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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: 2016

Field and primary source of support Total Fellowships Research grants Traineeships Other types of support
All surveyed fields 64,712 5,973 40,542 3,778 14,419
Federal 33,184 1,930 27,648 2,781 825
DOD 2,309 57 2,218 7 27
DOE 1,755 24 1,674 1 56
HHS 20,725 1,379 16,462 2,611 273
NIH 19,896 1,292 15,807 2,531 266
Other HHS 829 87 655 80 7
NASA 641 44 579 2 16
NSF 4,113 229 3,713 45 126
USDA 754 32 648 3 71
Other 2,887 165 2,354 112 256
Nonfederal 25,945 3,440 11,833 912 9,760
Institutional 13,540 1,449 4,952 463 6,676
Domestic 10,374 1,271 6,215 407 2,481
Foreign 2,031 720 666 42 603
Self-support 719 na na na 719
Unknown 4,864 603 1,061 85 3,115
Science and engineering 45,737 3,889 31,186 1,741 8,921
Federal 24,289 1,227 21,302 1,156 604
DOD 2,065 48 1,997 3 17
DOE 1,735 24 1,654 1 56
HHS 12,777 743 10,827 1,073 134
NIH 12,254 710 10,366 1,045 133
Other HHS 523 33 461 28 1
NASA 627 43 566 2 16
NSF 4,031 226 3,641 40 124
USDA 700 32 602 2 64
Other 2,354 111 2,015 35 193
Nonfederal 17,810 2,219 9,033 531 6,027
Institutional 9,480 841 3,897 327 4,415
Domestic 6,892 821 4,569 188 1,314
Foreign 1,438 557 567 16 298
Self-support 419 na na na 419
Unknown 3,219 443 851 54 1,871
Science 37,941 3,415 25,352 1,639 7,535
Federal 20,493 1,141 17,779 1,097 476
DOD 1,099 31 1,057 1 10
DOE 1,225 22 1,164 1 38
HHS 11,881 710 10,032 1,018 121
NIH 11,404 679 9,615 990 120
Other HHS 477 31 417 28 1
NASA 536 43 481 1 11
NSF 3,234 206 2,901 39 88
USDA 646 31 552 2 61
Other 1,872 98 1,592 35 147
Nonfederal 14,436 1,960 6,871 489 5,116
Institutional 7,794 744 3,020 295 3,735
Domestic 5,572 738 3,516 182 1,136
Foreign 1,070 478 335 12 245
Self-support 338 na na na 338
Unknown 2,674 314 702 53 1,605
Engineering 7,796 474 5,834 102 1,386
Federal 3,796 86 3,523 59 128
DOD 966 17 940 2 7
DOE 510 2 490 0 18
HHS 896 33 795 55 13
NIH 850 31 751 55 13
Other HHS 46 2 44 0 0
NASA 91 0 85 1 5
NSF 797 20 740 1 36
USDA 54 1 50 0 3
Other 482 13 423 0 46
Nonfederal 3,374 259 2,162 42 911
Institutional 1,686 97 877 32 680
Domestic 1,320 83 1,053 6 178
Foreign 368 79 232 4 53
Self-support 81 na na na 81
Unknown 545 129 149 1 266
Health 18,975 2,084 9,356 2,037 5,498
Federal 8,895 703 6,346 1,625 221
DOD 244 9 221 4 10
DOE 20 0 20 0 0
HHS 7,948 636 5,635 1,538 139
NIH 7,642 582 5,441 1,486 133
Other HHS 306 54 194 52 6
NASA 14 1 13 0 0
NSF 82 3 72 5 2
USDA 54 0 46 1 7
Other 533 54 339 77 63
Nonfederal 8,135 1,221 2,800 381 3,733
Institutional 4,060 608 1,055 136 2,261
Domestic 3,482 450 1,646 219 1,167
Foreign 593 163 99 26 305
Self-support 300 na na na 300
Unknown 1,645 160 210 31 1,244
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 = Department of Agriculture.
NOTE: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdocs to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2016.