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Table 49. Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by type of doctoral degree, primary mechanism of support, and field: 2014

Type of doctoral degree and primary mechanism of support All science, engineering, and health Science and engineering Health
Total Science Engineering Total Clinical medicinea Other health
All degree types 63,593 44,623 37,316 7,307 18,970 16,216 2,754
Fellowships 6,535 4,180 3,639 541 2,355 1,976 379
Research grants 39,478 30,150 24,656 5,494 9,328 7,786 1,542
Traineeships 4,221 1,928 1,818 110 2,293 1,999 294
Other support 13,359 8,365 7,203 1,162 4,994 4,455 539
Doctoral degreeb 44,776 33,612 28,299 5,313 11,164 9,596 1,568
Fellowships 3,858 2,833 2,523 310 1,025 917 108
Research grants 29,021 22,856 18,870 3,986 6,165 5,223 942
Traineeships 2,607 1,488 1,419 69 1,119 969 150
Other support 9,290 6,435 5,487 948 2,855 2,487 368
Professional degreeb 4,407 896 859 37 3,511 3,254 257
Fellowships 813 74 72 2 739 690 49
Research grants 1,401 517 491 26 884 781 103
Traineeships 702 82 79 3 620 578 42
Other support 1,491 223 217 6 1,268 1,205 63
Dual degreeb 1,105 365 352 13 740 680 60
Fellowships 172 49 48 1 123 113 10
Research grants 491 189 181 8 302 274 28
Traineeships 121 37 36 1 84 69 15
Other support 321 90 87 3 231 224 7
Doctoral degree type unknown 13,305 9,750 7,806 1,944 3,555 2,686 869
Fellowships 1,692 1,224 996 228 468 256 212
Research grants 8,565 6,588 5,114 1,474 1,977 1,508 469
Traineeships 791 321 284 37 470 383 87
Other support 2,257 1,617 1,412 205 640 539 101
a Includes postdoctoral appointees in anesthesiology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and cancer research, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, preventive medicine and community health, psychiatry, pulmonary disease, radiology, surgery, and clinical medicine, not elsewhere classified.
b Doctoral degree = PhD, ScD, DEng, etc.; professional degree = MD, DVM, DO, DDS, etc.; dual degree = both professional and doctoral degrees (MD-PhD, DVM-PhD, etc.).
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdocs to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. In 2014, the survey frame was updated following a comprehensive frame evaluation study. The study identified potentially eligible but not previously surveyed academic institutions in the United States with master's- or doctorate-granting programs in science, engineering, or health. A total of 151 newly eligible institutions were added, and two private for-profit institutions offering mostly practitioner-based graduate degrees were determined to be ineligible.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2014.