. "Appendix B: The Mathematical Sciences in the 1980s and 1990s." Evaluation of NSF's Program of Grants and Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
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Evaluation of NSF’s Program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE)
TABLE B-9 Number of Postdoctoral Fellows in Mathematics and Statistics at Doctorate-Granting Institutions in the United States, 1980-2006
Year
Postdoctoral Fellows (no.)
1980
162
1981
113
1982
194
1983
170
1984
203
1985
226
1986
201
1987
229
1988
284
1989
224
1990
248
1991
206
1992
201
1993
224
1994
239
1995
262
1996
326
1997
307
1998
279
1999
351
2000
385
2001
353
2002
393
2003
449
2004
468
2005
496
2006
574
SOURCE: National Science Foundation-National Institutes of Health, “Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in S&E,” accessed via WebCASPAR, http://webcaspar.nsr.gov.