Appendix IV: Physician-Scientists Workforce Data

A4-6: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG 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	85.8%	48.2%	42.7%	46.4%	44.5%	42.2%	36.8%	34.8%	31.0%	32.3%	34.2%	32.3%	31.1%	30.4%	28.7%
PhD	91.7%	44.6%	43.3%	44.5%	42.0%	41.7%	35.3%	31.8%	29.8%	32.8%	31.4%	31.3%	32.1%	30.2%	32.3%
MD/PhD	88.1%	48.7%	46.8%	48.0%	44.1%	45.9%	37.6%	33.9%	29.9%	33.0%	31.8%	31.6%	33.8%	30.4%	30.7%
Veterinarian	83.5%	42.2%	44.4%	44.4%	41.1%	40.9%	29.4%	35.0%	31.2%	32.0%	28.2%	21.7%	29.9%	26.6%	23.9%
Dentist	88.2%	33.8%	43.9%	42.5%	31.6%	36.5%	42.1%	30.6%	27.0%	31.6%	28.7%	24.2%	19.6%	30.4%	26.4%
Other	76.3%	100.0%	66.7%	40.0%	33.3%	50.0%	50.0%	20.0%	40.0%	28.6%	12.5%	57.1%	33.3%	35.3%	38.9%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	87.5%	43.3%	37.9%	39.9%	38.5%	40.1%	34.1%	31.1%	28.3%	30.9%	30.8%	29.0%	30.5%	29.8%	29.5%
Black	81.6%	43.8%	43.4%	37.0%	45.6%	28.3%	33.1%	27.8%	23.4%	29.7%	25.2%	23.3%	29.7%	24.7%	28.5%
Hispanic	85.6%	43.9%	45.5%	47.4%	37.8%	49.3%	33.5%	32.5%	28.3%	33.4%	27.6%	34.8%	31.7%	29.0%	27.3%
Native**	89.3%	38.5%	45.5%	18.8%	53.3%	45.0%	47.1%	36.8%	47.1%	25.0%	28.6%	13.3%	26.3%	23.8%	25.0%
White	91.0%	46.3%	44.8%	46.4%	43.7%	42.9%	36.4%	33.0%	30.5%	33.2%	32.3%	32.0%	32.7%	30.4%	31.8%
Gender
Female	87.5%	44.1%	43.1%	43.9%	40.7%	42.2%	35.0%	33.6%	30.0%	32.3%	32.2%	31.8%	32.0%	31.1%	32.1%
Male	91.0%	46.3%	44.1%	45.8%	43.4%	42.6%	36.3%	32.3%	29.9%	32.9%	31.7%	31.2%	32.2%	29.9%	31.1%
Age (6 Age Groups)
30 or less		35.7%	20.0%	33.3%	75.0%	81.8%	23.1%	37.5%	46.7%	23.1%	33.3%	0.0%	25.0%	28.6%	75.0%
31-40		49.5%	44.2%	48.0%	43.6%	43.5%	37.1%	35.9%	31.2%	35.7%	39.1%	35.7%	38.1%	39.1%	42.5%
41-50		46.4%	44.8%	46.3%	44.0%	43.4%	36.6%	34.3%	30.7%	34.4%	33.2%	33.0%	35.6%	32.7%	33.8%
51-60		44.6%	43.5%	44.0%	41.3%	42.0%	35.9%	30.9%	29.8%	31.7%	30.4%	30.3%	31.0%	29.2%	30.1%
61-70		42.1%	39.7%	44.3%	40.8%	37.1%	32.3%	28.3%	27.8%	27.5%	27.2%	28.0%	26.3%	24.1%	25.4%
71+		40.5%	44.9%	40.4%	33.9%	39.1%	30.5%	24.9%	23.1%	22.8%	18.7%	19.8%	20.9%	20.2%	22.2%
MD
Female	80.3%	44.3%	45.2%	48.6%	38.9%	42.9%	35.1%	34.7%	30.6%	32.7%	34.9%	31.5%	33.6%	31.4%	32.1%
Male	87.4%	48.8%	42.2%	46.0%	45.6%	42.0%	37.2%	34.8%	31.1%	32.2%	33.9%	32.5%	30.4%	30.1%	27.5%
PhD
Female	89.3%	43.4%	42.3%	42.6%	41.4%	41.0%	34.8%	33.3%	30.3%	32.9%	31.9%	32.2%	31.5%	30.6%	32.9%
Male	92.9%	45.0%	43.7%	45.2%	42.2%	41.9%	35.5%	31.2%	29.5%	32.7%	31.2%	30.9%	32.4%	30.0%	32.0%
MD/PhD
Female	85.9%	49.0%	45.9%	49.2%	38.7%	48.3%	35.2%	33.7%	29.1%	29.5%	31.1%	30.8%	33.5%	34.1%	28.2%
Male	88.6%	48.7%	47.0%	47.7%	45.3%	45.4%	38.1%	33.9%	30.0%	33.7%	32.0%	31.8%	33.8%	29.6%	31.3%
Veterinarian
Female	73.6%	47.1%	38.9%	27.8%	52.2%	44.0%	25.0%	42.3%	25.0%	16.2%	32.3%	10.0%	31.3%	20.0%	22.0%
Male	86.8%	40.9%	45.8%	49.2%	37.3%	40.0%	30.6%	33.0%	33.3%	38.5%	27.0%	25.0%	29.6%	28.4%	24.6%
Dentist
Female	77.8%	44.4%	46.2%	38.5%	17.6%	38.1%	52.6%	30.0%	11.8%	29.4%	35.5%	22.7%	29.4%	25.0%	29.4%
Male	91.9%	32.8%	43.5%	43.3%	35.6%	35.9%	39.5%	30.8%	30.6%	32.1%	25.7%	24.7%	14.7%	32.9%	25.0%
Other
Female	66.7%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	50.0%	33.3%	40.0%	16.7%
Male	82.6%	100.0%	50.0%	40.0%	100.0%	50.0%	40.0%	33.3%	66.7%	40.0%	0.0%	60.0%	33.3%	33.3%	50.0%
MD
30 or less		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
31-40		49.2%	44.5%	47.9%	40.3%	35.9%	36.5%	33.1%	25.4%	29.1%	43.3%	29.5%	39.2%	36.4%	34.2%
41-50		48.3%	43.0%	49.3%	45.6%	44.2%	38.6%	38.3%	33.7%	33.5%	36.1%	33.6%	33.5%	30.4%	31.3%
