Physician-Scientist Workforce (PSW) Report 2014

Appendix IV: Physician-Scientists Workforce Data

A4-7: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior R01 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	5350	1062	1143	1223	1263	1359	1568	1598	1708	1702	1712	1703	1870	2021	2228
PhD	20911	4034	4294	4494	4752	5408	6275	6735	7082	7207	7509	7398	8090	8806	9406
MD/PhD	5257	1178	1273	1298	1457	1574	1914	1939	2047	2028	2102	2086	2282	2462	2631
Veterinarian	278	58	62	61	69	86	88	94	106	91	96	100	112	107	127
Dentist	215	42	51	47	55	61	65	72	66	61	67	66	70	76	86
Other	20	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	11	*
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	4575	652	740	859	1008	1193	1496	1591	1757	1818	2000	2006	2264	2444	2622
Black	319	48	53	62	68	69	89	105	108	108	103	109	145	157	175
Hispanic	943	144	155	177	201	220	235	280	299	316	354	345	399	442	490
Native**	43	*	*	15	*	16	14	16	13	*	11	*	13	15	16
White	25633	5452	5798	5935	6237	6930	7996	8352	8740	8749	8900	8753	9432	10222	10941
Gender
Female	8287	1336	1437	1526	1714	1961	2301	2534	2734	2756	2982	3030	3329	3617	3926
Male	23716	5026	5379	5592	5883	6527	7612	7910	8281	8340	8512	8330	9102	9871	10560
Age (6 Age Groups)
30 or less		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*
31-40		608	686	724	794	845	965	918	863	854	873	809	795	772	811
41-50		2940	3088	3129	3297	3567	4071	4142	4350	4231	4143	3926	4037	4321	4460
51-60		2074	2251	2381	2600	2916	3402	3725	3985	4037	4215	4224	4678	5063	5482
61-70		500	540	620	649	844	1084	1212	1327	1413	1651	1752	2087	2415	2677
71+		72	94	102	109	148	151	187	192	219	238	264	353	405	467
MD
Female	1086	150	162	175	198	232	270	302	337	347	365	372	405	460	519
Male	4257	909	980	1047	1064	1127	1298	1296	1371	1355	1347	1331	1465	1561	1709
PhD
Female	6154	1024	1073	1139	1264	1451	1694	1880	2025	2036	2213	2244	2444	2651	2861
Male	14720	3001	3214	3346	3487	3955	4580	4854	5056	5170	5295	5152	5644	6151	6539
MD/PhD
Female	928	143	179	189	225	250	308	320	336	342	371	383	442	464	490
Male	4325	1033	1093	1109	1231	1324	1605	1618	1711	1686	1731	1703	1839	1998	2141
Veterinarian
Female	65	12	14	13	15	17	16	16	24	22	18	18	17	19	31
Male	213	46	48	48	54	69	72	78	82	69	78	82	95	88	96
Dentist
Female	42	*	*	*	11	11	12	12	*	*	14	12	18	18	21
Male	172	34	42	37	44	50	53	60	56	53	53	54	52	58	65
MD
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		68	68	69	73	72	60	60	54	59	56	55	50	49	59
41-50		485	544	556	571	590	685	666	692	624	634	564	539	592	607
51-60		327	340	385	420	454	517	582	634	664	675	696	786	827	902
61-70		123	125	144	134	178	216	189	221	232	243	259	307	343	440
71+		22	32	28	32	31	45	50	55	60	51	73	99	106	102
PhD
30 or less		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0	*
31-40		401	471	532	589	633	771	742	721	717	740	686	678	671	696
41-50		1841	1874	1885	1962	2163	2400	2523	2645	2654	2598	2530	2667	2902	3012
51-60		1386	1519	1589	1698	1928	2237	2447	2571	2589	2683	2642	2906	3101	3339
61-70		261	296	344	380	512	657	788	877	939	1126	1181	1389	1638	1752
71+		33	38	49	44	80	76	86	91	103	129	126	168	208	251
MD/PhD
30 or less		0	0	0	0	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		131	138	115	125	127	125	107	83	71	75	66	61	48	47
41-50		572	616	645	712	750	921	886	942	895	847	773	773	771	782
