Table 1.

Population characteristics.

Characteristic	No. (%)
Current position
Graduate student	(10.7)
Postdoctoral fellow	(89.3)
Field of study
Cancer biology	(60.6)
Biology (other)	(10.5)
Neuroscience	(6.9)
Microbiology/virology	(6.2)
Biotechnology	(4.5)
Immunology	(2.6)
Chemistry	(2.5)
Physics	(2.6)
Molecular biology/biochemistry	(1.9)
Plant biology	(1.7)
Career goal
Principal investigator in academia	(39.4)
Undecided	(40.9)
Industry/private sector	(11.8)
Academia/government (other)	(2.6)
Writing/editing/publishing	(1.4)
Science policy/regulatory affairs	(1.3)
Other	(2.6)