Study Analyzes 1.2 Million PhD Theses to Map US STEM Training

A forthcoming Research Policy study by Daniel Gross and colleagues analyzed 1.2 million US STEM doctoral theses from 1950–2022 to quantify the nation's research talent pipeline. It finds the government remains the largest funder of frontier-science PhD training.

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