TABLE 1.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF APPLICANTS BY FUNDING STATUS, ANALYTICAL SAMPLE, 1996–2008
| All | F32 awarded | No F32 awarded | t-test | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review score | 220.67 (75.291) |
162.244 (26.899) |
193.68 (34.432) |
60.22 | 0.000 |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | |||||
| Age at application | 31.201 (7.629) |
30.942 (6.775) |
31.078 (7.115) |
1.12 | 0.261 |
| Age at application missing | 0.042 (0.200) |
0.034 (0.181) |
0.037 (0.189) |
0.98 | 0.328 |
| Married at application | 0.381 (0.486) |
0.396 (0.489) |
0.38 (0.485) |
−1.84 | 0.066 |
| Married at application missing | 0.205 (0.404) |
0.182 (0.386) |
0.186 (0.389) |
0.68 | 0.494 |
| Female | 0.417 (0.493) |
0.412 (0.492) |
0.424 (0.494) |
1.30 | 0.194 |
| Sex missing | 0.051 (0.219) |
0.038 (0.190) |
0.055 (0.228) |
4.90 | 0.000 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 0.344 (0.475) |
0.386 (0.487) |
0.319 (0.466) |
−7.93 | 0.000 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 0.009 (0.095) |
0.006 (0.075) |
0.01 (0.098) |
2.64 | 0.008 |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 0.086 (0.280) |
0.085 (0.279) |
0.079 (0.269) |
−1.29 | 0.196 |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 0.002 (0.048) |
0.002 (0.050) |
0.002 (0.047) |
−0.33 | 0.744 |
| Hispanic | 0.032 (0.175) |
0.029 (0.168) |
0.029 (0.167) |
−0.07 | 0.946 |
| Race missing | 0.544 (0.498) |
0.509 (0.500) |
0.579 (0.494) |
7.97 | 0.000 |
| EDUCATION and TRAINING | |||||
| MD | 0.086 (0.280) |
0.084 (0.277) |
0.08 (0.272) |
−0.74 | 0.459 |
| MD/PhD | 0.032 (0.176) |
0.035 (0.185) |
0.03 (0.170) |
−1.80 | 0.073 |
| PhD | 0.867 (0.340) |
0.87 (0.336) |
0.874 (0.332) |
0.67 | 0.506 |
| Other Degree | 0.016 (0.125) |
0.01 (0.102) |
0.016 (0.125) |
2.76 | 0.006 |
| Biomedical degree | 0.594 (0.491) |
0.614 (0.487) |
0.617 (0.486) |
0.33 | 0.739 |
| Physical Science degree | 0.129 (0.335) |
0.129 (0.335) |
0.124 (0.330) |
−0.72 | 0.471 |
| Social Science degree | 0.069 (0.253) |
0.074 (0.261) |
0.071 (0.256) |
−0.67 | 0.506 |
| Prior T32 Predoc Award | 0.021 (0.144) |
0.024 (0.154) |
0.027 (0.162) |
0.96 | 0.339 |
| Prior T32 Postdoc Award | 0.019 (0.136) |
0.016 (0.127) |
0.02 (0.141) |
1.65 | 0.099 |
| Prior NRS A Predoctoral Fellowship | 0.001 (0.023) |
0.001 (0.023) |
0 0.000 | −1.64 | 0.101 |
| OUTCOME VARIABLES | |||||
| Number of RPG Awards | 0.387 (1.071) |
0.586 (1.281) |
0.367 (1.095) |
−10.24 | 0.000 |
| Number of RPG Applications | 1.94 (4.360) |
2.752 (5.158) |
1.698 (4.066) |
−12.51 | 0.000 |
| Probability of RPG | 0.183 (0.386) |
0.266 (0.442) |
0.165 (0.372) |
−13.69 | 0.000 |
| Probability of R01 | 0.133 (0.339) |
0.204 (0.403) |
0.122 (0.328) |
−12.25 | 0.000 |
| Probability of Never Receiving an RPG | 0.678 (0.467) |
0.579 (0.494) |
0.713 (0.452) |
16.02 | 0.000 |
| N | 14,276 | 9,276 | 5,000 | ||
Source: Authors’ calculations. National Institutes of Health IMPACII and NIH/NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates.