S&E doctoral degrees. Among S&E fields, life sciences and engineering continue... The federal government funded over one-fifth of S&E postdocs, mainly through research grants. Institutions themselves funded around a quarter of postdocs. S&E postdoctoral appointments were concentrated
October 05, 2023
S&E doctoral degrees. Among S&E fields, life sciences and engineering continue... S&E postdocs, mainly through research grants. Institutions themselves fund around a quarter of postdocs. S&E postdoctoral appointments are concentrated in the biological and biomedical
September 14, 2021
Total worldwide S&E publication output reached 3.3 million articles in 2022, based on entries... S&E articles was the same each year between 2010 and 2022, with the exception of Iran... R&D) funding. Indicators include academic S&E article
December 11, 2023
United States to remain competitive in S&E fields and that stay rates are critical indicators for understanding how well the United States is retaining global talent (NSB 2020b). The rate at which S&E... S&E doctorate recipients with temporary visas who earned their degree between 2020 and 2023
February 12, 2026
and engineering. NSF supported substantial amounts of academic R&D across a range of S&E fields. Unsurprisingly, agencies’ academic R&D support patterns across S&E fields bear many... S&E fields, from around a third for social sciences (33%) to nearly 70% for computer
September 14, 2021
NASF).Despite some fluctuations, research space in most S&E fields... S&E research space growth over the past 10 years. The 57.5 million NASF... S&E research space. New research
January 15, 2020
As the bedrock of the U.S. S&E enterprise, STEM talent contributes to the competitiveness of U.S... S&E enterprise... S&E master’s degrees and doctoral degrees reached new peaks, whereas the number of students earning
February 12, 2026
The Indicators 2020 report “Science and Engineering Labor Force” provides a thorough analysis of the U.S. science and engineering (S&E) workforce. One segment of the S&E workforce that performs... For more information, see the STW section of Indicators 2020 report “Science and Engineering Labor Force
January 23, 2020
Top R&D-performing economies dominate S&E... S&E... In terms of impact among S&E publications, China has increased rapidly in the last decade, overtaking
July 23, 2025
Put another way, in 2019, 84% of S&E graduate students supported by the federal government were doctoral students (NCSES GSS 2019 : Table 3-1 ). This pattern is true for all S&E fields... The federal government supported 15% of full-time S&E graduate students (around 74,000) in 2019
September 14, 2021
Research space in most S&E fields increased overall between 2007 and 2019. The exception to this norm was... S&E research space growth over the past 12 years. The 58.7 million NASF... S&E research space (NCSES
September 14, 2021
Key takeaways: The United States remains a highly influential nation in science and engineering (S&E) research, as measured by the volume of peer-reviewed scholarly publications and the rate... OA articles. International collaborations with U.S. authors of S&E publications
December 11, 2023