Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Description
The Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering survey is an annual census of all U.S. academic institutions granting research-based master’s degrees or doctorates in science, engineering, and selected health fields as of fall of the survey year. The survey, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, collects the total number of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-level nonfaculty researchers by demographic and other characteristic such as source of financial support. Results are used to assess shifts in graduate enrollment and postdoc appointments and trends in financial support.
Meta-Data
| Study Title (long) | Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering |
| Study Title (short) | GSS |
| Coordinating Institution | NSF and NIH (USA) |
| Creator | NSF and NIH (USA) |
| Contributor | |
| Sponsor | NSF and NIH (USA) |
| Type | annual census of all academic institutions in the United States granting research-based master's degrees or doctorates in science, engineering, or selected health (SEH) fields as of the fall of the survey year |
| Description of Observations | all FFRDCs that employed postdocs |
| Waves | |
| Duration | Ongoing annually since 1966 |
| Country | United States of America |
| URL | https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/ |
| Documentation | - |
| Publisher | |
| Keywords | Demographics financial support characteristics Institutional characteristics |
Data Collection Rounds
The data collection is ongoing annually since 1966.
