There are significant disparities in representation by gender and race/ethnicity in the doctoral STEM workforce and inventor populations. Federal R&D funding is a major driver of national innovation and scientific progress, with nearly a quarter of the doctoral STEM workforce and a third of the patent-holding doctoral STEM workforce reporting federal support for their work. The analyses in this dashboard investigate the relationship between government funding and the diversity of inventors, the relationship between government funding and the diversity of the doctoral STEM workforce, and examine the contributions of federal agencies to the diversity of the workforce and inventors.

Proportion Government Supported by Major Field of Study
Proportion Supported by Agency Among Those Government Supported
Distribution of Doctoral Recipients and Patent-Holding Doctoral Recipients by Gender
Likelihood of Patenting by Field of Study
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work Among Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work by Major Field of Study Among Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work by Major Field of Study Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Funded by Agency Among Doctoral Workforce Receiving Government Support
Proportion Funded by Agency Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce Receiving Government Support
Distribution of Doctoral Recipients and Patent-Holding Doctoral Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Likelihood of Patenting by Field of Study
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work Among Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work by Major Field of Study Among Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work by Major Field of Study Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Funded by Agency Among Doctoral Workforce Receiving Government Support
Proportion Funded by Agency Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce Receiving Government Support
Distribution of Doctoral Recipients and Patent-Holding Doctoral Recipients by Race/Gender
Likelihood of Patenting by Field of Study
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work Among Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Recipients
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work by Major Field of Study Among Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Doing Government Funded Work by Major Field of Study Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce
Proportion Funded by Agency Among Doctoral Workforce Receiving Government Support
Proportion Funded by Agency Among Patent-Holding Doctoral Workforce Receiving Government Support