NORC conducts the Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The SDR is a survey of 43,000 science and engineering doctorate recipients who earned their degrees from institutions within the United States. This study is the only source of data on the careers of science and engineering doctorate holders from US institutions, and it provides key data on the education and training, work experience, career development, and demographics of this important population.
The SDR sample is selected from the Doctorate Records File (DRF), a record of all research doctorate recipients from U.S. universities since 1920. The DRF is updated annually based on data collected by the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED). The SED is also conducted by NORC for the NSF, the NIH, and four other federal agencies.
The 2006 SDR employs an innovative mixed-mode data collection protocol that strategically integrates a traditional paper questionnaire with Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) and Web-based data collection instruments. SDR data are incorporated into NSF’s Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT). Published data products for each round of the SDR include Information Briefs and Detailed Statistical Tables.
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National Science Foundation
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Results from Previous Rounds of the SDR
Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT)
Survey of Earned Doctorates at NORC
Recent Publications:
Tsapogas, J., Project Officer. 2006. Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 2003, NSF 06-320. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. Available at: http://nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06320/.
Hoffer, T. and Grigorian, K. 2005. InfoBrief: All in a Week's Work: Average Workweeks of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, SBE-Division of Science Resource Statistics. Available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf06302/.
Hoffer, T. 2004. InfoBrief: Employment Sector, Salaries, Publishing, and Patenting Activities of S&E Doctorate Holders. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, SBE-Division of Science Resource Statistics. Available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf04328/.
Kang, K.H., Project Officer. 2004. Doctoral Scientists and Engineers: 2001 Profile Tables, NSF 04-312. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. Available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf04312/htmstart.htm.
Kang, K.H., Project Officer. 2003. Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 2001, NSF 03-310. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. Available at: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf03310/.