Data

Wake Forest U.

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2021–12
Field	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All surveyed fields	56	76	84	86	79	46	63	85	101	111
Science and engineering	33	47	60	62	53	28	42	43	53	52
Science	28	39	52	55	46	28	42	43	53	52
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	1	4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	27	35	50	50	46	24	35	35	41	40
Communication	.	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	0
Computer and information sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Neurobiology and neuroscience	.	.	.	.	.	4	0	0	0	0
Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Physical sciences	0	0	2	5	0	0	6	7	11	11
Social sciences	.	0	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	5	8	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering	5	8	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	.	0	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Health	23	29	24	24	26	18	21	42	48	59
Clinical medicine	20	24	18	18	20	18	21	41	47	59
Other health	3	5	6	6	6	0	0	1	1	0

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).