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. 2021 Sep 3;10:e71712. doi: 10.7554/eLife.71712

Table 4. Investigator characteristics according to gender in fiscal year 2020.

Values shown in parentheses are percentages for categorical variables and IQR for continuous variables. IQR = inter-quartile range.

Characteristic Women Men
Total N (%) 11960 (34.2) 21936 (62.8)
Career Stage Early 4241 (35.5) 6145 (28.0)
Middle 4505 (37.7) 8464 (38.6)
Late 2267 (19.0) 6128 (27.9)
Race White 8528 (71.3) 14876 (67.8)
Asian 2405 (20.1) 5106 (23.3)
Black or African-American 296 (2.5) 342 (1.6)
More than One Race 189 (1.6) 230 (1.0)
Degree PhD 9093 (76.0) 15278 (69.6)
MD 1734 (14.5) 3540 (16.1)
MD-PhD 867 (7.2) 2732 (12.5)
Other 266 (2.2) 386 (1.8)
Funding in $Million Median (IQR) 0.4 (0.3 to 0.7) 0.4 (0.3 to 0.8)
Funding Percentile Rank Median (IQR) 51.3 (27.1 to 76.7) 48.0 (23.1 to 72.7)
Number of RPG Awards One 8409 (70.3) 14002 (63.8)
Two 2512 (21.0) 5066 (23.1)
Three 732 (6.1) 1833 (8.4)
Four 212 (1.8) 688 (3.1)
Five or More 95 (0.8) 347 (1.6)