Table 5. Investigator characteristics according to race in fiscal year 2020.
Values shown in parentheses are percentages for categorical variables and IQR for continuous variables. IQR = inter-quartile range. ND = not displayed due to small cell size.
| Characteristic | White | Asian | Black or African-American | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N (%) | 23541 (67.4) | 7565 (21.7) | 643 (1.8) | |
| Career Stage | Early | 6855 (29.1) | 2515 (33.2) | 270 (42.0) |
| Middle | 8509 (36.1) | 3440 (45.5) | 232 (36.1) | |
| Late | 6990 (29.7) | 955 (12.6) | 84 (13.1) | |
| Gender | Female | 8528 (36.2) | 2405 (31.8) | 296 (46.0) |
| Male | 14876 (63.2) | 5106 (67.5) | 342 (53.2) | |
| Degree | PhD | 17086 (72.6) | 5398 (71.4) | 406 (63.1) |
| MD | 3831 (16.3) | 976 (12.9) | 141 (21.9) | |
| MD-PhD | 2211 (9.4) | 1094 (14.5) | 73 (11.4) | |
| Other | 413 (1.8) | 97 (1.3) | 23 (3.6) | |
| Funding in $Million | Median (IQR) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.8) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.7) | 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6) |
| Funding Percentile Rank | Median (IQR) | 47.8 (23.6 to 73.6) | 51.3 (26.3 to 73.5) | 60.7 (32.1 to 83.8) |
| Number of RPG Awards | One | 15506 (65.9) | 4914 (65.0) | 504 (78.4) |
| Two | 5344 (22.7) | 1688 (22.3) | 103 (16.0) | |
| Three | 1784 (7.6) | 616 (8.1) | 25 (3.9) | |
| Four | 611 (2.6) | 230 (3.0) | ND | |
| Five or More | 296 (1.3) | 117 (1.5) | ND |