Field |
Total |
Fellowships |
Research grants |
Traineeships |
Other types of support |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 63,861 | 6,286 | 39,811 | 3,884 | 13,880 |
Science and engineering | 45,295 | 4,079 | 30,742 | 1,873 | 8,601 |
Science | 37,639 | 3,555 | 24,996 | 1,762 | 7,326 |
Agricultural sciences | 1,525 | 56 | 1,133 | 32 | 304 |
Biological sciences | 19,304 | 1,758 | 12,838 | 1,111 | 3,597 |
Anatomy | 202 | 12 | 126 | 8 | 56 |
Biochemistry | 1,874 | 138 | 1,281 | 70 | 385 |
Biology | 2,131 | 310 | 1,419 | 53 | 349 |
Biometry and epidemiology | 649 | 47 | 373 | 118 | 111 |
Biophysics | 144 | 16 | 94 | 2 | 32 |
Botany and plant biology | 640 | 10 | 482 | 8 | 140 |
Cell and molecular biology | 2,380 | 379 | 1,510 | 110 | 381 |
Ecology | 137 | 15 | 81 | 5 | 36 |
Entomology and parasitology | 289 | 8 | 230 | 3 | 48 |
Genetics | 1,410 | 108 | 924 | 100 | 278 |
Microbiology, immunology, and virology | 2,206 | 223 | 1,452 | 163 | 368 |
Nutrition | 250 | 2 | 181 | 17 | 50 |
Pathology | 1,407 | 137 | 839 | 111 | 320 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | 1,253 | 94 | 811 | 136 | 212 |
Physiology | 1,350 | 103 | 893 | 128 | 226 |
Zoology | 51 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 6 |
Biosciences nec | 2,931 | 151 | 2,105 | 76 | 599 |
Communication | 83 | 18 | 50 | 2 | 13 |
Computer sciences | 888 | 62 | 678 | 18 | 130 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2,129 | 282 | 1,468 | 32 | 347 |
Atmospheric sciences | 180 | 19 | 140 | 1 | 20 |
Geosciences | 744 | 97 | 483 | 12 | 152 |
Ocean sciences | 457 | 44 | 350 | 5 | 58 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec | 748 | 122 | 495 | 14 | 117 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 103 | 15 | 51 | 7 | 30 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1,011 | 104 | 380 | 112 | 415 |
Mathematics and applied mathematics | 873 | 91 | 285 | 107 | 390 |
Statistics | 138 | 13 | 95 | 5 | 25 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 972 | 86 | 652 | 84 | 150 |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 1,957 | 233 | 1,249 | 132 | 343 |
Physical sciences | 7,358 | 590 | 5,309 | 103 | 1,356 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 418 | 42 | 325 | 6 | 45 |
Chemistry | 3,840 | 356 | 2,665 | 70 | 749 |
Physics | 2,779 | 170 | 2,111 | 27 | 471 |
Physical sciences nec | 321 | 22 | 208 | 0 | 91 |
Psychology | 1,130 | 161 | 723 | 60 | 186 |
Clinical psychology | 93 | 29 | 37 | 8 | 19 |
Psychology, general | 634 | 65 | 423 | 32 | 114 |
Psychology nec | 403 | 67 | 263 | 20 | 53 |
Social sciences | 1,179 | 190 | 465 | 69 | 455 |
Agricultural economics | 61 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 20 |
Anthropology | 174 | 22 | 81 | 4 | 67 |
Economics (except agricultural) | 95 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 34 |
Geography | 96 | 9 | 67 | 1 | 19 |
History and philosophy of science | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Linguistics | 47 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
Political science and government | 313 | 55 | 82 | 24 | 152 |
Sociology | 104 | 19 | 35 | 14 | 36 |
Sociology and anthropology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Social sciences nec | 275 | 60 | 104 | 13 | 98 |
Engineering | 7,656 | 524 | 5,746 | 111 | 1,275 |
Aerospace engineering | 217 | 28 | 149 | 0 | 40 |
Agricultural engineering | 221 | 7 | 171 | 2 | 41 |
Architecture | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
Biomedical engineering | 1,201 | 85 | 862 | 53 | 201 |
Chemical engineering | 1,283 | 71 | 993 | 26 | 193 |
Civil engineering | 670 | 45 | 486 | 2 | 137 |
Electrical engineering | 1,160 | 95 | 879 | 7 | 179 |
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics | 251 | 34 | 178 | 0 | 39 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 142 | 9 | 101 | 1 | 31 |
Mechanical engineering | 1,161 | 62 | 868 | 9 | 222 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 911 | 54 | 728 | 11 | 118 |
Mining engineering | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Nuclear engineering | 107 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 7 |
Petroleum engineering | 73 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 13 |
Engineering nec | 227 | 20 | 162 | 0 | 45 |
Health | 18,566 | 2,207 | 9,069 | 2,011 | 5,279 |
Clinical medicine | 15,850 | 1,854 | 7,583 | 1,796 | 4,617 |
Anesthesiology | 433 | 25 | 234 | 44 | 130 |
Cardiovascular science | 825 | 119 | 387 | 124 | 195 |
Endocrinology | 414 | 82 | 192 | 52 | 88 |
Gastroenterology | 299 | 21 | 112 | 52 | 114 |
Hematology | 356 | 57 | 139 | 36 | 124 |
Neurology | 1,035 | 120 | 580 | 63 | 272 |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 287 | 51 | 117 | 30 | 89 |
Oncology and cancer research | 1,788 | 209 | 853 | 77 | 649 |
Ophthalmology | 568 | 27 | 397 | 31 | 113 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 169 | 11 | 120 | 19 | 19 |
Pediatrics | 1,309 | 256 | 621 | 190 | 242 |
Preventive medicine and community health | 704 | 78 | 384 | 78 | 164 |
Psychiatry | 1,084 | 89 | 419 | 255 | 321 |
Pulmonary disease | 305 | 27 | 117 | 79 | 82 |
Radiology | 1,012 | 115 | 569 | 41 | 287 |
Surgery | 1,267 | 108 | 476 | 126 | 557 |
Clinical medicine nec | 3,995 | 459 | 1,866 | 499 | 1,171 |
Other health | 2,716 | 353 | 1,486 | 215 | 662 |
Communication disorders sciences | 77 | 9 | 50 | 8 | 10 |
Dental sciences | 307 | 8 | 194 | 44 | 61 |
Nursing science | 75 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 16 |
Pharmaceutical sciences | 999 | 142 | 527 | 50 | 280 |
Veterinary sciences | 541 | 92 | 288 | 19 | 142 |
Other health nec | 717 | 89 | 409 | 66 | 153 |