Physician-Scientist Workforce (PSW) Report 2014

Appendix IV: Physician-Scientists Workforce Data

A2-9: Total Number of Individual NIH Rejected L Applicants: Subsequent RPG Success Rate by Degree, Race/Ethnicity and Gender (Fiscal Years 2003 - 2012)

Degree	Total	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
MD	28.5%	38.7%	31.6%	30.2%	31.3%	21.1%	16.7%	18.9%	11.8%	0.0%	8.3%
PhD	22.2%	37.0%	24.1%	27.2%	19.9%	21.5%	18.4%	11.7%	7.4%	2.1%	2.8%
MD/PhD	32.4%	52.0%	33.3%	29.6%	13.3%	25.0%	23.1%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Veterinarian	18.8%	16.7%	20.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dentist	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Other	12.5%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	32.8%	45.8%	33.3%	33.3%	43.5%	30.0%	57.1%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Black	16.8%	18.2%	30.4%	22.2%	13.6%	33.3%	3.7%	5.3%	7.7%	0.0%	50.0%
Hispanic	24.4%	50.0%	14.3%	20.0%	7.7%	36.4%	25.0%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%
Native**	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
White	25.8%	42.6%	28.1%	28.2%	23.5%	23.0%	19.2%	9.7%	10.8%	0.0%	0.0%
Gender
Female	22.0%	42.1%	22.2%	27.2%	17.6%	25.5%	21.1%	9.3%	6.1%	2.3%	3.2%
Male	26.0%	36.3%	29.6%	28.0%	26.3%	17.6%	14.5%	16.5%	12.8%	0.0%	9.5%
MD
Female	26.3%	44.0%	17.2%	31.1%	23.7%	30.8%	27.3%	15.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%
Male	30.9%	35.3%	41.3%	29.5%	42.9%	13.8%	5.0%	23.5%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%
PhD
Female	21.8%	39.1%	24.4%	26.5%	16.8%	23.6%	20.2%	9.4%	7.5%	3.6%	0.0%
Male	23.1%	35.2%	23.9%	28.0%	23.8%	19.7%	16.5%	14.5%	7.4%	0.0%	6.3%
MD/PhD
Female	24.1%	66.7%	33.3%	20.0%	0.0%	100.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Male	35.8%	50.0%	33.3%	31.8%	16.7%	18.2%	20.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Veterinarian
Female	22.2%	50.0%	20.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Male	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Dentist
Female	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Male	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%

*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.

A2-9.1 Individual NIH Rejected L Applicants Subsequent RPG Success Rate MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY2003-2012)