The United States has a key position in the global science and engineering (S&E) enterprise. As S&E... S&E activity in the United States. Although the United States was key in the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines, the data in this report show the U.S. S&E enterprise could be strengthened

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Article counts refer to publications from selected journals and conference papers in S&E from Scopus. Articles are classified by their year of publication and are assigned to a region, country, or economy on the basis of the institutional address(es) of author(s) listed in the article. Articles are... e West Bank and Gaza Strip are separate entities

S&E fields receive support through various mechanisms, including RAs, TAs, and fellowships. Of the full-time S&E graduate students supported by the federal government in 2021, 69% received RAs... In 2021, around 71% of S&E master’s students paid for their graduate program using personal

In 2017, over 17 million people worked as skilled technical workers , defined here as workers in occupations that employ significant levels of S&E expertise and technical knowledge and whose... Asians account for a smaller share of the STW (4% versus 6%), and so do foreign-born individuals (16

A country’s share of the top 1% most-cited S&E publications divided by the country’s share of all S&E publications. An index greater than 1.00 means that a country contributed a larger share... Expected stay rate: The proportion of foreign recipients of U.S. S&E doctorates who expect to stay

In 2021, most S&E postdocs (61%) were funded through research grants (NCSES GSS 2021 : Table 3-6 ). Postdocs were also funded through fellowships (10%), traineeships (6%), and other mechanisms... In 2021, the federal government funded 51% of S&E postdocs