Characteristic |
Postdoctoral appointees |
Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
| Institutions | 53 | 7.5 | 46 | 6.5 |
| Schools | 53 | 6.5 | 46 | 5.7 |
| Units | 179 | 1.0 | 134 | 0.7 |
| All individuals | 1,024 | 100.0 | 496 | 100.0 |
| Male | 611 | 59.7 | 278 | 56.0 |
| Female | 413 | 40.3 | 218 | 44.0 |
| U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa | 428 | 41.8 | na | na |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 2.5 | na | na |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 0.4 | na | na |
| Asian | 84 | 8.2 | na | na |
| Black or African American | 10 | 1.0 | na | na |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.3 | na | na |
| White | 224 | 21.9 | na | na |
| More than one race | 26 | 2.5 | na | na |
| Unknown ethnicity and race | 51 | 5.0 | na | na |
| Temporary visa holders | 596 | 58.2 | na | na |
| Primary source of support | ||||
| Federal | 398 | 38.9 | na | na |
| Nonfederalb | 478 | 46.7 | na | na |
| Personal resources | 6 | 0.6 | na | na |
| Unknown or not stated | 142 | 13.9 | na | na |
| Primary mechanism of support | ||||
| Fellowships | 38 | 3.7 | na | na |
| Research grants | 724 | 70.7 | na | na |
| Traineeships | 33 | 3.2 | na | na |
| Other types of support | 229 | 22.4 | na | na |
| Degree typec | ||||
| Doctoral degree | 677 | 66.1 | 373 | 75.2 |
| Professional degree | 11 | 1.1 | 31 | 6.3 |
| Dual degree | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Unknown | 332 | 32.4 | 88 | 17.7 |
| Degree origin | ||||
| United States | 322 | 31.4 | na | na |
| Foreign country | 170 | 16.6 | na | na |
| Unknown | 532 | 52.0 | na | na |
