National Statistics on Graduate Students in the Biomedical, Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Sciences
Primary mechanisms of National Institutes of Health support for full-time graduate students in the biomedical sciences
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Year
Fellowships
Traineeships
Research Assistantships
Other Mechanisms
1985
365
2,889
3,404
178
1986
402
2,824
3,954
179
1987
383
2,970
4,295
211
1988
363
3,018
4,876
208
1989
383
3,000
5,582
241
1990
489
3,124
5,729
207
1991
472
3,341
6,197
213
1992
582
3,234
6,539
295
1993
595
3,300
6,985
283
1994
643
3,451
7,031
236
1995
710
3,255
7,163
228
1996
711
3,278
6,957
245
1997
672
3,107
7,067
286
1998
711
3,371
6,686
401
1999
872
3,481
6,917
464
2000
709
3,395
7,148
558
2001
821
3,182
7,201
638
2002
1,000
3,475
8,016
640
2003
868
3,760
9,064
755
2004
1,040
3,778
10,388
808
2005
954
3,850
10,678
790
2006
1,000
3,878
10,982
929
2007
1,185
3,694
10,792
668
2008
1,202
3,687
10,292
676
2009
1,290
3,898
10,521
645
2010
1,289
3,759
11,036
706
Notes:
(a) Data were collected for NIH teaching assistantships until 2007. The "other mechanisms" column for 2007 and prior includes NIH teaching assistantships and other mechanisms of support.
See
http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/help/FieldClassification.html
for more information about the fields that make up the biomedical sciences.
Source: National Institutes of Health, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.