Appendix IV: Physician-Scientists Workforce Data

A4-10: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only 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	769	76	82	77	79	85	112	101	106	120	104	79	75	66	61
PhD	516	20	20	30	43	40	71	65	83	107	99	99	108	85	64
MD/PhD	341	29	32	38	38	46	53	54	53	44	34	29	38	33	25
Veterinarian	32	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dentist	30	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Other	*	0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	349	20	18	31	34	32	58	55	54	70	69	63	65	51	44
Black	42	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hispanic	101	*	*	*	*	*	18	12	14	12	11	*	24	15	11
Native**	*	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	0
White	1111	97	105	103	112	127	160	151	163	177	141	121	110	105	77
Gender
Female	606	32	42	52	55	75	99	71	97	112	93	98	97	82	67
Male	1076	96	94	97	109	103	144	156	152	168	149	119	133	108	84
Age (6 Age Groups)
30 or less		*	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	0	0	0	*	0
31-40		53	57	62	62	69	106	80	61	83	70	69	63	57	44
41-50		62	70	82	89	89	107	109	134	133	100	87	91	71	61
51-60		*	*	*	*	14	14	14	13	16	16	20	31	28	20
61-70		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
71+		0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	0
MD
Female	226	19	28	23	24	32	37	27	33	40	30	32	25	19	23
Male	537	56	52	52	54	53	75	74	73	79	74	47	50	47	37
PhD
Female	264	*	*	16	20	27	42	26	43	58	50	49	53	43	33
Male	249	15	13	14	23	13	29	39	40	49	48	50	55	41	31
MD/PhD
Female	86	*	*	11	*	12	17	13	17	*	11	11	12	15	*
Male	253	21	27	27	30	34	36	41	36	34	23	18	26	18	15
Veterinarian
Female	12	0	*	*	2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Male	20	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0
Dentist
Female	14	0	*	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0
Male	16	*	0	*	*	0	*	0	*	*	*	*	0	0	*
MD
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		37	34	28	24	33	46	31	23	30	24	21	14	15	14
41-50		31	42	45	49	45	55	49	58	61	40	32	28	20	23
51-60		*	*	*	*	*	*	11	*	*	12	13	15	18	*
61-70		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	*	0	0	*
71+		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PhD
30 or less		*	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	0	0	0	*	0
31-40		*	*	14	23	20	39	30	27	37	36	39	43	34	25
41-50		12	11	13	14	14	23	28	41	44	40	35	40	29	22
51-60		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
61-70		0	0	0	*	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	0
71+		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MD/PhD
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		9	17	17	13	11	19	16	*	12	*	*	*	*	*
41-50		17	15	21	23	28	26	30	30	24	17	15	19	19	14
51-60		*	0	0	*	*	*	0	*	*	0	*	*	*	*
61-70		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71+		0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	0
Veterinarian
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		*	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	0
41-50		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
51-60		0	*	0	0	0	*	*	0	0	0	0	*	0	0
61-70		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71+		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dentist
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		0	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	0	*	*	*	0
41-50		*	0	*	*	0	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	*
51-60		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61-70		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71+		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MD
Asian	118	*	*	11	*	17	21	21	18	26	17	19	14	12	17
Black	15	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	0	*	*	*
Hispanic	41	*	*	*	*	*	11	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Native**	*	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	*	*	0
White	553	60	68	61	62	61	77	70	80	84	75	54	42	41	26
PhD
Asian	122	*	*	*	11	*	18	19	20	24	36	31	28	22	15
Black	19	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hispanic	38	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	12	*	*
Native**	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	0	0	0	0
White	306	15	13	15	25	29	46	40	48	65	49	49	51	43	37
MD/PhD
Asian	98	*	*	*	12	*	18	14	14	16	14	11	22	16	12
Black	*	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0
Hispanic	17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Native**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White	205	18	20	22	21	32	32	36	31	23	15	12	11	16	11
Other	*	0	0	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	0	0
Unavailable	*	0	0	0	*	*	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	*
Veterinarian
Asian	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	0
Black	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hispanic	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Native**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White	26	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dentist
Asian	*	0	*	*	*	0	*	0	*	*	0	*	*	*	0
Black	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0	0	0
Hispanic	*	0	0	0	0	*	*	0	1	0	0	*	*	*	0
Native**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White	17	1	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*
MD (Average Age)
Female		41.3	42.5	42.3	42.7	44.5	43.6	43.6	44.4	43	43.6	44.5	46.5	44.4	44.1
Male		42.5	42	41.9	42.6	42.1	41.6	43.8	43.1	43.1	44.2	45.7	45.7	46.6	45.4
PhD (Average Age)
Female		40.4	41.2	42.8	44	43.2	41.4	43.7	42.9	43	41.1	41.5	42.5	42	42.5
Male		44.1	45.1	41	39.4	38.6	39.2	38.6	41.1	40.5	42.2	42.5	41.5	41.4	41.7
MD/PhD (Average Age)
Female		42.2	44.6	42.5	41.2	44.5	42.8	41.9	44.2	43.6	43	43.1	45.3	44.2	42.9
Male		42.9	40.4	40.6	42.8	43.9	43.5	43.5	44.2	42.3	42.5	44	45.6	44.4	45.4
Veterinarian (Average Age)
Female			44	45	41	42	45	41.8	42.5	39	49	50	48.5	44.5	48
Male		40	48	40		36	42.3	44.5	44	44	40	41	47	48
Dentist (Average Age)
Female			35			39	40		40	40	42	40.5	39	35
Male		41		37.3	40		42		49	40	41	45.5			45

*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.

A4-10.1: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A4-10.2: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: MD and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A4-10.3: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: by Gender (FY1999-2012) A4-10.4: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: by Gender (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-10.5: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: by Gender (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-10.6: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: by Age (MD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A4-10.7: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior K Only: by Age (PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012)

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