Data on Implementing NIH ’s Next Generation Researchers Initiative

Discussion Rate” is, like the Funding Rate a person-based metric, and is calculated as the percent of applicants (actually people designated as PI’s on an application) who had at least one application make it to the discussion stage of peer review. As Table 2 indicates, discussion and funding rates in FY 2020 are higher for women in the At Risk and New Not Early groups, but not for the Early Stage and Established groups. Women comprise a greater proportion of Early-Stage Investigator applicants (46%) than any of the other groups including New Investigators, At Risk Investigators and Established Investigators (e.g., women comprise only 30% of Established investigators). Table 2: FY 2020 Demographic Type 1 R01-equivalent Data by Gender Career Stage Demographic Characteristic Applicants Discussed Awardees Discussion Rate Funding Rate ESI Female 2241 1343 605 59.90% 27.00% Male 2673 1650 753 61.70% 28.20% Early, Not New Female 2497 1341 490 53.70% 19.60% Male 3684 1923 654 52.20% 17.80% At Risk Female 2354 1429 661 60.70% 28.10% Male 5388 3092 1425 57.40% 26.40% Established Female 3048 2053 981 67.40% 32.20% Male 6961 4879 2321 70.10% 33.30% The discussion rate for the Black/African American at-risk investigator group was higher in FY 2020 than for Asians and Whites (Table 3). Black/African Americans in the New, Not Early group had a higher funding rate compared to the two other race categories. That said, the overall number of Black/African American i...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: Tags: blog Open Mike at risk investigators Early Stage Investigators ESI funding Funding data NGRI scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding