| Federal | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHS | ||||||||||||||||
| Mechanism of support | All sources |
DOD | DOE | NIH | Other | NASA | NSF | USDA | Other federal |
Domestic | Foreign | Institutional | Self- support |
Unknown | Male | Female |
| Imputation rate (%) All postdoctoral appointees |
4.0 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 6.1 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 28.9 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| Fellowship | 15.4 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 13.7 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 10.4 | na | 41.3 | 16.9 | 13.6 |
| Research grant | 14.0 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 16.8 | 5.3 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 6.2 | 8.8 | na | 67.5 | 14.4 | 13.5 |
| Traineeship | 15.5 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 14.5 | 7.5 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | na | 77.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 |
| Other support | 13.4 | 12.5 | 28.9 | 22.8 | 4.8 | 27.3 | 23.9 | 30.4 | 26.9 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
Number imputed All postdoctoral appointees |
2,461 | 295 | 219 | 2,387 | 135 | 33 | 418 | 42 | 352 | 1,001 | 178 | 1,040 | 58 | 1,518 | 2,407 | 1,467 |
| Fellowship | 1,001 | 22 | 9 | 206 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 202 | 76 | 156 | na | 260 | 622 | 380 |
| Research grant | 5,561 | 272 | 211 | 1,822 | 128 | 28 | 373 | 38 | 244 | 579 | 37 | 416 | na | 1,355 | 3,584 | 1,983 |
| Traineeship | 571 | 4 | 0 | 378 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 43 | na | 56 | 287 | 284 |
| Other support | 1,627 | 3 | 13 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 7 | 46 | 279 | 65 | 607 | 58 | 443 | 995 | 633 |
| na = not applicable; not asked because this support mechanism does not apply. |
| DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2013. |
| Data from survey cycle Fall 2013, as of 8 August 2014. |
