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Exhibit 4. FY 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship Attributes

Description

From the article Iris R. Wagstaff ; Gerald LaPorte, "The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Forensic Sciences," March 8, 2018.

Exhibit 4 is a pie chart showing the demographics for the NIJ graduate fellowships awarded in FY 2016. The chart indicates support of various scientific fields that correspond to multiple forensic disciplines.

Field Percent

Chemistry

28%

Pharmacology, Toxicology, Environmental Health

9%

Biochemistry, Biophysics, Structural Biology

5%

Microbiology

5%

Computer Sciences

5%

Electrical and Computer Engineering

5%

Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering

5%

Anthropology

5%

Neuroscience and Neurobiology

5%

Information Science

5%

Genetics and Genomics

5%

Materials Science and Engineering

9%

Computational Engineering

5%

Applied Mathematics

4%