Appendix IV: Physician-scientists Workforce Data

A5-15: Award Rate 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	36.9%	22.1%	21.5%	20.8%	19.7%	20.6%	14.5%	16.5%	14.6%	18.3%	20.0%	19.0%	17.6%	18.5%	14.7%
PhD	38.1%	20.2%	21.1%	20.9%	20.4%	19.5%	16.0%	14.9%	14.5%	17.5%	17.4%	16.7%	16.6%	14.0%	13.3%
MD/PhD	48.0%	26.9%	25.5%	24.6%	24.8%	22.5%	21.6%	17.6%	15.9%	20.2%	18.6%	19.6%	17.5%	16.0%	14.9%
Veterinarian	33.5%	17.3%	22.0%	14.8%	17.0%	14.4%	10.5%	16.7%	9.2%	9.6%	17.0%	11.9%	14.0%	14.7%	8.4%
Dentist	33.8%	10.3%	21.3%	22.2%	16.7%	10.2%	30.6%	13.0%	10.0%	25.5%	8.2%	13.6%	21.9%	11.1%	5.7%
Other	12.6%	5.3%	18.2%	0.0%	11.5%	12.0%	4.7%	20.9%	5.4%	8.0%	2.0%	6.4%	10.3%	7.8%	9.5%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	43.5%	22.6%	22.2%	21.4%	21.2%	20.5%	18.3%	15.7%	16.4%	16.7%	20.1%	18.1%	17.5%	14.0%	13.3%
Black	25.9%	13.0%	15.2%	11.2%	15.0%	13.0%	10.5%	6.4%	8.4%	12.6%	12.4%	18.3%	15.9%	12.1%	13.3%
Hispanic	39.9%	20.4%	26.0%	22.0%	23.2%	21.0%	17.3%	16.2%	14.7%	17.9%	17.0%	15.9%	18.3%	14.8%	12.9%
Native**	27.6%	25.0%	18.2%	6.7%	11.1%	5.3%	4.3%	5.6%	16.7%	22.2%	6.7%	20.8%	13.0%	8.7%	4.2%
White	41.2%	22.1%	22.5%	22.5%	21.6%	20.4%	16.6%	16.0%	14.6%	18.7%	18.1%	18.0%	17.3%	15.3%	13.7%
Gender
Female	38.0%	22.3%	23.2%	22.3%	21.5%	21.6%	17.7%	15.8%	15.3%	17.6%	17.9%	18.4%	16.7%	14.2%	13.8%
Male	39.2%	21.6%	21.9%	21.4%	20.7%	19.5%	16.1%	15.5%	14.3%	18.0%	17.6%	16.5%	16.9%	14.6%	12.8%
Age (6 Age Groups)
30 or less		31.2%	29.8%	15.8%	28.8%	24.5%	20.8%	24.1%	16.3%	14.0%	28.3%	10.5%	20.4%	21.9%	22.2%
31-40		31.2%	29.6%	30.3%	28.3%	26.6%	24.3%	22.1%	21.5%	25.1%	25.0%	22.8%	24.4%	21.2%	19.1%
41-50		20.2%	22.6%	21.9%	20.8%	20.3%	16.8%	15.9%	14.4%	17.6%	16.9%	17.1%	15.8%	14.5%	13.1%
51-60		10.8%	12.7%	11.6%	12.0%	11.6%	8.2%	10.0%	8.3%	11.3%	11.2%	11.4%	10.0%	10.4%	8.0%
61-70		4.6%	7.0%	6.1%	6.6%	6.7%	4.0%	3.4%	5.2%	6.9%	7.1%	5.5%	7.1%	6.2%	5.1%
71+		4.9%	1.4%	1.4%	0.0%	5.3%	4.6%	1.5%	0.0%	1.8%	1.9%	5.1%	4.3%	3.8%	1.2%
MD
Female	38.2%	23.7%	23.8%	22.8%	21.0%	26.7%	15.6%	16.4%	18.4%	17.8%	19.6%	23.4%	19.9%	16.2%	14.8%
Male	37.7%	22.9%	21.9%	21.0%	19.7%	19.2%	14.3%	16.6%	13.3%	18.7%	20.3%	17.1%	16.7%	19.5%	14.6%
PhD
Female	38.5%	21.6%	23.0%	22.1%	21.8%	20.6%	17.7%	15.7%	14.6%	18.0%	18.3%	17.6%	16.3%	13.8%	13.7%
Male	39.1%	20.4%	21.1%	21.0%	20.0%	19.2%	15.3%	14.7%	14.6%	17.3%	17.1%	16.4%	16.9%	14.2%	13.1%
MD/PhD
Female	48.2%	29.3%	24.9%	26.2%	23.0%	24.3%	22.7%	16.7%	19.4%	16.3%	17.6%	22.2%	15.7%	17.0%	19.5%
Male	48.8%	27.0%	26.1%	24.5%	25.6%	22.3%	21.5%	18.1%	15.2%	21.4%	19.0%	18.7%	18.2%	15.7%	13.1%
Veterinarian
Female	27.9%	22.2%	29.2%	5.3%	16.0%	10.0%	2.9%	18.2%	5.9%	8.6%	17.1%	5.1%	11.4%	17.1%	4.9%
Male	36.7%	16.7%	20.0%	17.7%	17.7%	16.7%	12.8%	16.2%	11.0%	10.1%	16.9%	15.2%	15.2%	13.8%	9.9%
Dentist
Female	34.5%	6.3%	17.6%	25.0%	12.5%	30.8%	44.4%	9.1%	12.0%	20.0%	11.8%	14.3%	24.0%	13.0%	9.1%
Male	34.3%	11.3%	22.6%	22.2%	18.9%	4.4%	28.8%	14.3%	8.6%	27.8%	6.3%	13.3%	20.5%	10.3%	4.2%
MD
30 or less		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
31-40		30.1%	32.9%	26.6%	24.2%	27.1%	21.7%	20.9%	20.9%	27.7%	26.5%	26.3%	25.9%	23.6%	21.7%
41-50		24.7%	22.4%	24.0%	21.7%	22.2%	16.2%	20.2%	15.5%	19.6%	21.1%	21.3%	18.4%	20.7%	17.3%
