Data on postdoctoral plans provide insight into the labor market for new doctorate recipients, whose careers can be followed in the longitudinal survey of doctorate recipients, also sponsored by nsf. The survey of earned doctorates (sed) gathers information annually from approximately 50,000 new research doctorate graduates from u. s. Universities about their educational histories, funding Ò€¦

The following reports using data collected by the survey of earned doctorates (sed) are available to the public free of charge from nsf's website: The sed collects information on the doctoral recipient's educational history, demographic characteristics, and postgraduation plans. Results are used to assess characteristics of the doctoral Ò€¦ The data helped describe the dramatic increase in doctorates awarded to women in many fields, changes in the national origins of doctorate recipients, and shifts in institutions that grant the most Ò€¦