Appendix IV: Physician-scientists Workforce Data

A5-13: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without 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	13634	1526	1519	1440	1470	1459	1601	1553	1440	1312	1300	1385	1656	1615	1595
PhD	54688	6028	6152	6058	6011	6527	6988	7093	7012	6525	6452	6849	8111	8308	8453
MD/PhD	9546	1130	1158	1103	1085	1198	1311	1315	1306	1171	1152	1207	1378	1318	1313
Veterinarian	853	104	91	81	88	111	114	108	119	114	106	118	136	129	143
Dentist	541	78	80	72	54	59	62	46	60	51	49	44	64	63	70
Other	469	19	22	23	26	25	43	43	37	25	50	47	78	64	63
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	13343	1409	1456	1435	1564	1772	1925	1984	2099	2125	2112	2170	2666	2705	2741
Black	1711	162	151	169	180	200	220	204	203	222	177	202	252	240	270
Hispanic	3016	269	304	291	332	367	445	408	443	420	389	453	520	519	536
Native**	156	16	22	15	18	19	23	18	18	18	15	24	23	23	24
White	53787	6577	6641	6373	6191	6642	7006	7087	6799	6005	5595	5719	6556	6706	6606
Gender
Female	25422	2476	2512	2568	2570	2794	3094	3101	3114	2895	2961	3295	3973	4127	4154
Male	54590	6143	6239	6019	6061	6485	6969	7024	6830	6280	6204	6504	7608	7832	7934
Age (6 Age Groups)
30 or less		77	47	57	59	53	48	58	49	43	46	38	49	32	18
31-40		2934	2873	2645	2667	2901	2849	2811	2775	2692	2672	2862	3243	2822	2640
41-50		3475	3531	3582	3507	3737	4034	4024	3946	3582	3615	3818	4452	4421	4353
51-60		1263	1396	1373	1440	1566	1831	1857	1761	1563	1577	1779	2043	2002	1965
61-70		366	370	345	379	420	472	473	460	407	437	451	576	615	586
71+		61	71	70	59	76	87	68	62	57	52	59	93	78	85
MD
Female	3424	317	345	325	334	356	409	390	391	383	403	441	512	493	506
Male	9808	1129	1098	1062	1095	1075	1175	1157	1040	922	892	938	1123	1118	1068
PhD
Female	18565	1852	1877	1947	1937	2137	2328	2349	2337	2195	2168	2391	2914	3015	3027
Male	34758	3981	4070	3960	3992	4315	4604	4682	4623	4297	4209	4379	5091	5200	5291
MD/PhD
Female	2038	232	225	244	226	239	278	276	284	245	262	306	345	353	338
Male	7348	875	913	845	844	948	1021	1025	1008	918	883	892	1024	962	965
Veterinarian
Female	244	27	24	19	25	30	35	33	34	35	35	39	44	35	41
Male	592	72	65	62	62	78	78	74	82	79	71	79	92	94	101
Dentist
Female	145	16	17	16	16	13	*	11	25	15	17	14	25	23	22
Male	385	62	62	54	37	45	52	35	35	36	32	30	39	39	48
MD
30 or less		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*
31-40		372	371	323	318	336	318	287	253	260	264	274	324	254	258
41-50		697	688	666	729	685	745	713	656	587	564	607	651	676	625
51-60		189	209	201	227	234	289	284	255	235	233	281	354	303	283
61-70		76	69	66	52	72	73	88	82	56	63	59	91	91	97
71+		19	12	17	13	16	20	12	19	11	13	*	22	18	22
PhD
30 or less		65	42	51	52	47	42	53	43	36	41	35	43	26	14
31-40		2095	2105	1967	1998	2210	2183	2201	2224	2182	2120	2281	2596	2325	2160
41-50		2205	2227	2290	2188	2366	2537	2526	2494	2290	2332	2432	2909	2936	2914
51-60		916	1003	1005	1040	1133	1311	1355	1276	1110	1069	1162	1315	1321	1315
61-70		236	233	225	267	293	338	322	319	296	296	303	391	425	409
71+		31	44	42	31	45	47	46	32	37	29	35	47	41	50
MD/PhD
30 or less		*	*	*	0	*	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
31-40		407	331	307	305	312	300	270	261	215	211	212	218	171	155
41-50		470	535	541	512	594	648	685	680	612	593	608	701	634	634
51-60		116	144	125	134	158	170	179	181	174	186	207	238	266	249
61-70		40	49	41	45	39	54	51	47	42	56	57	58	59	45
71+		*	13	*	12	14	19	*	*	*	*	*	17	13	12
Veterinarian
30 or less		0	0	*	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31-40		31	28	20	22	27	25	24	17	17	18	13	23	14	12
41-50		42	34	39	37	49	59	61	68	62	47	63	68	59	62
51-60		15	12	12	13	18	21	*	18	17	21	22	20	26	31
61-70		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
71+		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*	0
Dentist
30 or less		0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0	*	0	*	0	0	0
31-40		18	24	19	11	*	13	*	*	11	*	*	*	*	*
41-50		41	31	29	25	31	23	19	27	20	22	15	21	21	26
51-60		11	*	14	*	12	16	11	12	*	17	12	19	17	18
61-70		*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*
71+		0	0	*	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0
MD
Asian	1792	164	185	164	186	230	248	225	233	265	248	271	315	315	295
