Data

West Virginia University

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2016–07
Field	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
All surveyed fields	10	6	15	15	13	18	30	41	25	26
Science and engineering	10	6	15	15	13	17	30	38	25	26
Science	10	6	11	11	10	11	22	21	22	13
Agricultural sciences	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	4	6
Biological sciences	8	4	8	10	8	7	16	12	17	6
Communication	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	0	0
Neurobiology and neuroscience	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Physical sciences	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	0
Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Social sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Engineering	0	0	4	4	3	6	8	17	3	13
Chemical engineering	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	3
Civil engineering	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	1
Electrical engineering	0	0	2	1	2	2	.	3	0	0
Industrial engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical engineering	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	8	1	9
Metallurgical and materials engineering	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0