In 1998, NIGMS established procedures and funding policies to ensure support for adequate numbers of new investigators defined as a research applicant who has not yet been awarded a substantial, competing NIH grant. Under these policies, an applicant's status as a New Investigator (NI) is one of the criteria used in funding decisions made by the Institute. In FY 2009, the NIH announced a new policy involving the identification of Early Stage Investigators (ESIs). ESIs are New Investigators who are within 10 years of completing either their terminal research degree or their medical residency (whichever is later) at the time they apply for R01 grants.
As of September 14, 2010, NIGMS awarded grants to 210* New Investigators. Of these, 96 were ESIs. (This includes ARRA awards.)
Fiscal Years 2000-2010
New Investigator Status Report September 2010
OER Data as of September 3, 2010
New (Type1) Applications and Awards
| Institute |
All investigators were new investigators |
At least one investigator was previously funded by NIH |
| Applications |
Awards |
Approximate Success Rate |
Applications |
Awards |
Approximate Success Rate |
| NIGMS |
967 |
169 |
17% |
1,199 |
166 |
14% |
| NIH |
10,211 |
1,483 |
15% |
12,984 |
1,905 |
15% |
Applicants (number of people)
| Institute |
New investigators |
Early Stage Investigators |
| Applicants |
Awardees |
Applicants |
Awardees |
| NIGMS |
1,059 |
198 |
415 |
96 |
| NIH |
10,313 |
1,703 |
4,178 |
777 |
Fiscal Years 2000 through 2010 (Preliminary) R01 Awardees
NIGMS First Time R01 Equivalent (R01, R29 & DP2) Awardees
Source: FY 2000-2009 data drawn from success rate file accessed on September 15, 2010 from OER. FY 2010 data drawn from current files accessed on September 14, 2010.
Office Research Information Systems (ORIS)/Division of Information Services (DIS)/Reporting Branch (OER)
| FY |
Total Number of Awardees |
Non/ARRA (FY2009 only) |
ARRA (FY 2009 only) |
| 2000 |
209 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2001 |
196 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2002 |
209 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2003 |
208 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2004 |
175 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2005 |
174 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2006 |
187 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2007 |
209 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2008 |
221 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 2009 |
203 |
179 |
24 |
| 2010 |
210 |
* |
* |
*FY 2010 data are preliminary and includes awardees with grant support under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). However, ARRA is broken out separately for FY 2009.
Notes: The status of R01 and DP2 awardees is determined for the assigned fiscal year of the award. An individual PI is designated as a New investigator: If the investigator has never received a major NIH RPG competing grant award (based on definition that resides at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm).
Or, if the reporting fiscal year is the same as the fiscal year of the first major RPG competing grant award.
Prepared by the NIGMS Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation (OPAE).