Appendix IV: Physician-scientists Workforce Data

A5-21: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without 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	30.3%	19.1%	18.8%	19.3%	17.8%	18.6%	12.2%	13.8%	11.6%	16.9%	17.4%	17.1%	15.5%	15.9%	12.5%
PhD	31.5%	17.7%	18.4%	18.2%	18.3%	17.6%	14.5%	13.1%	12.4%	15.0%	15.3%	14.0%	14.1%	11.6%	10.8%
MD/PhD	39.7%	23.8%	22.9%	21.3%	20.8%	19.6%	19.8%	16.3%	14.8%	17.5%	17.4%	17.5%	14.7%	14.2%	12.6%
Veterinarian	26.8%	12.6%	20.0%	12.1%	12.9%	10.9%	10.0%	15.7%	9.6%	4.6%	16.0%	11.1%	11.6%	11.7%	7.9%
Dentist	23.1%	3.9%	13.0%	15.7%	17.1%	4.5%	25.0%	12.1%	13.0%	22.9%	2.9%	9.7%	24.5%	8.3%	1.9%
Other	11.3%	5.3%	15.0%	0.0%	12.0%	12.0%	2.4%	19.0%	5.4%	8.0%	2.0%	4.3%	9.1%	6.5%	8.6%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian	36.3%	20.5%	19.3%	19.9%	19.2%	18.7%	17.1%	14.5%	14.2%	14.0%	18.1%	15.3%	15.3%	11.6%	11.3%
Black	20.1%	10.6%	13.4%	8.8%	11.0%	11.4%	8.9%	4.9%	7.1%	10.0%	9.9%	17.8%	13.0%	8.2%	11.8%
Hispanic	33.9%	18.5%	23.1%	19.8%	22.8%	17.9%	16.7%	15.3%	11.7%	16.8%	15.7%	14.5%	15.7%	12.5%	11.4%
Native**	24.6%	15.4%	18.2%	7.1%	0.0%	5.9%	4.8%	6.3%	13.3%	17.6%	7.1%	22.7%	14.3%	10.5%	4.8%
White	33.9%	19.1%	19.8%	19.6%	19.1%	18.3%	14.7%	14.0%	12.7%	16.3%	15.8%	15.4%	14.5%	12.8%	10.9%
Gender
Female	30.8%	19.6%	20.6%	19.5%	18.8%	19.6%	15.4%	13.2%	13.0%	14.7%	15.6%	15.5%	14.0%	12.1%	11.1%
Male	32.4%	18.9%	19.2%	18.9%	18.6%	17.5%	14.6%	14.0%	12.5%	15.9%	15.7%	14.2%	14.6%	12.2%	10.6%
Age (6 Age Groups)
30 or less		28.8%	31.1%	15.4%	26.3%	23.1%	18.6%	24.1%	14.3%	15.0%	30.2%	11.4%	20.8%	24.1%	22.2%
31-40		29.0%	28.1%	28.2%	26.4%	25.9%	23.6%	20.7%	19.9%	23.7%	22.9%	20.9%	22.3%	18.8%	15.9%
41-50		16.9%	19.0%	18.2%	17.7%	17.1%	14.2%	13.6%	12.1%	14.2%	14.6%	14.3%	12.7%	11.1%	10.4%
51-60		9.1%	10.1%	9.9%	9.9%	9.1%	7.0%	8.0%	6.0%	8.5%	8.8%	8.8%	7.1%	8.3%	5.2%
61-70		4.2%	5.9%	5.8%	5.3%	5.9%	3.2%	2.0%	3.1%	5.8%	5.2%	4.0%	5.6%	5.3%	2.8%
71+		3.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	5.3%	4.7%	1.6%	0.0%	1.8%	2.0%	1.8%	3.3%	4.2%	0.0%
MD
Female	30.7%	20.2%	21.7%	22.1%	18.2%	25.9%	13.1%	13.4%	14.9%	14.0%	15.5%	22.4%	16.6%	14.1%	11.5%
Male	31.2%	20.0%	19.1%	19.4%	18.0%	17.0%	12.2%	14.0%	10.6%	18.2%	18.3%	14.8%	15.3%	16.7%	12.9%
PhD
Female	31.4%	19.1%	20.4%	18.7%	19.3%	19.0%	15.4%	13.2%	12.1%	15.3%	16.0%	14.0%	13.5%	11.6%	10.8%
Male	32.6%	17.9%	18.4%	18.6%	18.2%	17.3%	14.2%	13.3%	12.7%	15.0%	15.1%	14.1%	14.5%	11.7%	10.8%
MD/PhD
Female	40.1%	26.8%	22.1%	24.9%	17.5%	17.9%	21.0%	13.5%	19.6%	14.3%	17.5%	20.8%	13.6%	16.0%	18.5%
Male	40.4%	23.8%	23.6%	20.7%	21.9%	20.3%	19.7%	17.3%	13.7%	18.6%	17.6%	16.3%	15.1%	13.6%	10.4%
Veterinarian
Female	20.1%	18.2%	30.0%	5.9%	11.8%	0.0%	3.6%	16.0%	4.3%	0.0%	14.8%	6.9%	8.8%	10.3%	5.9%
Male	30.0%	11.7%	16.7%	14.3%	13.5%	15.2%	11.3%	15.9%	11.8%	6.6%	16.7%	13.1%	12.8%	12.2%	8.8%
Dentist
Female	25.0%	0.0%	14.3%	20.0%	18.2%	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%	15.0%	18.2%	8.3%	9.1%	26.7%	8.3%	0.0%
Male	23.0%	5.6%	12.8%	14.7%	17.2%	0.0%	21.6%	15.4%	11.5%	25.0%	0.0%	10.0%	23.5%	8.6%	2.6%
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		28.4%	30.7%	26.1%	22.0%	27.0%	20.7%	20.1%	18.7%	28.1%	23.9%	25.2%	23.4%	21.1%	18.8%
41-50		20.5%	19.4%	22.3%	19.9%	19.3%	13.2%	16.5%	12.1%	17.2%	17.2%	19.1%	16.4%	17.4%	14.9%
