Table A-12. Imputation for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, source of support, and sex: 2017

Mechanism of support All sources Federal Domestic Foreign Institutional Self-support Unknown Male Female
DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA Other
NIH Other
Imputation rate (%)
All postdoctoral appointees 3.4 8.4 8.5 6.2 8.3 4.8 9.4 4.2 9.2 7.0 8.8 5.5 5.7 10.2 4.8 4.4
Fellowships 13.4 21.2 44.4 11.1 10.4 9.8 18.8 51.3 17.3 10.7 11.2 4.4 na 39.7 12.9 14.2
Research grant 9.0 8.8 8.8 6.6 8.7 5.4 9.5 4.6 12.8 6.5 3.0 8.9 na 46.3 9.5 9.3
Traineeship 8.9 0.0 - 4.7 2.5 0.0 10.0 0.0 20.0 8.4 45.2 11.8 na 81.3 10.5 8.9
Other support 7.5 0.0 20.0 1.4 25.0 0.0 18.4 0.0 10.0 9.8 12.4 5.1 5.7 10.7 8.5 7.9
Number imputeda
All postdoctoral appointees 2,229 196 148 1,209 60 32 370 29 233 693 168 783 43 600 1,871 1,139
Fellowships 791 22 16 128 7 5 40 20 27 131 75 68 na 252 416 377
Research grant 3,585 192 148 1,020 49 33 342 28 262 392 23 447 na 649 2,354 1,384
Traineeship 334 0 0 120 2 0 2 0 25 20 19 72 na 74 190 173
Other support 1,140 0 5 5 3 0 19 0 20 243 53 362 43 398 759 500