Sex Differences in Career Development Awardees' Subsequent Grant Attainment

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Letters4 May 2010Sex Differences in Career Development Awardees' Subsequent Grant AttainmentJennifer Reineke Pohlhaus, PhD, Hong Jiang, PhD, and Jennifer Sutton, MSJennifer Reineke Pohlhaus, PhDFrom National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.Search for more papers by this author, Hong Jiang, PhDFrom National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.Search for more papers by this author, and Jennifer Sutton, MSFrom National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-152-9-201005040-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Jagsi and colleagues (1) found a sex disparity in the achievement of National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 awards by past career development (that is, K) awardees and raised concerns about the progression of women in research careers. Several of their conclusions deserve additional scrutiny and discussion.Of greatest importance, as the authors acknowledged, they did not have information about application rates. Analyses by the NIH indicate that the rates at which K awardees subsequently apply for research grants are higher for men than for women. Among K08 recipients from 1995 to 1998, for example, 74% of ...