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Intramural Research Program Personnel Demographics (End FY16)

IRP Principal Investigators by Gender

Intramural Professional Designation (IPD) Total Females Males
Senior Investigator (including
NIH Distinguished Investigators)1
835 185 (22%) 650 (78%)
Investigator (Tenure-Track)1 218 84 (38%) 134 (62%)
Senior Clinician1 24 8 (33%) 16 (67%)
Senior Scientist1 42 12 (29%) 30 (71%)
Assistant Clinical Investigator1 30 11 (37%) 19 (63%)

IRP Non-Principal Investigators by Gender

Intramural Professional Designation (IPD) Total Females Males
Staff Clinician2,3 203 102 (50%) 101 (50%)
Staff Scientist2,3 1,398 518 (37%) 880 (63%)
Clinical Fellow/Senior CF2 269 142 (53%) 127 (47%)
Research Fellow/Senior RF2 536 230 (43%) 306 (57%)

IRP Principal Investigators by Race/Ethnicity

IPD White/Not Hispanic Am. Indian/ Alaska Native Black/Not Hispanic Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander Foreign Nationals Total
Sr. Inv.
(incl. NDI)1
653 (78%) 1 (0.1%) 13 (1.6%) 29 (3.5%) 134 (16%) 5 (0.6%) 835
Inv.1 139 (64%) 1 (0.5%) 6 (2.7%) 10 (4.6%) 54 (25%) 8 (4%) 218
Sr. Clinician1 19 (79%) 0 0 2 (8%) 3 (13%) 0 24
Sr. Scientist1 36 (86%) 0 2 (5%) 0 4 (9%) 0 42
Asst. Clin. Inv.1 20 (67%) 0 3* (<10%)
*1 mix race
1 (3%) 6* (<20%)
*1 mix race
1 (3%) 30

Non-FTE Trainee Demographics4

Trainee Type Total
Postdoctoral IRTA/CRTA 889
Postdoctoral VF 1,396
Predoctoral IRTA/CRTA (graduate/medical/dental long-term students) 304
Predoctoral VF (graduate students) 76
Postbaccalaureate IRTA/CRTA (includes Bach. CRTA) 1,185
Technical IRTA (includes Master's CRTA) 85
Student, Short-Term (summer5, medical/dental, pre-Bac CRTA, etc.) 1,364

Note: IRTA/CRTA are U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents; VFs are Foreign Nationals (on visa, non-U.S. citizens and non-U.S. permanent residents)

Data Source:
1 Office of Intramural Research (OIR), 10/1/2016.
2 Human Resources data in NIH nVision, 9/28/2016.
3 NIH nVision contains IPD information only for appointments under Title 42. Thus, Staff Clinician and Staff Scientist numbers do not include those with appointments under Title 5, Title 38, or the PHS Commissioned Corps.
4 NIH nVision - Fellowship Payment System, 9/28/2016.
5 Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE), OIR.


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