Applicant (principal) |
Gender by scientific domain‡ |
Basic sciences |
Male | 3.88 | Reference | | |
Female | 3.86 | 0.01 | −0.06 to 0.07 | 0.82 |
Applied sciences |
Male | 3.58 | −0.10 | −0.16 to −0.04 | 0.002 |
Female | 3.56 | −0.05 | −0.11 to 0.01 | 0.13 |
Age group, yr§ |
26–41 | 3.73 | Reference | | |
42–47 | 3.80 | −0.02 | −0.05 to 0.01 | 0.20 |
48–54 | 3.80 | −0.06 | −0.09 to −0.03 | < 0.0001 |
55–81 | 3.79 | −0.10 | −0.13 to −0.07 | < 0.0001 |
h-index (per 1 point increase)¶ | – | 0.02 | 0.01 to 0.02 | < 0.0001 |
h-index x h-index¶ | – | −0.0005 | −0.0007 to −0.0003 | < 0.0001 |
h-index x gender by scientific domain¶ | | | | |
Basic sciences |
Male | – | Reference | | |
Female | – | 0.007 | −0.001 to 0.014 | 0.08 |
Applied sciences |
Male | – | 0.002 | −0.004 to 0.008 | 0.44 |
Female | – | 0.001 | −0.006 to 0.007 | 0.78 |
Historical funding success (per 1% increase) | – | 0.98 | 0.83 to 1.12 | < 0.0001 |
Historical funding success × historical funding success¶ | – | −0.55 | −0.70 to −0.40 | < 0.0001 |
Historical funding success × gender by scientific domain‡ | | | | |
Basic sciences |
Male | – | Reference | | |
Female | – | −0.14 | −0.28 to −0.01 | 0.04 |
Applied sciences |
Male | – | −0.32 | −0.46 to −0.18 | < 0.0001 |
Female | – | −0.47 | −0.62 to −0.33 | < 0.0001 |
Application |
Year submitted |
2012 | 3.75 | Reference | | |
2013 | 3.77 | 0.05 | 0.03 to 0.07 | < 0.0001 |
2014 | 3.79 | 0.04 | 0.02 to 0.06 | 0.0002 |
Type of application |
New submission | 3.70 | Reference | | |
Resubmission | 3.90 | 0.15 | 0.14 to 0.17 | < 0.0001 |
No. of investigators¶ |
1 | 3.91 | | | |
2–3 | 3.77 | | | |
4–5 | 3.69 | | | |
> 5 | 3.65 | | | |
(change in score per additional investigator) | – | −0.003 | −0.006 to 0.001 | 0.09 |
Amount of funding requested¶ |
< $750 | 000 | 3.61 | | |
≥ $750 | 000 | 3.91 | | |
(change in score per $100 000 increase) | – | 0.011 | 0.007 to 0.015 | < 0.0001 |
Review |
Reviewer gender mix |
Both male | 3.82 | Reference | | |
Both female | 3.62 | −0.05 | −0.08 to −0.02 | 0.001 |
1 male + 1 female | 3.75 | −0.014 | −0.032 to 0.003 | 0.11 |
Reviewer expertise |
Both high expertise | 3.81 | −0.031 | −0.065 to 0.003 | 0.07 |
1 medium + 1 high or medium expertise | 3.76 | Reference | | |
1 low + 1 high, medium, or low expertise | 3.76 | 0.003 | −0.035 to 0.040 | 0.88 |
Both low or NA expertise | 3.71 | 0.02 | −0.07 to 0.10 | 0.70 |
Reviewer application history |
Both from same domain as applicant | 3.87 | Reference | | |
Both from mixed or other domains | 3.67 | −0.07 | −0.11 to −0.03 | < 0.0001 |
1 from same domain, 1 from mixed or other domains | 3.56 | −0.04 | −0.07 to −0.02 | < 0.0001 |
Reviewer experience, yr |
≤ 10 | 3.77 | Reference | | |
11–20 | 3.77 | 0.002 | −0.020 to 0.023 | 0.87 |
> 20 | 3.66 | −0.02 | −0.06 to 0.02 | 0.30 |
Reviewer success rate¶ |
No funded applications | 3.73 | | | |
Between 1% and <25% | 3.73 | | | |
Between 25% and <50% | 3.78 | | | |
> 50% | 3.81 | | | |
(change in score per 10% increase) | – | 0.056 | −0.002 to 0.113 | 0.06 |
Conflicts on the review panel |
≥ 1 panel member in conflict | 3.81 | 0.09 | 0.07 to 0.11 | < 0.0001 |
No panel member in conflict | 3.68 | Reference | | |
Reviewer agreement |
Difference in score < 1 | 3.79 | 0.23 | 0.20 to 0.26 | < 0.0001 |
Difference in score ≥ 1 | 3.49 | Reference | | |
Applicant funding success × reviewer expertise |
Both high expertise | – | 0.18 | 0.08 to 0.29 | 0.0004 |
1 medium + 1 high or medium expertise | – | Reference | | |
1 low + 1 high, medium, or low expertise | – | −0.03 | −0.14 to 0.08 | 0.56 |
Both low expertise | – | −0.15 | −0.44 to 0.13 | 0.29 |
Reviewer application history |
Both reviewers from same domain as applicant | 3.87 | Reference | | |
1 reviewer from same domain, 1 reviewer from mixed domains | 3.56 | −0.04 | −0.07 to −0.02 | < 0.0001 |
Both reviewers from mixed or other domains | 3.67 | −0.07 | −0.11 to −0.03 | < 0.0001 |