Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

根据修订后的1950年《国家科学基金法案》，国家科学基金会被授权为收集、解释和分析有关美国科学和技术资源的可获得性、当前和预计的需求的数据提供信息交换中心，并为联邦政府其他机构的政策制定提供信息来源。这项统计调查每年进行一次，结果以刊物和电子形式提供。NIH利用这一结果评估生物医学、行为和临床研究相关领域的研究生教育和博士后学习状况。

The NSF has been authorized under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, "...to provide a clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on the availability of, and the current and projected need for, scientific and technical resources in the United States, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government." The Survey is conducted annually, and the results are made available in publications and electronic form. NIH utilizes the results to evaluate the status of graduate education and postdoctoral study in biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research-related fields.