TABLE 2.

PROBABILITY OF NIH F32 PROPOSAL BEING FUNDED BY DISCRETION (REACHED) OR NOT FUNDED BY DISCRETION (SKIPPED)

VARIABLES	(1) Reached	(2) Skipped
Second Council Round	−0.005 [0.006]	−0.006 [0.006]
Third Council Round	−0.005 [0.005]	−0.004 [0.005]
FY 1997	−0.001 [0.011]	−0.011 [0.009]
FY 1998	0.012 [0.012]	0.007 [0.011]
FY 1999	−0.006 [0.011]	−0.003 [0.011]
FY 2000	−0.009 [0.011]	0.005 [0.011]
FY 2001	−0.008 [0.011]	0.002 [0.011]
FY 2002	−0.008 [0.012]	−0.015 [0.010]
FY 2003	−0.012 [0.011]	−0.029*** [0.009]
FY 2004	−0.012 [0.010]	−0.027** [0.009]
FY 2005	−0.015 [0.010]	−0.034*** [0.008]
FY 2006	−0.025** [0.009]	−0.038*** [0.008]
FY 2007	−0.026** [0.009]	−0.030*** [0.008]
FY 2008	−0.030*** [0.009]	−0.035*** [0.008]
N	14,276	14,276

Note: Robust Standard errors in brackets.

^***p<0.001,

^**p<0.01,

^*p<0.05

Source: Authors’ calculations. IMPACII andNIH/NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates, 1996 to 2008.