National Academics Panel Study (Nacaps) 2018

Nacaps, the National Academics Panel Study, is a new longitudinal study of doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project aims at providing nationwide cross-sectional and longitudinal data on doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany regarding their study conditions as well as their career trajectories within and outside of academia. The Nacaps study series apply a panel design to multiple cohorts. Nacaps 2018 is the first cohort in this series of studies. In 2019, all doctoral candidates registered at 53 higher education institutions entitled to award PhDs/doctorates in Germany as off 01.12.2018 were invited to a first survey. Further panel waves follow at yearly intervals. Topics of the survey are e.g. the kind and structure of doctoral studies, motives for conducting doctoral studies, the mentoring situation, working and employment conditions, plans for career paths after the doctorate, international mobility, as well as individual characteristics of respondents. By covering these topics and by considering important indicators on young scholars, the Nacaps data provide important knowledge for national reporting (e.g. the federal report on young academics called “Bundesbericht wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs”), for local steering, as well as for numerous further stakeholders. Moreover, the data offer an opportunity to investigate scientific research questions in the field of academic careers.

Nacaps（国家学术界研究小组），一项由德国联邦教育与研究部（BMBF）资助的新兴纵向研究，专注于德国的博士研究生与博士学位获得者。该研究旨在全面提供德国范围内关于博士研究生与博士学位获得者的横断面和纵向数据，涉及他们的学习条件以及在学术界内外职业生涯的发展轨迹。Nacaps研究系列采用面板设计，针对多个群体进行。Nacaps 2018是该研究系列的首个群体。2019年，德国53所有权授予博士学位/博士学位的高等教育机构注册的所有博士研究生均被邀请参与首次调查。后续面板调查每年进行一次。调查主题包括但不限于博士研究的类型与结构、进行博士研究的动机、指导情况、工作与就业条件、博士学位后的职业规划、国际流动以及受访者的个人特征。通过涵盖这些主题，并考虑青年学者的重要指标，Nacaps数据为国家级报告（例如名为“联邦学术后辈报告”的联邦报告）、地方管理以及众多其他利益相关者提供了重要的知识。此外，这些数据为研究学术生涯领域的科学问题提供了可能。