The Next Generation Scientist program: capacity-building for future scientific leaders in low- and middle-income countries

Table 1 Number of applicants, number selected and number of survey respondents per cohort year

Year	Applications Received^a	Fellows Selected (%)	Respondents to 2017 Survey (%)
2011	27	15 (56)	13 (87)
2012	37	20 (54)	17 (85)
2013	108	23 (21)	23 (100)
2014	308	22 (7)	22 (100)
2015	224	20 (9)	20 (100)
2016	263	20 (8)	19 (95)
2017	219	23 (11)	n/a

^aAfter removing duplicates and only retaining applications from low- and middle-income countries

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