Table 3-2. Primary source of support for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2017
| Broad field |
Total |
Federal |
Institutional |
Nonfederal domestic |
Foreign |
Self_support |
Unknown |
| Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| All surveyed fields |
64,733 |
32,031 |
49.5 |
14,241 |
22.0 |
9,945 |
15.4 |
1,901 |
2.9 |
756 |
1.2 |
5,859 |
9.1 |
| Science |
38,241 |
19,968 |
52.2 |
8,123 |
21.2 |
5,426 |
14.2 |
1,116 |
2.9 |
306 |
0.8 |
3,302 |
8.6 |
| Agricultural sciences |
1,024 |
398 |
38.9 |
261 |
25.5 |
199 |
19.4 |
18 |
1.8 |
6 |
0.6 |
142 |
13.9 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences |
21,781 |
12,025 |
55.2 |
3,688 |
16.9 |
3,157 |
14.5 |
533 |
2.4 |
122 |
0.6 |
2,256 |
10.4 |
| Computer and information sciences |
854 |
410 |
48.0 |
204 |
23.9 |
155 |
18.1 |
33 |
3.9 |
5 |
0.6 |
47 |
5.5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences |
2,089 |
1,110 |
53.1 |
446 |
21.3 |
285 |
13.6 |
142 |
6.8 |
24 |
1.1 |
82 |
3.9 |
| Mathematics and statistics |
991 |
315 |
31.8 |
484 |
48.8 |
72 |
7.3 |
25 |
2.5 |
7 |
0.7 |
88 |
8.9 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies |
1,131 |
589 |
52.1 |
261 |
23.1 |
148 |
13.1 |
23 |
2.0 |
23 |
2.0 |
87 |
7.7 |
| Natural resources and conservation |
731 |
347 |
47.5 |
209 |
28.6 |
109 |
14.9 |
11 |
1.5 |
10 |
1.4 |
45 |
6.2 |
| Physical sciences |
7,211 |
3,856 |
53.5 |
1,691 |
23.5 |
980 |
13.6 |
274 |
3.8 |
62 |
0.9 |
348 |
4.8 |
| Psychology |
1,082 |
595 |
55.0 |
278 |
25.7 |
97 |
9.0 |
17 |
1.6 |
26 |
2.4 |
69 |
6.4 |
| Social sciences |
1,347 |
323 |
24.0 |
601 |
44.6 |
224 |
16.6 |
40 |
3.0 |
21 |
1.6 |
138 |
10.2 |
| Engineering |
7,839 |
3,683 |
47.0 |
1,830 |
23.3 |
1,439 |
18.4 |
316 |
4.0 |
71 |
0.9 |
500 |
6.4 |
| Health |
18,653 |
8,380 |
44.9 |
4,288 |
23.0 |
3,080 |
16.5 |
469 |
2.5 |
379 |
2.0 |
2,057 |
11.0 |
| Clinical medicine |
16,100 |
7,272 |
45.2 |
3,595 |
22.3 |
2,810 |
17.5 |
447 |
2.8 |
372 |
2.3 |
1,604 |
10.0 |
| Other health |
2,553 |
1,108 |
43.4 |
693 |
27.1 |
270 |
10.6 |
22 |
0.9 |
7 |
0.3 |
453 |
17.7 |