51-60		13.2%	15.3%	9.0%	11.9%	14.5%	7.3%	13.4%	9.4%	9.8%	14.6%	9.6%	13.0%	16.5%	10.2%
61-70		5.3%	4.3%	13.6%	9.6%	12.5%	2.7%	2.3%	8.5%	8.9%	9.5%	3.4%	6.6%	11.0%	6.2%
71+		0.0%	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%	0.0%	0.0%
PhD
30 or less		35.4%	31.0%	17.6%	30.8%	25.5%	23.8%	26.4%	18.6%	13.9%	29.3%	11.4%	20.9%	23.1%	14.3%
31-40		30.3%	28.7%	30.4%	29.1%	26.5%	24.0%	21.9%	21.5%	24.9%	25.1%	22.4%	24.7%	20.6%	19.0%
41-50		18.2%	21.4%	20.4%	18.9%	19.2%	15.8%	14.0%	13.9%	15.8%	15.4%	15.7%	14.7%	12.6%	12.0%
51-60		10.0%	12.1%	12.6%	11.9%	11.4%	7.7%	9.3%	7.9%	11.6%	10.8%	10.6%	8.9%	9.2%	7.1%
61-70		3.0%	7.7%	4.0%	6.0%	4.4%	4.1%	3.4%	4.7%	7.1%	6.8%	6.3%	6.9%	5.4%	5.6%
71+		6.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	6.7%	4.3%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	3.4%	8.6%	2.1%	4.9%	2.0%
MD/PhD
30 or less		14.3%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%
31-40		37.8%	33.5%	35.8%	29.5%	28.5%	29.7%	24.8%	22.6%	25.6%	25.6%	27.8%	23.4%	28.7%	20.6%
41-50		24.9%	27.7%	25.3%	27.3%	23.2%	22.4%	18.5%	16.2%	23.0%	20.1%	19.9%	18.7%	16.9%	15.5%
51-60		14.7%	11.8%	8.8%	13.4%	8.9%	11.8%	7.8%	11.0%	13.2%	10.8%	16.9%	9.7%	10.9%	9.6%
61-70		12.5%	8.2%	4.9%	8.9%	15.4%	5.6%	3.9%	4.3%	4.8%	8.9%	1.8%	8.6%	3.4%	2.2%
71+		10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.1%	10.5%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	11.8%	7.7%	0.0%
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		25.8%	25.0%	25.0%	22.7%	14.8%	16.0%	20.8%	5.9%	5.9%	22.2%	23.1%	34.8%	28.6%	16.7%
41-50		21.4%	26.5%	17.9%	27.0%	20.4%	5.1%	19.7%	11.8%	12.9%	17.0%	14.3%	10.3%	15.3%	9.7%
51-60		0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	19.0%	0.0%	5.0%	11.5%	3.2%
61-70		14.3%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%
71+		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%
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		27.8%	20.8%	15.8%	18.2%	14.3%	46.2%	0.0%	44.4%	54.5%	16.7%	42.9%	37.5%	16.7%	16.7%
41-50		4.9%	25.8%	34.5%	20.0%	9.7%	26.1%	10.5%	3.7%	15.0%	9.1%	6.7%	28.6%	9.5%	7.7%
51-60		0.0%	30.0%	7.1%	25.0%	8.3%	25.0%	27.3%	8.3%	20.0%	5.9%	8.3%	21.1%	11.8%	0.0%
61-70		0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%
71+		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%
MD
Asian	42.0%	22.6%	21.6%	22.0%	15.6%	21.7%	20.2%	16.0%	16.3%	16.6%	20.6%	24.7%	21.0%	19.0%	19.7%
Black	30.3%	13.3%	17.9%	15.4%	16.2%	19.0%	9.8%	5.0%	8.9%	11.9%	17.5%	12.8%	24.1%	17.0%	15.8%
Hispanic	39.6%	23.0%	27.0%	19.6%	18.3%	18.8%	15.4%	19.2%	20.3%	19.7%	16.9%	14.9%	22.2%	18.5%	13.3%
Native**	31.3%	100.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%
White	40.0%	23.7%	22.4%	22.0%	21.9%	21.5%	14.1%	17.6%	14.1%	19.0%	21.1%	20.3%	17.3%	18.9%	14.1%
PhD
Asian	42.7%	21.1%	22.5%	19.1%	20.8%	20.7%	16.5%	15.8%	17.4%	16.2%	20.3%	17.2%	16.9%	13.1%	12.5%
Black	24.3%	13.9%	15.0%	9.1%	13.8%	11.1%	9.2%	6.8%	7.7%	12.5%	8.7%	17.9%	12.6%	11.1%	14.2%
Hispanic	39.3%	19.9%	26.6%	20.1%	23.4%	20.3%	17.7%	16.0%	14.0%	16.4%	17.2%	15.0%	17.3%	14.2%	13.4%
Native**	30.7%	15.4%	21.1%	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	8.3%	7.7%	25.0%	8.3%	26.3%	15.8%	5.9%	5.9%
White	40.7%	21.1%	21.7%	22.7%	21.2%	19.8%	16.5%	15.2%	14.4%	18.4%	17.7%	17.3%	17.3%	14.5%	13.6%
MD/PhD
