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Table 3-6. Primary mechanism of support for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by broad field: 2018

Citizenship, ethnicity, race, and field Total Fellowships Research grants Traineeships Other types of support
Other
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All surveyed fields 64,783 7,299 11.3 38,151 58.9 3,824 5.9 15,509 23.9
Science 37,564 4,042 10.8 23,794 63.3 1,653 4.4 8,075 21.5
Agricultural sciences 1,072 52 4.9 706 65.9 29 2.7 285 26.6
Biological and biomedical sciences 21,533 2,147 10.0 13,717 63.7 1,160 5.4 4,509 20.9
Computer and information sciences 879 91 10.4 594 67.6 30 3.4 164 18.7
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,726 246 14.3 1,151 66.7 17 1.0 312 18.1
Mathematics and statistics 982 136 13.8 405 41.2 68 6.9 373 38.0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 980 134 13.7 552 56.3 58 5.9 236 24.1
Natural resources and conservation 764 50 6.5 508 66.5 35 4.6 171 22.4
Physical sciences 6,976 714 10.2 4,904 70.3 134 1.9 1,224 17.5
Psychology 1,145 193 16.9 660 57.6 49 4.3 243 21.2
Social sciences 1,507 279 18.5 597 39.6 73 4.8 558 37.0
Engineering 7,914 755 9.5 5,698 72.0 106 1.3 1,355 17.1
Health 19,305 2,502 13.0 8,659 44.9 2,065 10.7 6,079 31.5
Clinical medicinea 16,563 2,218 13.4 7,257 43.8 1,842 11.1 5,246 31.7
Other health 2,742 284 10.4 1,402 51.1 223 8.1 833 30.4
a Clinical medicine includes postdoctoral appointees in anesthesiology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and cancer research, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, public health, pulmonary disease, radiology, surgery, and clinical medicine not elsewhere classified.
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdoctoral appointees to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.