Sandia Labs FY21 LDRD Annual Report

FY21 ANNUAL REPORT

Science and Engineering Talent Pipeline Student Interns Supported by LDRD (>10%) Number of graduate and undergraduate students working full- or part-time for the Labs, who charged at least 10% time to LDRD. FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 Grad Students 71 82 106 127 139 Undergrad Students 98 104 115 100 84 Sandia R&D students 542 614 733 722 711 % due to LDRD 31% 30% 30% 31% 31%

Postdoctoral Researcher Support Number of postdoctoral researchers working full- or part-time for the Labs. FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

FY21

Sandia Postdocs

316 132 42%

302 133 44%

388 148 38%

350 163 46%

428 196

LDRD-Supported >10%*

% Due to LDRD 46% *LDRD-supported postdoctoral researchers: Postdoctoral researchers charging at least 10% time to LDRD.

Postdoctoral Researcher Conversions Number of conversions from postdoctoral researcher to a member of the staff. FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

FY21

Sandia Conversions

47 22

53 25

68 34

47 25

61 32

LDRD-Supported >10%*

% Due to LDRD 52% *LDRD-supported conversions: Conversion of postdoctoral researchers who charged at least 10% time to LDRD in the fiscal year preceding the conversion. 47% 47% 50% 53%

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