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Table 4-7b. Biological and biomedical sciences postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017

Characteristic Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 273 38.8 201 28.6
Schools 338 41.5 237 29.1
Units 1,725 9.2 1,136 6.1
All individuals 21,781 100.0 8,203 100.0
Male 12,164 55.8 4,358 53.1
Female 9,617 44.2 3,845 46.9
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 10,119 46.5 na na
Hispanic or Latino 576 2.6 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 39 0.2 na na
Asian 2,101 9.6 na na
Black or African American 306 1.4 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.1 na na
White 5,840 26.8 na na
More than one race 232 1.1 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 1,001 4.6 na na
Temporary visa holders 11,662 53.5 na na
Primary source of support
Federal 12,025 55.2 na na
Nonfederalb 7,378 33.9 na na
Personal resources 122 0.6 na na
Unknown or not stated 2,256 10.4 na na
Primary mechanism of support
Fellowships 1,907 8.8 na na
Research grants 14,320 65.7 na na
Traineeships 1,181 5.4 na na
Other types of support 4,373 20.1 na na
Degree typec
Doctoral degree 17,209 79.0 5,984 72.9
Professional degree 709 3.3 547 6.7
Dual degree 247 1.1 216 2.6
Unknown 3,616 16.6 1,456 17.7
Degree origin
United States 7,768 35.7 na na
Foreign country 7,269 33.4 na na
Unknown 6,744 31.0 na na
na = not applicable; citizenship, race and ethnicity, source of support, mechanism of support, and degree origin data are not collected for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b Nonfederal includes foreign support.
c Doctoral degree includes PhD, ScD, DEng, etc.; professional degree includes MD, DVM, DO, DDS, etc.; dual degree includes both professional and doctoral degrees (MD-PhD, DVM-PhD, etc.).
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdoctorates and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2017.