,463 680 27.6%

ALL AMOUNTS ARE TOTAL COSTS SHOWN IN THOUSANDS.
DUAL DEGREES (MD/PHDS) CONTAINED IN MDS.

DEGREES OTHER THAN MD AND PHD ARE NOT SHOWN.

**Success rates indicate the percentage of reviewed Research Project Grant applications that receive funding. This is computed on a fiscal year basis. Dividing the number of competing applications funded by the total number of competing year are only counted once.