51-60		10.9%	12.1%	8.8%	8.9%	11.6%	5.8%	9.8%	6.4%	7.9%	11.9%	8.7%	9.5%	14.0%	5.9%
61-70		5.3%	3.1%	12.5%	8.3%	12.5%	2.9%	2.4%	4.3%	9.3%	7.7%	1.9%	6.6%	8.3%	3.8%
71+		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%
PhD
30 or less		32.8%	32.5%	17.4%	28.0%	23.9%	21.6%	26.5%	16.7%	15.2%	31.6%	12.5%	21.4%	25.0%	14.3%
31-40		28.0%	27.1%	28.3%	27.3%	25.8%	23.4%	20.3%	19.8%	23.2%	23.0%	20.3%	22.4%	18.4%	15.8%
41-50		15.5%	17.7%	16.4%	15.9%	16.2%	13.2%	11.9%	11.5%	12.2%	13.0%	12.8%	11.3%	9.1%	9.1%
51-60		8.4%	10.0%	10.8%	10.1%	9.1%	6.6%	7.6%	5.7%	8.9%	8.5%	7.4%	6.1%	7.3%	4.4%
61-70		2.6%	7.1%	4.2%	5.1%	3.9%	3.5%	1.7%	2.7%	5.6%	4.9%	4.5%	5.0%	4.8%	3.1%
71+		6.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	6.7%	4.3%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	3.7%	3.1%	2.1%	5.3%	0.0%
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%	50.0%	0.0%
31-40		35.5%	33.9%	32.7%	26.8%	27.2%	28.4%	24.9%	22.6%	24.3%	24.6%	27.1%	22.1%	26.2%	18.7%
41-50		20.5%	23.8%	21.9%	22.2%	19.4%	20.3%	17.0%	14.5%	19.6%	19.8%	17.3%	15.4%	14.6%	13.5%
51-60		14.0%	6.7%	4.9%	10.3%	5.1%	10.6%	5.6%	8.8%	8.2%	8.0%	13.3%	5.2%	8.7%	6.8%
61-70		10.3%	6.3%	2.6%	4.8%	11.1%	2.1%	2.1%	4.5%	5.3%	6.8%	0.0%	6.0%	2.2%	0.0%
71+		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	10.5%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	6.7%	8.3%	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		24.0%	26.1%	21.1%	19.0%	15.4%	17.4%	20.0%	6.3%	7.1%	26.7%	23.1%	30.0%	23.1%	16.7%
41-50		12.5%	27.3%	14.8%	20.8%	13.2%	4.0%	18.4%	11.3%	6.7%	15.6%	12.5%	8.6%	11.8%	7.5%
51-60		0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	17.6%	0.0%	0.0%	9.5%	3.7%
61-70		14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	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%
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		16.7%	12.5%	13.3%	22.2%	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	50.0%	60.0%	0.0%	25.0%	42.9%	16.7%	0.0%
41-50		0.0%	15.8%	25.0%	17.6%	5.0%	20.0%	9.1%	5.3%	14.3%	0.0%	10.0%	28.6%	7.7%	6.3%
51-60		0.0%	14.3%	7.7%	33.3%	8.3%	20.0%	22.2%	10.0%	25.0%	6.7%	10.0%	26.7%	0.0%	0.0%
61-70		0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	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	34.4%	20.4%	15.9%	22.4%	14.0%	20.1%	19.4%	15.2%	12.0%	13.8%	19.7%	23.6%	19.8%	13.8%	16.3%
Black	24.2%	11.1%	18.5%	17.1%	12.1%	19.4%	6.7%	5.7%	2.8%	13.9%	8.8%	12.1%	21.3%	13.9%	9.3%
Hispanic	34.1%	22.2%	22.8%	18.4%	16.4%	16.9%	14.5%	18.5%	17.5%	15.6%	15.9%	13.6%	21.8%	16.4%	12.3%
Native**	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
White	32.9%	20.4%	20.2%	20.2%	20.0%	19.3%	11.6%	14.2%	11.6%	18.1%	17.9%	18.7%	14.4%	17.0%	11.8%
PhD
Asian	35.9%	19.3%	20.2%	17.6%	19.1%	18.9%	15.6%	14.3%	15.1%	13.8%	18.1%	14.5%	14.6%	11.1%	10.9%
Black	18.8%	11.7%	12.3%	5.7%	8.3%	10.6%	8.0%	3.8%	8.0%	9.4%	8.6%	17.4%	8.7%	7.5%	13.4%
Hispanic	33.2%	17.1%	25.2%	17.9%	23.4%	17.1%	17.1%	14.6%	11.0%	16.1%	15.0%	13.1%	14.4%	11.3%	11.6%
Native**	27.9%	16.7%	21.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	20.0%	9.1%	27.8%	16.7%	6.7%	6.3%
White	33.5%	18.4%	18.9%	19.7%	19.1%	17.9%	14.7%	13.3%	12.4%	15.8%	15.5%	14.3%	14.5%	11.8%	10.6%
MD/PhD
Asian	41.5%	26.1%	20.6%	28.0%	23.9%	18.1%	20.8%	14.1%	13.3%	15.0%	18.3%	13.8%	14.9%	13.4%	10.5%
