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Table 40. Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field and primary mechanism of support: 2012

Field	Total	Fellowships	Research grants	Traineeships	Other types of support
All surveyed fields	62,851	6,702	40,760	4,184	11,205
Science and engineering	43,841	4,324	30,734	1,770	7,013
Science	36,738	3,888	25,121	1,693	6,036
Agricultural sciences	1,290	61	935	15	279
Biological sciences	20,086	2,033	13,528	1,198	3,327
Anatomy	287	27	226	6	28
Biochemistry	2,232	154	1,569	82	427
Biology	2,268	321	1,589	68	290
Biometry and epidemiology	536	54	276	112	94
Biophysics	185	17	111	4	53
Botany	596	17	414	4	161
Cell biology	2,574	446	1,590	128	410
Ecology	205	22	129	18	36
Entomology and parasitology	266	19	201	3	43
Genetics	1,407	136	914	91	266
Microbiology, immunology, and virology	2,437	218	1,619	205	395
Nutrition	224	16	161	20	27
Pathology	1,582	186	933	107	356
Pharmacology	1,383	133	920	138	192
Physiology	1,399	117	915	139	228
Zoology	87	11	64	0	12
Biological sciences nec	2,418	139	1,897	73	309
Communication^a	58	19	31	0	8
Computer sciences	760	65	605	2	88
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1,956	311	1,348	25	272
Atmospheric sciences	209	31	136	0	42
Geosciences	637	107	387	19	124
Oceanography	446	76	333	6	31
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec	664	97	492	0	75
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences^a	58	10	26	4	18
Mathematical sciences	902	131	376	107	288
Mathematics and applied mathematics	782	108	305	96	273
Statistics	120	23	71	11	15
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies^a	742	96	491	55	100
Neuroscience^a	1,525	182	959	113	271
Physical sciences	7,430	658	5,734	52	986
Astronomy	509	79	389	1	40
Chemistry	4,016	413	2,991	36	576
Physics	2,651	159	2,131	15	346
Physical sciences nec	254	7	223	0	24
Psychology	1,132	169	733	85	145
Clinical psychology	104	45	28	3	28
Psychology, general	613	63	411	53	86
Psychology nec	415	61	294	29	31
Social sciences	799	153	355	37	254
Agricultural economics	60	6	42	0	12
Anthropology (cultural and social)	96	21	35	1	39
Economics (except agricultural)	50	16	17	0	17
Geography	69	5	52	0	12
History and philosophy of science	14	6	0	0	8
Linguistics	31	5	17	4	5
Political science	176	18	74	12	72
Sociology	97	26	25	17	29
Sociology and anthropology	2	0	0	0	2
Social sciences nec	204	50	93	3	58
Engineering	7,103	436	5,613	77	977
Aerospace engineering	170	13	121	0	36
Agricultural engineering	133	0	104	0	29
Architecture^a	6	0	5	0	1
Biomedical engineering	1,161	99	895	35	132
Chemical engineering	1,098	59	854	17	168
Civil engineering^a	590	39	442	0	109
Electrical engineering	1,152	93	919	3	137
Engineering science	292	37	242	0	13
Industrial engineering	127	4	84	10	29
Mechanical engineering	985	55	787	4	139
Metallurgical and materials engineering	854	25	703	7	119
Mining engineering	5	0	3	0	2
Nuclear engineering	120	4	100	0	16
Petroleum engineering	53	0	50	0	3
Engineering nec	357	8	304	1	44
Health	19,010	2,378	10,026	2,414	4,192
Clinical medicine	16,361	2,111	8,402	2,136	3,712
Anesthesiology	436	48	273	41	74
Cardiology	787	139	370	163	115
Endocrinology	473	80	206	79	108
Gastroenterology	319	32	157	51	79
Hematology	367	66	160	49	92
Neurology^a	952	123	540	96	193
Obstetrics and gynecology	307	47	128	22	110
Oncology and cancer research	1,923	203	1,029	148	543
Ophthalmology	518	37	344	30	107
Otorhinolaryngology	144	13	84	22	25
Pediatrics	1,583	327	740	149	367
Preventive medicine and community health	730	88	358	141	143
Psychiatry	1,089	122	496	220	251
Pulmonary disease	279	70	101	51	57
Radiology	979	151	542	89	197
Surgery	1,373	128	592	144	509
Clinical medicine nec	4,102	437	2,282	641	742
Other health	2,649	267	1,624	278	480
Dental sciences	343	19	202	45	77
Nursing	76	17	28	17	14
Pharmaceutical sciences	982	115	629	91	147
Speech pathology and audiology	59	1	43	9	6
Veterinary sciences	534	69	263	41	161
Other health nec	655	46	459	75	75

nec = not elsewhere classified.

^a In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. “2007new” presents data as collected in 2007; “2007old” shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. The science fields Communication and Family and consumer sciences and human sciences were newly eligible in 2007; data for these two fields begin in 2007new. The science field Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies was also added to the code list in 2007; some data reported in this field were reported under other fields before 2007 and are included in those fields in 2007old. Neuroscience is reported as a separate field of science in 2007new; data were reported under health field Neurology in 2007old and previous years. Architecture is reported as a separate field of engineering in 2007new; data were reported under Civil engineering in 2007old and previous years. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail.

NOTES: “Field” refers to the field of the unit that reports postdocs to the GSS.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2012.

Data from survey cycle Fall 2012, as of December 2013.