51-60		48.6%	47.0%	42.7%	44.6%	41.6%	36.0%	35.0%	30.2%	31.5%	32.8%	32.5%	31.8%	31.5%	29.2%
61-70		48.8%	31.3%	50.0%	47.5%	40.4%	35.1%	25.1%	30.8%	30.1%	32.6%	30.1%	26.4%	27.5%	24.1%
71+		40.9%	42.4%	24.1%	39.4%	29.0%	26.1%	21.6%	19.6%	22.6%	11.1%	18.2%	17.5%	23.4%	25.5%
PhD
30 or less		38.5%	22.2%	33.3%	75.0%	80.0%	16.7%	37.5%	46.7%	23.1%	33.3%	0.0%	25.0%	40.0%	66.7%
31-40		48.7%	42.9%	47.3%	44.7%	44.0%	36.6%	36.1%	31.5%	35.8%	38.8%	36.5%	38.0%	38.7%	43.5%
41-50		44.7%	45.0%	44.9%	42.6%	41.5%	35.9%	32.5%	30.0%	35.1%	32.0%	32.8%	36.0%	33.6%	35.3%
51-60		44.1%	41.6%	43.6%	40.6%	41.9%	35.4%	29.9%	29.8%	31.3%	30.2%	29.8%	29.6%	27.8%	29.7%
61-70		36.9%	42.6%	41.1%	38.3%	36.2%	31.0%	27.9%	26.7%	27.0%	26.1%	27.1%	25.5%	23.3%	25.7%
71+		41.2%	41.0%	51.0%	35.6%	38.3%	35.9%	25.6%	26.1%	21.7%	20.1%	19.8%	23.7%	18.8%	21.3%
MD/PhD
30 or less		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
31-40		53.7%	50.5%	50.9%	42.0%	46.0%	41.0%	34.7%	34.1%	42.5%	38.8%	31.4%	40.4%	47.7%	45.3%
41-50		50.7%	46.1%	48.6%	47.3%	48.5%	37.2%	36.7%	30.9%	33.0%	35.5%	33.8%	36.1%	31.7%	30.8%
51-60		44.2%	48.7%	48.0%	41.0%	43.4%	37.5%	30.8%	29.2%	33.6%	28.6%	30.9%	35.1%	31.5%	31.7%
61-70		47.6%	39.5%	43.3%	41.0%	38.7%	34.2%	32.3%	26.3%	27.2%	26.8%	30.5%	28.3%	24.1%	26.0%
71+		38.9%	53.8%	38.5%	28.1%	47.2%	21.4%	27.1%	22.7%	22.6%	22.8%	21.7%	19.8%	19.8%	20.4%
Veterinarian
30 or less		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
31-40		50.0%	35.7%	71.4%	28.6%	45.5%	28.6%	66.7%	50.0%	37.5%	25.0%	50.0%	33.3%	60.0%	0.0%
41-50		51.4%	42.2%	32.5%	40.9%	50.9%	22.9%	34.5%	25.0%	33.3%	26.2%	21.7%	30.9%	28.3%	25.0%
51-60		30.4%	40.9%	36.4%	52.2%	33.3%	40.6%	23.5%	26.2%	30.0%	28.2%	20.8%	28.0%	23.1%	28.3%
61-70		28.6%	80.0%	77.8%	33.3%	9.1%	23.5%	33.3%	81.8%	21.4%	36.8%	33.3%	33.3%	25.0%	18.2%
71+		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%
Dentist
30 or less		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
31-40		30.0%	41.7%	42.9%	14.3%	33.3%	46.7%	37.5%	28.6%	36.4%	40.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%
41-50		31.4%	46.2%	44.1%	31.3%	37.5%	44.2%	28.6%	19.4%	32.3%	28.9%	34.5%	25.8%	20.0%	19.4%
51-60		30.0%	41.7%	36.4%	28.6%	34.6%	35.7%	34.4%	32.4%	26.5%	33.3%	16.2%	18.4%	42.5%	35.0%
61-70		57.1%	50.0%	66.7%	75.0%	33.3%/	33.3%	27.3%	42.9%	27.3%	21.4%	13.3%	27.8%	26.3%	26.1%
71+		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
MD
Asian	77.8%	54.4%	48.6%	42.2%	46.3%	42.4%	37.5%	32.6%	29.9%	29.9%	31.2%	30.2%	27.0%	29.3%	29.2%
Black	83.5%	30.8%	44.4%	25.0%	55.6%	23.1%	44.0%	33.3%	25.0%	34.6%	29.6%	25.0%	50.0%	27.3%	30.0%
Hispanic	80.8%	40.5%	55.6%	51.9%	33.3%	43.1%	28.1%	31.4%	31.6%	32.9%	31.0%	39.8%	28.2%	24.3%	27.4%
Native**	75.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	66.7%	50.0%
White	87.6%	48.2%	42.0%	47.0%	44.6%	42.4%	36.8%	35.0%	31.2%	32.6%	34.9%	32.1%	31.8%	30.9%	28.8%
PhD
Asian	90.2%	42.0%	37.3%	37.4%	37.7%	38.5%	32.7%	30.8%	28.9%	30.4%	30.7%	28.2%	30.8%	30.3%	29.9%
Black	82.2%	52.3%	38.1%	34.6%	45.8%	31.6%	27.8%	23.1%	19.8%	27.8%	24.2%	25.0%	26.5%	24.3%	29.7%
Hispanic	87.0%	44.0%	41.1%	43.8%	38.4%	51.9%	30.8%	28.8%	27.7%	30.6%	26.4%	33.6%	32.7%	31.2%	28.2%
Native**	95.5%	33.3%	50.0%	14.3%	50.0%	52.9%	38.5%	40.0%	46.7%	28.6%	36.4%	9.1%	21.4%	17.6%	20.0%
White	92.5%	45.1%	44.4%	45.9%	43.0%	42.2%	36.0%	32.2%	30.2%	33.5%	31.8%	32.1%	32.5%	30.1%	32.6%
MD/PhD
Asian	86.2%	41.7%	36.4%	45.3%	37.5%	44.6%	35.9%	32.6%	26.5%	31.9%	31.3%	29.8%	32.0%	29.6%	29.5%
