- The total number of surveyed postdocs (employed in the U.S.) is 61,942.
- The number of underrepresented postdocs in all surveyed fields is 3,083 (if include Asian Americans, then 8,523).
- Data source: 2013 NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (tables 42 & 43)
- Use our MinorityPostdoc.org website and Doctoral Directory services to reach a targeted postdoc pool.
- Thanks to Future of Research Symposium Hack Day Team members Rebecca Lowdon & Erica Walsh PhD for helping produce the 2013 database!
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Note criticism regarding the NSF survey:
The GSS is an unreliable indicator of biological sciences postdoc population trends
Data originally published 27-Oct-2015