More Data on Applications Submitted During the Pandemic

Twice since the onset of the public health emergency we have taken a look at the number of research applications submitted together with some demographic information on the affiliated scientists (see this July 2020 post for data on the May-June timeframe and this June 2021 post for the January to April timeframe). It was interesting, and maybe a bit reassuring, that there were no particularly marked changes seen in the demographics of designated PI’s on R01-equivalent and research project grant (RPG) applications even one year into the pandemic. We are continuing to follow this analysis again here, focusing on NIH R01-equivalent and RPG application patterns during April 9 and August 8 over the past five years. Data include new (Type 1) and renewal (Type 2) applications, along with the self-disclosed race and gender of the designated principal investigators. Tables 1 and 2 below show the data for R01-equivalent applications broken down by either the gender or race of the investigator(s), respectively. The vast majority of applications were Type 1s during this cycle, but overall there was a 2 percent decrease in the number of R01-equivalent applications submitted this year compared to last. The percentage of applications from men only has decreased, and from women only has remained relatively stable. The percentage of multi-PI applications with men and women increased. As it relates to race, the proportion of applications with white only investigators decreased, went up for a...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: Tags: blog Open Mike applications COVID-19 data scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding