Appendix IV: Physician-Scientists Workforce Data

A1-1: Individual NIH Career Development Award (K) Applicants by Degree, Race/Ethnicity and Gender (Fiscal Years 1999 - 2012)

Degree	Total	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
MD	9151	655	809	713	708	805	925	1043	960	902	795	715	749	720	641
PhD	12094	365	569	578	665	752	994	1085	1082	1736	1474	1288	1524	1435	1516
MD/PhD	4490	287	343	336	387	436	492	474	450	461	459	375	389	347	294
Veterinarian	646	33	66	63	46	49	58	64	50	59	40	45	52	33	32
Dentist	282	25	12	32	26	25	22	32	40	28	22	23	24	19	13
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	5151	175	271	263	316	423	495	555	526	769	649	628	609	601	600
Black	1096	50	74	62	83	77	118	134	132	141	127	107	118	111	108
Hispanic	1362	57	85	82	73	111	124	133	146	183	155	142	148	136	159
Native**	62	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
White	16551	974	1212	1165	1228	1309	1552	1619	1566	1838	1639	1406	1506	1447	1415
Other	241	*	*	16	16	20	19	23	27	26	34	28	38	32	42
Gender
Female	11270	435	646	649	764	861	1086	1192	1165	1352	1226	1082	1270	1298	1312
Male	15507	886	1063	1019	1039	1173	1383	1479	1394	1797	1570	1380	1480	1477	1461
MD
Female	3511	184	264	226	246	288	372	432	415	369	345	306	344	359	318
Male	5426	445	494	458	441	500	537	600	532	529	446	407	401	357	318
PhD
Female	5805	180	264	293	371	397	529	559	562	803	692	609	745	713	732
Male	6046	171	273	263	280	340	451	501	501	890	772	674	762	714	763
MD/PhD
Female	1207	44	78	81	102	132	139	144	135	137	145	116	125	101	95
Male	3221	237	256	249	280	296	347	327	312	318	313	257	262	243	198
Veterinarian
Female	332	18	30	35	30	27	27	34	24	21	22	24	28	18	20
Male	298	14	31	27	14	20	31	28	25	38	18	21	24	15	11
Dentist
Female	113	*	*	12	*	*	*	14	19	15	12	15	13	11	7
Male	161	18	*	18	17	15	14	17	21	12	*	*	11	*	*

⁺ The first K99 awards were made in 2007.
*Data suppressed to avoid the disclosure of confidential information. Series with three or more suppressed data points are not displayed on the corresponding graph.
**Native refers to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders.

A1-1.1: Individual NIH Career Development Award (K) Applicants, MD, PhD and MD/PhD Degree (FY1999-2012)