In the last two months, the number of applicants to the program has doubled.
Because the number of applicants to the program has always outpaced available slots (unpublished data), individuals invited to participate in the program are selected through a competitive process.
Asian Americans accounted for a small fraction of applicants to the program and were only represented in the program in the 2001 2004 and 2009 2013 periods.
Because the number of applicants to the program who were awarded but declined VP support is small, it was not possible to use this group for accurate comparisons with program participants.
The analysis shows that although over 60% of all HFSP fellows, representing 47 countries, came to the United States to study, less than 7% of HFSP fellows were Americans doing research abroad, a figure that stems from the small number of U.S. applicants to the program.
In contrast to previous years without applicants, in the 2013 residency recruitment season 12 positions were matched from a total of 196 applicants to the program.
Both the Met Council and Allstate Realty Associates, Mr. Spitzer's company, were on the city's list of 132 approved applicants for the program.
In addition, two out of every three applicants for the program, known as deferred action, were under 11 when they arrived in the United States and almost one-third were 5 or younger, said the study, which will be released on Wednesday.
African Americans and Hispanics account for the majority of participants and applicants to the program (unpublished data).
PG was the principal applicant of the program as whole and drafted the manuscript.
The statement on motivation could be of value to make applicants aware of the program characteristics, resulting in an informed decision to apply, and to provide space for telling their story.
