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. 2018 Apr 30;33(8):1232–1234. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4464-0

Table 1.

Number of Grant Applications That Must Be Submitted to Achieve Desired Probability of Having at Least 1 Application Funded. For Example, 8 Applications Would Need to Be Submitted to Be 80% Certain of Having at Least 1 Application Funded if the Overall Proportion of Applications Funded Is 0.20

Probability at least 1 grant funded (%) Overall proportion of applications funded
0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50
10 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
30 7 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
40 10 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
50 14 7 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 1
60 18 9 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2
70 24 12 8 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
80 32 16 10 8 6 5 4 4 3 3
90 45 22 15 11 8 7 6 5 4 4