Black	363	30	28	39	37	42	51	40	45	42	40	39	54	47	57
Hispanic	598	61	63	56	60	69	78	73	79	76	71	74	99	92	83
Native**	16	*	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*
White	9289	1170	1145	1079	1074	1046	1129	1133	1014	867	821	822	942	956	931
PhD
Asian	8699	941	965	962	1058	1157	1208	1294	1372	1374	1357	1385	1750	1801	1875
Black	1047	108	100	99	109	126	131	118	117	136	104	134	159	162	169
Hispanic	1867	161	184	174	201	227	288	269	286	262	262	293	329	337	367
Native**	114	13	19	*	13	11	15	12	13	16	12	19	19	17	17
White	37161	4472	4556	4442	4318	4728	4983	5052	4919	4419	4079	4199	4814	4934	4877
MD/PhD
Asian	2486	264	271	273	284	333	424	426	445	442	450	462	532	510	485
Black	168	15	14	25	25	22	24	24	27	26	23	22	26	14	24
Hispanic	415	39	47	52	63	65	68	58	54	68	49	70	62	62	60
Native**	15	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
White	5740	765	781	706	659	741	734	754	714	594	563	556	638	615	607
Veterinarian
Asian	156	18	17	20	20	31	25	26	30	28	32	31	38	36	33
Black	32	*	0	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hispanic	44	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	11
Native**	*	0	0	0	0	*	0	*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
White	533	72	64	52	57	62	69	63	65	67	57	63	69	65	74
Dentist
Asian	82	16	13	11	12	17	14	*	16	15	14	*	*	*	17
Black	12	*	*	*	0	*	*	*	*	0	*	0	0	0	*
Hispanic	42	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	11	*
Native**	*	0	*	0	0	*	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	0	0
White	345	54	54	51	38	37	39	33	35	28	26	26	33	32	30
MD (Average Age)
Female		44.2	44.6	45.1	44.7	44.9	45.2	45.7	45.9	45.4	45.5	46.4	46.2	46.8	46.7
Male		46.1	46	46.4	46.3	46.7	47.4	47.6	47.6	46.9	47.3	47	48.3	48	48.4
PhD (Average Age)
Female		43.8	43.9	44.5	44.6	44.7	44.9	45.1	45	44.8	44.5	44.8	44.7	45.2	45.6
Male		44.2	44.7	44.7	44.8	45	45.5	45.3	45	44.9	44.9	44.9	45.2	45.6	45.8
MD/PhD (Average Age)
Female		42.7	43.8	43.8	44.8	44.7	45.3	45.3	45.4	45.5	45.8	46.1	45.7	46.6	46.3
Male		44.3	45.2	45.1	45.2	45.5	45.9	45.8	45.9	45.9	46.6	46.9	47.3	48	47.9
Veterinarian (Average Age)
Female		41.5	42.5	43.2	44	44.3	45.2	45.8	45.7	46.2	45.4	45.5	45.1	48.5	49
Male		46.9	47	46.6	46.2	46.2	46.2	44.8	46.3	46.2	48.4	48.9	46.4	48.4	47.9
Dentist (Average Age)
Female		42.1	43.1	43.5	45.5	46.3	46.4	44.9	45.2	45.8	46.2	44.1	46.9	49.2	49.9
Male		45.4	46.7	47	47.7	48.1	46.8	49.1	49.4	47.9	48.4	48.7	51.4	51.1	49.3

*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.

A5-13.1: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-13.2: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: MD and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-13.3: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: Veterinarian, Dentist, and Other Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-13.4: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (FY1999-2012) A5-13.5: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by URM (Non-Asian) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.6: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (FY1999-2012) A5-13.7: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.8: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.9: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.10: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (Veterinarian Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.11: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (Dentist Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.12: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (MD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.13: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.14: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (MD/PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.15: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (Veterinarian Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.16: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.17: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-13.18: Total Number of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012)

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