51-60		322	350	363	435	486	593	631	706	720	794	817	915	1053	1152
61-70		104	112	118	119	138	189	211	210	218	247	282	351	394	439
71+		17	24	25	31	34	28	47	43	53	57	60	79	85	108
Veterinarian
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
41-50		23	28	24	30	39	36	38	49	38	40	41	40	31	34
51-60		21	20	20	19	22	27	32	36	34	33	37	39	44	53
61-70		*	*	*	12	11	16	13	11	13	18	14	20	18	20
71+		0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dentist
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*
41-50		17	25	17	21	25	28	27	20	18	21	16	16	21	23
51-60		17	21	21	25	24	24	27	34	26	28	29	28	32	34
61-70		*	*	*	*	*	*	11	*	11	14	13	16	17	22
71+		0	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	0
MD
Asian	590	70	66	76	92	115	149	157	179	198	214	221	254	290	314
Black	66	*	16	14	12	19	16	17	18	19	20	19	24	29	33
Hispanic	194	33	38	45	57	44	44	56	62	58	72	69	61	81	99
Native**	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
White	4401	939	1011	1077	1091	1170	1346	1354	1435	1411	1386	1369	1504	1589	1738
PhD
Asian	2892	448	506	561	658	763	944	1014	1120	1161	1262	1262	1421	1528	1645
Black	188	27	21	35	40	36	52	67	64	68	65	68	92	97	106
Hispanic	535	70	74	92	98	107	124	151	160	179	186	197	230	244	271
Native**	35	*	*	13	*	13	*	13	11	*	*	*	*	13	13
White	16910	3433	3642	3735	3904	4451	5090	5421	5659	5725	5905	5777	6217	6786	7207
MD/PhD
Asian	999	120	155	203	241	290	375	391	422	430	490	482	549	583	609
Black	58	12	13	12	14	12	18	19	24	19	17	20	25	27	34
Hispanic	190	36	37	35	36	59	59	65	67	69	81	71	96	107	105
Native**	2	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	0	0	*	*	*	0	*
White	3931	999	1053	1038	1147	1200	1444	1445	1518	1494	1490	1487	1582	1708	1846
Veterinarian
Asian	61	*	*	13	13	17	21	16	27	20	25	28	28	27	34
Black	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*
Hispanic	12	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Native**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White	192	44	47	41	47	59	60	71	70	62	59	62	73	71	80
Dentist
Asian	30	*	*	*	*	*	*	12	*	*	*	12	11	13	18
Black	*	0	*	0	0	0	*	*	*	0	*	0	*	*	*
Hispanic	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Native**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White	169	34	44	39	45	48	52	54	51	50	52	51	49	55	59
MD (Average Age)
Female		48.5	48.9	49.3	48.9	49.4	49.5	50	50.5	50.9	50.7	51.3	51.8	52.5	52.6
Male		51.5	51.2	51.6	51.8	52.3	52.8	52.7	53.3	53.8	53.8	54.6	55.5	55.6	56
PhD (Average Age)
Female		48.6	49.3	49.2	49.4	49.5	49.8	50.2	50.5	50.7	51.1	51.5	52	52.3	52.6
Male		49.9	49.9	50.2	50.1	50.7	50.6	51	51.2	51.5	52	52.3	52.9	53.3	53.5
MD/PhD (Average Age)
Female		47.5	47.9	48.7	48.5	49.3	48.8	49.8	50	50.9	51.6	52.1	52.5	52.6	53.4
Male		49.5	49.8	50.1	50.4	50.4	50.7	51.5	51.6	52.1	52.5	53.2	54	54.6	55
Veterinarian (Average Age)
Female		48.6	49.9	50.7	50.7	49.5	49.9	51.3	53.6	52.3	54.4	53.8	53.6	55.7	53.1
Male		50.7	49.2	51.7	52	51.2	52.4	52.2	50.6	51.9	52.9	53.4	54.3	53.9	54
Dentist (Average Age)
Female		48	47.4	49.2	48.5	51.1	50.4	53.1	56.5	54.3	55.4	56.6	54.3	54.2	52.9
Male		51.9	50.8	52.4	52.7	51	51.4	52.4	52.2	53.8	53.2	54.6	55.8	56.3	55.9

*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.

A4-7.1: Total Number of Individual NIH Research Project Grant Applicants with Prior R01: MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012)