| Application characteristic | All applications (n = 33 155) | Health services and policy applications (n = 2498) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of applications | % funded | Odds ratio (95% CI) | No. of applications | % funded | Odds ratio (95% CI) | |
| Sex, age of PI, yr | ||||||
| Female, < 45 (reference) | 4 379 | 21.4 | 1.00 | 487 | 19.1 | 1.00 |
| Female, > 45 | 4 379 | 19.9 | 0.91 (0.8-1.01) | 603 | 19.2 | 0.99 (0.72-1.36) |
| Male, < 45 | 8 757 | 23.2 | 1.12 (1.02-1.24) | 489 | 24.5 | 1.40 (1.01-1.95) |
| Male, > 45 | 12 199 | 21.3 | 1.00 (0.91-1.10) | 645 | 21.4 | 1.10 (0.79-1.52) |
| Missing age or sex | 3 441 | 18.3 | 0.80 (0.71-0.91) | 274 | 19.0 | 1.02 (0.70-1.49) |
| Institutional critical mass, applicants (HSR) | ||||||
| < 50 (< 10) (reference) | 2 500 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 352 | 11.9 | 1.00 |
| 50-100 (10-20) | 1 330 | 19.5 | 1.15 (0.95-1.40) | 110 | 20.9 | 1.73 (0.96-3.13) |
| 101-250 (20-35) | 3 662 | 19.2 | 1.27 (1.09-1.47) | 516 | 21.7 | 1.74 (1.18-2.57) |
| 251-350 (35-50) | 9 458 | 21.2 | 1.45 (1.27-1.65) | 335 | 22.4 | 1.83 (1.21-2.76) |
| > 350 (> 50) | 16 205 | 22.9 | 1.67 (1.47-1.89) | 1 185 | 23.7 | 1.81 (1.28-2.57) |
| No. of co-investigators | ||||||
| 1 (reference) | 14 247 | 23.4 | 1.00 | 179 | 13.4 | 1.00 |
| 2 | 5 274 | 16.8 | 0.71 (0.65-0.77) | 186 | 15.1 | 1.19 (0.68-2.11) |
| 3 | 3 892 | 19.4 | 0.86 (0.78-0.95) | 298 | 14.8 | 1.15 (0.68-1.97) |
| 4 | 2 838 | 19.8 | 0.93 (0.83-1.04) | 351 | 17.1 | 1.28 (0.76-2.15) |
| ≥ 5 | 6 904 | 22.2 | 1.11 (1.01-1.22) | 1 484 | 24.5 | 2.08 (1.33-3.26) |
| Pillar | ||||||
| Biomedical (reference) | 21 321 | 21.6 | 1.00 | NA | ||
| Clinical | 5 394 | 18.7 | 0. 79 (0.72-0.87) | |||
| Health services/policy | 2 498 | 20.8 | 0.91 (0.80-1.03) | |||
| Pop and public health | 3 588 | 20.3 | 0.95 (0.85-1.06) | |||
| Missing | 354 | 63.0 | 8.12 (6.22-10.7) | |||
| Resubmission | ||||||
| No (reference) | 17 708 | 17.2 | 1.00 | 1 554 | 16.9 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 15 447 | 26.1 | 1.92 (1.82-2.03) | 944 | 27.1 | 1.83 (1.51-2.23) |
| Season | ||||||
| Fall (reference) | 16 429 | 20.5 | 1.00 | 1 262 | 19.7 | 1.00 |
| Spring | 16 726 | 22.1 | 1.11 (1.06-1.17) | 1 236 | 21.8 | 1.14 (0.93-1.39) |
| Year | ||||||
| 2001 (reference) | 2 416 | 27.6 | 1.00 | 225 | 20.9 | 1.00 |
| 2002 | 2 623 | 25.6 | 0.95 (0.84-1.07) | 221 | 21.7 | 0.94 (0.60-1.46) |
| 2003 | 2 581 | 24.9 | 0.97 (0.85-1.09) | 216 | 25.5 | 1.00 (0.64-1.57) |
| 2004 | 2 597 | 24.3 | 0.94 (0.83-1.07) | 198 | 26.3 | 1.16 (0.73-1.86) |
| 2005 | 3 134 | 22.3 | 0.84 (0.74-0.94) | 226 | 23.0 | 0.95 (0.61-1.47) |
| 2006 | 3 294 | 18.2 | 0.63 (0.56-0.72) | 213 | 16.0 | 0.58 (0.34-0.99) |
| 2007 | 3 309 | 24.5 | 0.87 (0.77-0.98) | 252 | 25.8 | 1.06 (0.70-1.62) |
| 2008 | 3 315 | 20.9 | 0.71 (0.63-0.80) | 235 | 20.4 | 0.73 (0.46-1.17) |
| 2009 | 3 622 | 17.5 | 0.57 (0.51-0.65) | 227 | 15.4 | 0.55 (0.34-0.92) |
| 2010 | 4 151 | 16.4 | 0.51 (0.45-0.58) | 330 | 17.6 | 0.68 (0.43-1.08) |
| 2011 | 4 654 | 18.3 | 0.49 (0.42-0.57) | 320 | 19.4 | 0.55 (0.31-0.95) |
Note: CI = confidence interval, HSR = health services research, NA = not applicable, OR = odds ratio, PI = principal investigator.