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Table 41. Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by field, primary source of support, and primary mechanism of support: 2012

Field and primary source of support	Total	Fellowships	Research grants	Traineeships	Other types of support
All surveyed fields	62,851	6,702	40,760	4,184	11,205
Federal	35,794	2,353	29,098	3,430	913
DOD	2,414	98	2,247	31	38
DOE	2,001	44	1,883	9	65
HHS	22,576	1,689	17,496	3,134	257
NIH	21,535	1,626	16,666	2,994	249
Other HHS	1,041	63	830	140	8
NASA	612	62	513	13	24
NSF	4,324	222	3,844	31	227
USDA	677	28	614	8	27
Other	3,190	210	2,501	204	275
Nonfederal	22,088	3,670	9,715	654	8,049
Institutional	11,700	1,674	4,572	425	5,029
Domestic	8,592	1,395	4,543	204	2,450
Foreign	1,796	601	600	25	570
Self-support	447	na	na	na	447
Unknown	4,522	679	1,947	100	1,796
Science and engineering	43,841	4,324	30,734	1,770	7,013
Federal	25,678	1,541	22,080	1,374	683
DOD	2,110	76	1,976	26	32
DOE	1,979	43	1,870	2	64
HHS	13,534	959	11,255	1,204	116
NIH	12,833	929	10,641	1,149	114
Other HHS	701	30	614	55	2
NASA	588	58	498	10	22
NSF	4,251	217	3,785	30	219
USDA	641	27	581	7	26
Other	2,575	161	2,115	95	204
Nonfederal	14,430	2,218	6,955	336	4,921
Institutional	7,366	794	3,152	213	3,207
Domestic	5,825	970	3,315	107	1,433
Foreign	1,239	454	488	16	281
Self-support	275	na	na	na	275
Unknown	3,458	565	1,699	60	1,134
Science	36,738	3,888	25,121	1,693	6,036
Federal	21,824	1,412	18,581	1,328	503
DOD	1,234	65	1,120	26	23
DOE	1,272	26	1,204	2	40
HHS	12,609	910	10,439	1,162	98
NIH	11,990	881	9,905	1,108	96
Other HHS	619	29	534	54	2
NASA	506	50	425	9	22
NSF	3,523	201	3,144	30	148
USDA	588	27	529	7	25
Other	2,092	133	1,720	92	147
Nonfederal	11,936	2,028	5,284	318	4,306
Institutional	6,317	730	2,556	201	2,830
Domestic	4,704	902	2,433	104	1,265
Foreign	915	396	295	13	211
Self-support	211	na	na	na	211
Unknown	2,767	448	1,256	47	1,016
Engineering	7,103	436	5,613	77	977
Federal	3,854	129	3,499	46	180
DOD	876	11	856	0	9
DOE	707	17	666	0	24
HHS	925	49	816	42	18
NIH	843	48	736	41	18
Other HHS	82	1	80	1	0
NASA	82	8	73	1	0
NSF	728	16	641	0	71
USDA	53	0	52	0	1
Other	483	28	395	3	57
Nonfederal	2,494	190	1,671	18	615
Institutional	1,049	64	596	12	377
Domestic	1,121	68	882	3	168
Foreign	324	58	193	3	70
Self-support	64	na	na	na	64
Unknown	691	117	443	13	118
Health	19,010	2,378	10,026	2,414	4,192
Federal	10,116	812	7,018	2,056	230
DOD	304	22	271	5	6
DOE	22	1	13	7	1
HHS	9,042	730	6,241	1,930	141
NIH	8,702	697	6,025	1,845	135
Other HHS	340	33	216	85	6
NASA	24	4	15	3	2
NSF	73	5	59	1	8
USDA	36	1	33	1	1
Other	615	49	386	109	71
Nonfederal	7,658	1,452	2,760	318	3,128
Institutional	4,334	880	1,420	212	1,822
Domestic	2,767	425	1,228	97	1,017
Foreign	557	147	112	9	289
Self-support	172	na	na	na	172
Unknown	1,064	114	248	40	662

na = not applicable; data were not collected at this level of detail.

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.

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.