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. 2020 Mar 3;15(3):e0228686. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228686

Table 2. Grant success rate* among National Institute of Health Grants by year and Principal Investigator Disability Status: 2008 to 2018.

Year Overall No Disability (%) Unknown-withheld (%) Reported Disability Overall (%) Disability Category
Visual(%) Hearing(%) Mobility(%) Other(%)
2008 31.0 34.7 17.2 31.5 37.4 30.1 27.5 39.5
2009 30.3 32.1 20.4 29.1 23.2 28.8 29.2 36.3
2010 27.8 28.7 21.7 26.7 29.8 26.0 23.0 35.4
2011 25.6 26.3 20.5 21.9 20.6 19.2 25.8 20.3
2012 26.0 27.1 18.2 25.9 29.1 29.6 22.6 21.0
2013 24.8 26.4 15.5 21.8 17.4 29.6 24.2 9.7
2014 27.5 29.1 17.4 26.0 20.2 28.5 25.0 26.9
2015 28.1 29.7 17.7 25.7 21.0 22.6 28.9 29.4
2016 28.9 30.7 17.6 26.4 26.2 31.1 24.5 22.0
2017 28.8 30.7 17.5 28.8 32.1 28.6 32.6 21.5
2018 31.5 33.0 21.8 31.0 34.0 31.0 31.5 23.3
Overall 28.2 29.7 18.6 27.2 26.7 27.7 26.9 24.6

* Grant success rate is calculated as the percentage of grant applications that received funding.