Table 2. Applicant and application characteristics of first-time R01 applicants, unadjusted covariates (2000–2014).
| DISCUSSED (N = 4789) | NOT DISCUSSED (N = 7019) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priority scores and percentiles on original R01 application | No priority scores and percentiles on original R01 application | |||
| Resubmitted original R01 application | Submitted new NIHa application | Resubmitted original R01 application | Submitted new NIH application | |
| Sample size N (%) | 3891 (81.2) | 898 (18.8) | 2885 (41.1) | 4134 (58.9) |
| Applicant characteristics b | ||||
| Race/ethnicity (%) | ||||
| Underrepresented minority (URM) | 417 (10.7) | 86 (9.6) | 330 (11.4) | 478 (11.6) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 945 (24.3) | 215 (23.9) | 727 (25.2) | 1117 (27.0) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 2529 (65.0) | 597 (66.5) | 1828 (63.4) | 2539 (61.4) |
| Women (%) | 1361 (35.0) | 312 (34.7) | 1025 (35.5) | 1503 (36.4) |
| Age | 40.2 (4.6) | 40.4 (4.6) | 40.7 (4.7) | 41.4 (5.1) |
| Degree type (%) | ||||
| MD | 860 (22.1) | 225 (25.1) | 562 (19.5) | 955 (23.1) |
| MD/PhD | 614 (15.8) | 157 (17.5) | 450 (15.6) | 609 (14.7) |
| PhD | 2417 (62.1) | 516 (57.5) | 1873 (64.9) | 2570 (62.2) |
| Prior NIH K awardee (%) | 909 (23.4) | 178 (19.8) | 654 (22.7) | 690 (16.7) |
| Cumulative non-R01 NIH funding | $132,590 ($302,359) | $104,384 ($285,844) | $73,964 ($202,589) | $78,438 ($257,635) |
| Cumulative NIH peer review service | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.2 (0.9) | 0.1 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.7) |
| Cumulative number of publications | 5.5 (25.6) | 4.4 (21.1) | 4.1 (28.8) | 3.3 (15.8) |
| Academic rank, assistant professor | 3587 (92.2) | 804 (89.5) | 2646 (91.7) | 3739 (90.4) |
| Tenure track status | ||||
| Tenure track | 2165 (55.6) | 434 (48.3) | 1498 (51.9) | 1780 (43.1) |
| Not on tenure track | 1460 (37.5) | 393 (43.8) | 1197 (41.5) | 2010 (48.6) |
| Tenure track missing | 266 (6.8) | 71 (7.9) | 190 (6.6) | 344 (8.3) |
| Appointment subunit | ||||
| Internal medicine | 995 (25.6) | 255 (28.4) | 618 (21.4) | 1000 (24.2) |
| Pediatrics | 309 (7.9) | 76 (8.5) | 218 (7.6) | 343 (8.3) |
| Psychiatry | 297 (7.6) | 53 (5.9) | 239 (8.3) | 309 (7.5) |
| Other | 2290 (58.9) | 514 (57.2) | 1810 (62.7) | 2482 (60.0) |
| Institutional NIH funding tier, high (%) | 3478 (89.4) | 781 (87.0) | 2507 (86.9) | 3531 (85.4) |
| Application characteristics | ||||
| Percentile rank (%) | ||||
| [5.6, 33.2) | 1107 (28.5) | 91 (10.1) | NA | NA |
| [33.2, 42.1) | 1075 (27.6) | 141 (15.7) | NA | NA |
| [42.1, 50.1) | 898 (23.1) | 285 (31.7) | NA | NA |
| [50.1, 93.0] | 811 (20.8) | 381 (42.4) | NA | NA |
| Priority score (%)c | ||||
| [20,39) | 450 (11.6) | 42 (4.7) | NA | NA |
| [39,46) | 455 (11.7) | 79 (8.8) | NA | NA |
| [46,52) | 320 (8.2) | 129 (14.4) | NA | NA |
| [52,84] | 274 (7.0) | 208 (23.2) | NA | NA |
| [131,204) | 665 (17.1) | 45 (5.0) | NA | NA |
| [204,231) | 644 (16.6) | 74 (8.2) | NA | NA |
| [231,259) | 585 (15.0) | 125 (13.9) | NA | NA |
| [259,480] | 498 (12.8) | 196 (21.8) | NA | NA |
| Early stage investigator (ESI) (%) | 1117 (28.7) | 316 (35.2) | 496 (17.2) | 1118 (27.0) |
| Fiscal year | 2007.3 (4.2) | 2007.8 (4.7) | 2006.7 (3.6) | 2007.7 (4.2) |
| Success rate of application admin IC | 19.0 (4.6) | 18.6 (5.1) | 19.67 (4.3) | 18.45 (4.8) |
| Solicited application (%) | 1053 (27.1) | 233 (25.9) | 860 (29.8) | 1011 (24.5) |
| Multiple principal investigators (%) | 105 (2.7) | 33 (3.7) | 58 (2.0) | 228 (5.5) |
| Application included human subjects (%) | 1567 (40.3) | 394 (43.9) | 1022 (35.4) | 1768 (42.8) |
| Application included animal subjects (%) | 2131 (54.8) | 445 (49.6) | 1630 (56.5) | 2139 (51.7) |
a Abbreviations: Appl., Application. IC, NIH Institute/Center. Cumul., Cumulative. SD, Standard Deviation. NIH, National Institutes of Health. NA, Not Applicable. Admin, Administrative.
b Means and standard deviations are reported unless otherwise indicated. Column percentages are reported. Cumulative non-R01 funding includes smaller NIH research project grants such as R03 and R21 awards.
c NIH scoring system for priority scores changed in 2009 (old system: Priority scores <100, new system: Priority scores >100). Of discussed, original, unfunded R01 applications, 39% (N = 1,499) of the resubmitted R01 applications and 51% (N = 458) of the new, submitted NIH applications were reviewed with the new scoring system.