Black	31.8%	7.1%	18.2%	10.0%	27.8%	5.9%	19.0%	13.6%	9.5%	9.5%	23.5%	31.3%	26.3%	11.1%	15.8%
Hispanic	42.2%	21.9%	19.5%	25.6%	28.1%	20.0%	18.3%	14.3%	8.5%	22.4%	20.5%	22.2%	14.9%	13.5%	12.2%
Native**	15.4%	0.0%	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	42.0%	24.2%	24.6%	20.2%	19.4%	21.1%	20.1%	18.0%	17.2%	19.7%	16.2%	19.5%	14.3%	15.2%	14.4%
Veterinarian
Asian	32.8%	14.3%	0.0%	13.3%	20.0%	14.8%	0.0%	20.0%	7.7%	9.5%	20.8%	13.0%	18.2%	11.8%	3.4%
Black	13.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	11.1%	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	28.5%	14.8%	26.9%	11.1%	12.8%	10.0%	12.5%	19.2%	10.6%	0.0%	17.8%	10.4%	11.1%	13.0%	6.2%
Dentist
Asian	20.7%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	37.5%	25.0%	7.7%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%
Black	11.1%	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%
Hispanic	27.8%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100.0%	100.0%	33.3%	100.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	20.0%	25.0%	0.0%
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	26.3%	2.8%	19.4%	18.9%	19.4%	0.0%	24.1%	8.0%	16.0%	20.0%	5.0%	11.1%	28.0%	4.0%	4.5%

*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.

A5-21.1: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: MD, PhD, and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-21.2: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: MD and MD/PhD Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-21.3: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: Veterinarian, Dentist, and Other Degrees (FY1999-2012) A5-21.4: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (FY1999-2012) A5-21.5: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by URM (Non-Asian) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.6: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Gender (FY1999-2012) A5-21.7: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Gender (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.8: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Gender (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.9: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Gender (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.10: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Gender (Veterinarian Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.11: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Age (MD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.12: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Age (PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.13: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Age (MD/PhD Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.14: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Age (Veterinarian Degree, 6 Age Groups) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.15: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (MD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.16: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012) A5-21.17: Award Rate of Individual NIH R01 Applicants without Prior RPG: by Race/Ethnicity (MD/PhD Degree) (FY1999-2012)

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