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Data on the Graduate Fellowship Program

Fields of Study of Graduate Fellowship Applicants and Awardees
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Fields Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards
Engineering 1107 256 1031 243 1189 253 1613 279 1974 284 2233 329
Math Sciences* 530 101 469 87 501 86 694 96 930 107 1003 111
Physical Sciences 857 147 847 139 975 142 1083 134 1255 131 1430 146
Life Sciences 1455 249 1410 235 1798 262 1898 234 2205 230 2488 253
Psychology 315 66 311 52 389 57 418 52 506 53 635 65
Social Sciences 532 81 564 94 708 103 850 105 918 95 1150 116
Total 4,796 900 4,632 850 5,560 903 6,556 900 7,788 900 8,939 1,020

*Includes computer and information science and engineering

Fields of Study of Minority Graduate Fellowship Applicants and Awardees
  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998**
Fields Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards Appls Awards
Engineering 294 53 345 48 265 50 218 48 186 48
Math Sciences 143 15 129 12 78 12 91 17 102 14
Physical Sciences 125 18 119 12 113 15 98 16 81 16
Life Sciences 193 23 225 21 170 23 153 27 171 27
Psychology 81 9 93 10 73 8 74 14 53 10
Social Sciences 252 32 262 27 170 28 128 28 104 19
Total 1,088 150 1,173 130 869 136 762 150 697 134

**1998 was the last year that a separate competition was held for Minority Graduate Fellowships.

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