Table 3. Investigator characteristics according to career stage in fiscal year 2020.
Values shown in parentheses are percentages for categorical variables and IQR for continuous variables. IQR = inter-quartile range.
| Characteristic | Early | Middle | Late | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N (%) | 10597 (30.3) | 13064 (37.4) | 8435 (24.1) | |
| Gender | Female | 4241 (40.0) | 4505 (34.5) | 2267 (26.9) |
| Male | 6145 (58.0) | 8464 (64.8) | 6128 (72.6) | |
| Race | White | 6855 (64.7) | 8509 (65.1) | 6990 (82.9) |
| Asian | 2515 (23.7) | 3440 (26.3) | 955 (11.3) | |
| Black or African-American | 270 (2.5) | 232 (1.8) | 84 (1.0) | |
| More than One Race | 209 (2.0) | 153 (1.2) | 42 (0.5) | |
| Degree | PhD | 8643 (81.6) | 9115 (69.8) | 5355 (63.5) |
| MD | 1067 (10.1) | 2006 (15.4) | 1935 (22.9) | |
| MD-PhD | 651 (6.1) | 1714 (13.1) | 998 (11.8) | |
| Other | 236 (2.2) | 229 (1.8) | 147 (1.7) | |
| Funding in $Million | Median (IQR) | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.8) | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.9) |
| Funding Percentile Rank | Median (IQR) | 55.3 (31.7 to 78.2) | 47.2 (23.2 to 72.2) | 42.5 (18.6 to 71.7) |
| Number of RPG Awards | One | 7704 (72.7) | 8149 (62.4) | 5377 (63.7) |
| Two | 2047 (19.3) | 3163 (24.2) | 1957 (23.2) | |
| Three | 584 (5.5) | 1155 (8.8) | 701 (8.3) | |
| Four | 183 (1.7) | 384 (2.9) | 268 (3.2) | |
| Five or More | 79 (0.7) | 213 (1.6) | 132 (1.6) |