Black	76.3%	30.8%	57.9%	57.9%	45.5%	25.0%	40.9%	44.0%	28.1%	35.7%	20.0%	20.0%	23.5%	25.0%	19.0%
Hispanic	86.7%	50.0%	39.1%	55.6%	43.5%	52.1%	40.0%	39.5%	28.2%	37.8%	28.7%	36.7%	33.6%	28.3%	23.3%
Native**	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%
White	89.2%	49.8%	49.0%	47.8%	46.0%	46.4%	37.9%	33.9%	31.0%	33.2%	32.4%	32.4%	34.8%	30.8%	31.8%
Veterinarian
Asian	86.3%	53.3%	25.0%	50.0%	42.1%	26.1%	32.1%	12.0%	26.5%	44.8%	20.6%	28.9%	30.6%	25.8%	14.3%
Black	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%
Hispanic	83.3%	25.0%	80.0%	20.0%	20.0%	42.9%	75.0%	60.0%	42.9%	66.7%	30.0%	28.6%	37.5%	12.5%	50.0%
Native**	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
White	83.0%	43.3%	50.0%	45.3%	42.4%	45.9%	26.8%	39.8%	30.8%	26.2%	31.3%	19.0%	29.8%	28.3%	24.2%
Dentist
Asian	82.6%	25.0%	22.2%	38.5%	20.0%	35.3%	47.1%	16.7%	12.5%	35.3%	35.3%	52.6%	6.3%	16.7%	24.0%
Black	100.0%	100.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%
Hispanic	87.0%	33.3%	80.0%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	55.6%	57.1%	0.0%	40.0%	16.7%	0.0%	8.3%	33.3%	25.0%
Native**	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
White	90.1%	35.2%	44.6%	43.6%	34.5%	39.7%	37.9%	32.9%	32.8%	29.9%	29.0%	18.5%	25.8%	35.3%	26.5%

*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.

A4-6.1: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A4-6.2: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: MD and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A4-6.3: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: Veterinarian, Dentist, and Other Degrees (FY1999-2012) A4-6.4: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (FY1999-2012) A4-6.5: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by URM (Non-Asian) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.6: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Gender (FY1999-2012) A4-6.7: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Gender (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.8: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Gender (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.9: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Gender (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.10: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Gender (Veterinarian Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.11: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Gender (Dentist Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.12: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Age (MD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.13: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Age (PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.14: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Age (MD/PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.15: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Age (Veterinarian Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.16: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Age (Dentist Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.17: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.18: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.19: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A4-6.20: Award Rates of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (Veterinarian Degree) (FY1999-2012)

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