Table 1. Number and percentage of National Institute of Health Grant Applications and Awardees by Principal Investigator Disability Status: 2008 to 2018.
| Fiscal Year | NIH Grant Applicants | ||||||
| # Applicants | # Applicants Reporting Disability | % Applicants Reporting Disability | # Applicants Reporting No Disability | % Applicants Reporting No Disability | # Applicants with Unknown/ Withheld Disability* | % Applicants with Unknown/ Withheld Disability* | |
| 2008 | 40,050 | 746 | 1.9% | 30,963 | 77.3% | 8,341 | 20.8% |
| 2009 | 39,796 | 731 | 1.8% | 33,210 | 83.5% | 5,855 | 14.7% |
| 2010 | 46,042 | 774 | 1.7% | 39,906 | 86.7% | 5,362 | 11.6% |
| 2011 | 48,251 | 752 | 1.6% | 42,189 | 87.4% | 5,310 | 11.0% |
| 2012 | 48,911 | 731 | 1.5% | 42,518 | 86.9% | 5,662 | 11.6% |
| 2013 | 47,506 | 672 | 1.4% | 40,285 | 84.8% | 6,549 | 13.8% |
| 2014 | 48,627 | 634 | 1.3% | 41,477 | 85.3% | 6,516 | 13.4% |
| 2015 | 48,768 | 596 | 1.2% | 41,811 | 85.7% | 6,361 | 13.0% |
| 2016 | 51,234 | 651 | 1.3% | 43,922 | 85.7% | 6,661 | 13.0% |
| 2017 | 51,497 | 608 | 1.2% | 44,119 | 85.7% | 6,770 | 13.1% |
| 2018 | 52,124 | 617 | 1.2% | 44,599 | 85.6% | 6,908 | 13.3% |
| NIH Grant Awardees | |||||||
| Fiscal Year | Total # Awardees | # Awardees Reporting Disability | % Awardees Reporting Disability | # Awardees Reporting No Disability | % Awardees Reporting No Disability | # Awardees with Unknown/ Withheld Disability* | % Awardees with Unknown/ Withheld Disability* |
| 2008 | 12,409 | 235 | 1.9% | 10,743 | 86.6% | 1,431 | 11.5% |
| 2009 | 12,052 | 213 | 1.8% | 10,646 | 88.3% | 1,193 | 9.9% |
| 2010 | 12,817 | 207 | 1.6% | 11,448 | 89.3% | 1,162 | 9.1% |
| 2011 | 12,354 | 165 | 1.3% | 11,102 | 89.9% | 1,087 | 8.8% |
| 2012 | 12,731 | 189 | 1.5% | 11,510 | 90.4% | 1,032 | 8.1% |
| 2013 | 11,773 | 159 | 1.4% | 10,601 | 90.0% | 1,013 | 8.6% |
| 2014 | 13,364 | 165 | 1.2% | 12,064 | 90.3% | 1,135 | 8.5% |
| 2015 | 13,689 | 153 | 1.1% | 12,409 | 90.6% | 1,127 | 8.2% |
| 2016 | 14,811 | 172 | 1.2% | 13,466 | 90.9% | 1,173 | 7.9% |
| 2017 | 14,920 | 175 | 1.2% | 13,563 | 90.9% | 1,182 | 7.9% |
| 2018 | 16,441 | 191 | 1.2% | 14,741 | 89.7% | 1,509 | 9.2% |
(1) Research grant applicants and awardees are included where research grants are defined as: R, P, M, S, K, U (excluding UC6), DP1,DP2, DP3, DP4, DP5, D42, G12.
(2) Multiple Principal Investigators are included.
(3) Disability data are self-reported based on information reported by the individual in the eRA Commons system. An individual may choose not to report or withhold disability information.
(4) ARRA is excluded.
(5) Only competing applications and awards are included.
(6) Applications withdrawn prior to review are excluded.
* The number of applicants or awardees with Unknown/ Withheld disability is the sum of applicants or awardees without a disability code and those with a withheld disability code of 'W'.