Early Stage Investigator Related Data

NIH Data Book

• R01-Equivalent Investigators, New (Type 1): Number of Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) - current data
• R01-Equivalent Investigators, New (Type 1): Funding Rates, by Career Stage of Investigator – current data

NIH Open Mike Blogs

• Follow-Up Career Stage Analyses of Applications Submitted during the Pandemic (Part 6) (October 2022)
• More Early-Stage Investigators Supported in FY 2021 (July 2022)
• Another Look at Applications Submitted During the Pandemic (Part 5): A Focus on Career Stage (June 2022)
• Long-Term Trends in the Age of Principal Investigators Supported for the First Time on NIH R01-Equivalent Awards (July 2021)
• Data on Implementing NIH’s Next Generation Researchers Initiative (June 2021)

Professional Organization Data

• Age Distributions - Number of AAMC Medical School Faculty Compared to the Total Number of NIH RPG Principal Investigators in All Settings - 1980-2015 (2.8 MB)
• Age Distributions - Percentage of AAMC Medical School Faculty Compared to the Percentage of NIH RPG Principal Investigators at Different Ages in All Settings - 1980-2015 (5 MB)
• Age Distribution of All Full-time Medical School Faculty AAMC 1980-2015 (38 KB)
• Long-Term Trends in the Age of Principal Investigators Supported for the First Time on NIH R01-Equivalent Awards (July 2021)
• Average Age and Degree of NIH R01-Equivalent First-Time Awardees 1980 – 2016 (36 KB)