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GSS Data File Upload Templates - 12 B - Postdoc File Transfer

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File Typeapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
File TitleGSS Data File Upload Templates - 12 B - Postdoc File Transfer
Authorrsteele
Last Modified ByCalc
File Modified2023-03-21
File Created2026-06-19
Conversion Statecomplete
Extracted Text
POSTDOC CODES
Coded Field Name

Data Type

Code Value

unit_name

alphanumeric (80 char max)

unit_id

alphanumeric (80 char max)

cip_code

alphanumeric (7 char max)

gss_code

numeric (3 char max)

person_id

alphanumeric (80 char max)

sex_code

numeric (1-digit)

1
2

citizen_race_ethnicity_code

numeric (1-digit)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

support_source_postdoc_code

numeric (2-digit)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

support_mechanism_postdoc_code

numeric (1-digit)

1
2
3
4

degree_type_code

numeric (1-digit)

1

2
3
4
origin_of_degree_code

numeric (1-digit)

1
2
3

Code Description
Name of the unit as listed in your institutional records (These are the names used in the unit status menu and on
your unit list. Do not report your school name for every unit.)
Identifier for the unit as listed in your institutional records (Examples: BIO, 12345, BIOL5)
Six-digit CIP code (Example XX.XXXX). Each row of data should include either CIP or GSS code, but not both
Three-digit GSS code. Each row of data should include either CIP or GSS code, but not both
Unique identifier for individual record (80 alphanumeric character max) Do not include Personally Identifiable
Information (PII) including name, social security number, student ID, etc.
Male
Female
Foreign nationals holding temporary visas, regardless of ethnicity or race
Hispanic/Latino ethnicity (one or more races)
American Indian/Alaska Native (one race)
Asian (one race)
Black/African American (one race)
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (one race)
White (one race)
More than one race (non Hispanic/Latino)
Ethnicity/race unknown or not stated
Department of Defense
HHS-NIH only
HHS-Other than NIH
NSF
Department of Agriculture
NASA
Department of Energy
Other federal sources
Institutional, state/local government
Other U.S. sources
Non-U.S. sources
Personal resources (Must be paired with Support Mechanism Code 4 "Other Support")
Unknown or not stated
Fellowship
Traineeship
Research Grant
Other Support
Postdocs with a professional degree (Examples: MD, AuD, PharmD, PsyD, DDS, etc.)

Postdocs with a doctoral degree (Ph.D.)
Postdocs with both professional degree and doctoral degree
Postdocs with doctoral degree type unknown
Postdocs who received their doctoral degree in the United States
Postdocs who received their doctoral degree in a foreign country
Postdocs with origin of doctoral degree unknown

unit_name

unit_id

cip_code

gss_code

person_id sex_code

citizen_race_ethnicity_code

support_source_postdoc_code

support_mechanism_postdoc_code

degree_type_code

origin_of_degree_code