FY2012 By The Numbers: Success Rates, Applications, Investigators, and Awards
January 2, 2013
The numbers for fiscal year (FY) 2012 are in. Here are some facts about applications and awards in FY2012, compared to FY2011:
Tag: Funding data
RePORT Funding Facts: Why don’t you just tell us what you want to know?
October 5, 2012
In a classic scene from Seinfeld, Kramer imitates Moviefone’s automated phone service prompts but becomes confused and abandons the script, asking the caller instead “Why don’t you just tell me the name of the movie you’ve selected?”
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Do More Applications Mean More Awards?
August 29, 2012
In an earlier post we examined the number of competing applications for investigator-initiated research project grants (RPGs) over time and found that, in the past decade or so, most of the increase in submitted applications is due to more applicants rather than more applications per investigator.
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More Applications; Many More Applicants
August 9, 2012
We all know that NIH has seen a large increase in applications over the past decade, but how much of this is due to scientists writing more applications and how much is a result of a larger number of scientists doing biomedical research?
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Diversity—Looking at Different Fields of Science
July 26, 2012
Following up on last week’s post, I want to look at another issue addressed in the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) Working Group on Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce report.
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Diversity—Looking at the Numbers
July 20, 2012
As I posted last month, the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) heard recommendations from several working groups at its June 14 meeting, including the one tasked with studying the recruitment and retention of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds in biomedical research careers.
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Postdoctoral Researchers—Facts, Trends, and Gaps
June 29, 2012
The National Postdoctoral Association defines a postdoctoral scholar (or a postdoc) as “an individual holding a doctoral degree who is engaged in a temporary period of mentored research and/or scholarly training for the purpose of acquiring the professional skills needed to pursue a career path of his or her choosing.”
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What We’ve Learned About Graduate Students
June 27, 2012
Now that I’ve discussed the consolidated snapshot of the PhD biomedical research workforce, I’d like to focus on some trend data about graduate students gathered by the biomedical workforce working group.
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A Look at Funding Rates of PhDs at Different Institution Types
May 25, 2012
A few blogs ago, I provided information about investigators and different institution types. Let’s cut the data a couple additional ways.
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Does Your Institution Matter?
May 14, 2012
In one of my recent posts, I looked at the question of whether the degree you hold makes a difference in your likelihood of achieving funding.
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