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Appendix B: The Mathematical Sciences in the 1980s and 1990s
Pages 89-98

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... SOURCE: National Science Foundation, "Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges," accessed via WebCASPAR, http://webcaspar.nsf.gov.
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... Fellowships 5 1 NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA HHS (except NIH) Traineeships 4 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA 1 NA HHS (except NIH)
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... DOD RA 112 121 139 159 129 125 119 154 89 DOD Other 196 205 206 195 195 161 198 186 176 Other federal Fellowships 200 327 246 225 123 124 123 96 85 Other federal Traineeships 29 55 79 65 31 42 20 14 23 Other federal RA 134 169 172 196 205 183 183 159 124 Other federal TA 25 29 11 20 33 19 24 21 38 Other federal Other 38 26 28 19 39 36 19 17 7 Nonfederal Fellowships 734 854 960 967 918 1,001 999 971 888 Nonfederal Traineeships 129 132 125 176 175 150 119 130 110 Nonfederal RA 725 712 726 700 791 792 681 764 674 Nonfederal TA 7,829 7,728 7,717 7,546 7,584 7,245 7,078 6,665 6,524 Nonfederal Other 632 695 676 529 545 459 513 430 546 Self-support Other 2,483 2,632 2,978 3,138 2,816 2,476 2,339 2,032 1,965 NOTE: NA, not available; NSF, National Science Foundation; RA, Research Assistant; TA, Teaching Assistant; NIH, National Institutes of Health; HHS, Health and Human Services; DOD, Department of Defense. SOURCE: National Science Foundation-National Institutes of Health, "Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in S&E," accessed via WebCASPAR, http://webcaspar.nsf.gov.
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... Federal Support (%) 1981 12.4 21.3 1983 12.9 30.1 1985a 13.6 21.5 1987 13.8 31.1 1989 14.5 33.5 1991 15.2 34.5 1993a 15.5 18.8 1995a 14.6 22.3 1997a 15.6 20.9 1999 15.2 29.1 a Not comparable to the other years and understates the degree of federal support by virtue of asking whether work performed during the week of April 15 was supported by the government.
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... citizens/permanent residents. SOURCE: National Science Foundation-National Institutes of Health, "Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in S&E," accessed via WebCASPAR, http://webcaspar.nsf.gov.
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...  EVALUATION OF NSF'S VIGRE PROGRAM TABLE B-5 Degrees Awarded in Mathematical Sciences in the United States, 1980-2006, by Degree Level Year Bachelor's Master's Doctorate 1980 11,473 2,868 744 1981 11,173 2,569 728 1982 11,708 2,731 720 1983 12,662 2,856 701 1984 13,511 2,770 698 1985 15,389 2,903 688 1986 16,531 3,184 729 1987 16,515 3,327 739 1988 15,981 3,434 749 1989 15,314 3,430 859 1990 14,674 3,684 892 1991 14,784 3,632 1,038 1992 14,931 3,665 1,058 1993 14,853 3,751 1,146 1994 14,632 3,804 1,118 1995 13,851 3,932 1,190 1996 13,076 3,742 1,122 1997 12,723 3,599 1,123 1998 12,094 3,525 1,177 1999 NA NA 1,083 2000 11,735 3,295 1,050 2001 11,455 3,280 1,010 2002 12,273 3,408 920 2003 12,882 3,706 993 2004 13,755 4,297 1,076 2005 14,840 4,598 1,205 2006 15,311 4,896 1,327 NOTE: NA, not available; detailed national data were not released by the National Center for Education Statistics for the academic year ending in 1999. SOURCE: Adapted from NSF, Division of Science Resources Statistics (2008)
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... Underrepresented minorities include black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; and Hispanic. The percentage of underrepresented minorities is divided by total doctorates, which include some people for whom race/ethnicity is "other/unknown." SOURCE: National Science Foundation, "Survey of Earned Doctorates/Doctorate Records File," accessed via WebCASPAR, http://webcasper.nsf.gov.
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... Institutions Total U.S. Citizen Doctoral Recipients Percent 1980-1981 839 567 68 1981-1982 798 519 65 1982-1983 744 455 61 1983-1984 738 433 59 1984-1985 726 396 55 1985-1986 755 386 51 1986-1987 739 362 49 1987-1988 798 363 45 1988-1989 884 411 46 1989-1990 929 401 43 1990-1991 1,061 461 43 1991-1992 1,016 430 42 1992-1993 1,197 526 44 1993-1994 1,059 469 44 1994-1995 1,207 567 47 1995-1996 1,150 493 43 1996-1997 1,158 516 45 1997-1998a 1,216 586 48 1998-1999 1,133 554 49 1999-1900 1,119 537 48 2000-2001 1,008 494 49 2001-2002 948 NA NA 2002-2003 1,017 489 48 2003-2004 1,041 441 42 2004-2005 1,116 433 39 2005-2006 1,245 522 42 2006-2007 1,157 500 43 2007-2008 1,235 540 44 a Priorto this year, the counts include new doctoral recipients from Group Vb (departments granting doctoral degrees in operations research/management science)
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... Percent Female (%) 1980-1981 567 465 102 18 1981-1982 519 431 88 17 1982-1983 455 366 89 20 1983-1984 433 346 87 20 1984-1985 396 315 81 20 1985-1986 386 304 82 21 1986-1987 362 289 73 20 1987-1988 363 287 76 21 1988-1989 411 313 98 24 1989-1990 401 312 89 22 1990-1991 461 349 112 24 1991-1992 430 327 103 24 1992-1993 526 381 145 28 1993-1994 469 345 124 26 1994-1995 567 426 141 25 1995-1996 493 377 116 24 1996-1997 516 368 148 29 1997-1998a 586 423 163 28 1998-1999 554 367 187 34 a Prior to this year, the counts include new doctoral recipients from Group Vb (departments granting doctoral degrees in opera tions research/management science)
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...  EVALUATION OF NSF'S VIGRE PROGRAM 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.
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