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Top 10 research fields for postdocs employed at U.S. federal laboratories

by Andrea Widener
October 31, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 43

National laboratories and other federally funded research and development centers supported 2,696 postdoctoral researchers in 2015, up slightly from 2013, according to an NSF survey. This table shows the top 10 fields for these postdocs.

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Note: Percentages do not add to 100 because only the top 10 fields are shown.
Source: NSF Survey of Postdocs at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
Note: Percentages do not add to 100 because only the top 10 fields are shown.
Source: NSF Survey of Postdocs at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

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