Asian	49.5%	28.0%	23.2%	30.8%	26.4%	20.7%	21.9%	15.0%	14.6%	17.9%	20.0%	16.9%	16.7%	15.3%	13.6%
Black	40.5%	6.7%	14.3%	16.0%	24.0%	13.6%	20.8%	12.5%	11.1%	19.2%	21.7%	31.8%	23.1%	21.4%	12.5%
Hispanic	47.7%	23.1%	21.3%	26.9%	28.6%	24.6%	19.1%	12.1%	13.0%	20.6%	18.4%	21.4%	21.0%	14.5%	11.7%
Native**	20.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
White	51.0%	27.8%	27.4%	23.8%	24.9%	23.9%	22.2%	19.6%	17.9%	22.4%	17.6%	21.8%	18.0%	17.1%	16.6%
Veterinarian
Asian	44.2%	27.8%	11.8%	15.0%	30.0%	12.9%	8.0%	19.2%	6.7%	14.3%	21.9%	22.6%	26.3%	11.1%	3.0%
Black	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic	34.1%	0.0%	33.3%	25.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	10.0%	9.1%
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	34.1%	18.1%	26.6%	13.5%	14.0%	16.1%	11.6%	19.0%	10.8%	4.5%	17.5%	7.9%	11.6%	18.5%	8.1%
Dentist
Asian	37.8%	18.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	11.8%	50.0%	14.3%	6.3%	26.7%	14.3%	28.6%	30.0%	10.0%	5.9%
Black	25.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic	38.1%	0.0%	40.0%	60.0%	50.0%	100.0%	25.0%	50.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	18.2%	10.0%
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	36.8%	7.4%	24.1%	25.5%	21.1%	8.1%	28.2%	12.1%	11.4%	25.0%	7.7%	11.5%	24.2%	9.4%	3.3%

*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.

A5-15.1: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-15.2: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: MD and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-15.3: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: Veterinarian, Dentist, and Other Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-15.4: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (FY1999-2012) A5-15.5: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by URM (Non-Asian) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.6: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (FY1999-2012) A5-15.7: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.8: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.9: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.10: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (Veterinarian Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.11: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Gender (Dentist Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.12: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (MD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.13: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.14: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (MD/PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.15: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (Veterinarian Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.16: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Age (Dentist Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.17: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.18: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-15.19: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior R01: by Race/Ethnicity (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012)

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