An Updated Look at Applications Submitted During the Pandemic

In a previous post, we looked at the gender distribution of designated principal investigators (PI’s) of R01 and Research Project Grant (RPG) applications submitted before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since that time, we have paid close attention to the well-being of the extramural biomedical research workforce, in part through our survey of institutional leaders and scientists. Others have followed preprint postings and publications, finding evidence of the pandemic’s disproportionate effects. Here we look at NIH R01 and RPG application patterns for January 1 through April 8 over the past 6 years; these applications patterns may well reflect longer-term pandemic effects. R01 Equivalent Applications Table 1 shows the percentage of R01-equivalent applications submitted by men only, women only, and both men and women (as would be possible for multi-PI applications). The overall number of application submissions continues to increase, up 8% compared to last year, just before the pandemic hit. The proportion of applications from men only has declined somewhat, while the proportion of multi-gender applications has increased. The proportion of women-only applications has remained stable. Table 2 shows corresponding data for race. The proportion of applications coming from Whites only has decreased slightly, while the proportion of mixed applications has increased. Only a small proportion of applications come from under-represented minorities (URM) only. Ta...
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