Table 134. Federal obligations for research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 2006–16

(Dollars in millions)

Field 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Preliminary
2015 2016
All fields 53,535.7 54,093.6 53,893.7 63,691.9 63,728.0 58,023.7 61,945.2 59,198.2 62,908.8 63,419.9 66,169.4
Computer sciences and mathematics 2,814.9 2,945.7 3,047.3 3,611.8 3,411.8 3,374.3 3,527.5 3,427.0 3,883.2 4,179.8 4,430.8
Computer sciences 1,987.8 2,077.7 2,053.0 2,422.2 2,362.0 2,191.7 2,392.2 2,361.5 2,612.8 NA NA
Mathematics 669.2 708.6 782.9 927.9 835.5 891.6 925.3 864.0 979.3 NA NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 157.9 159.4 211.4 261.6 214.4 291.0 210.1 201.4 291.0 NA NA
Engineering 8,678.7 8,989.7 8,975.5 10,285.0 11,081.2 10,057.2 11,403.4 10,948.2 11,887.5 11,768.6 12,780.5
Aeronautical engineering 1,229.2 929.2 810.3 907.8 830.1 845.1 1,814.9 1,842.1 1,833.0 NA NA
Astronautical engineering 476.3 341.0 288.1 370.2 389.9 410.1 690.2 737.3 668.7 NA NA
Chemical engineering 294.6 353.8 345.6 447.1 509.7 474.5 349.6 419.0 535.4 NA NA
Civil engineering 352.7 461.5 488.0 678.9 699.8 617.1 513.6 446.9 445.1 NA NA
Electrical engineering 1,035.5 1,027.5 1,046.5 1,254.0 1,360.9 1,235.5 1,324.6 1,163.2 1,240.2 NA NA
Mechanical engineering 298.2 337.2 292.4 314.3 363.6 309.8 372.2 548.6 502.7 NA NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 1,250.0 1,479.8 1,623.9 1,721.6 1,758.8 1,621.3 1,699.2 1,729.3 1,768.7 NA NA
Other engineering 3,742.3 4,059.8 4,080.8 4,591.2 5,168.4 4,543.8 4,639.1 4,061.8 4,893.6 NA NA
Environmental sciences 3,430.6 3,170.5 2,984.6 3,751.1 3,338.9 3,207.2 3,884.3 4,041.0 4,365.8 4,384.6 4,607.7
Atmospheric sciences 1,166.9 964.6 884.5 1,018.1 953.8 953.9 1,469.2 1,542.4 1,567.5 NA NA
Geological sciences 653.9 638.0 517.5 754.0 530.4 597.8 725.7 626.6 561.0 NA NA
Oceanography 745.8 787.8 788.7 834.2 743.7 723.7 813.5 787.6 848.0 NA NA
Other environmental sciences 864.0 780.1 793.9 1,144.8 1,111.0 931.7 875.8 1,084.4 1,389.3 NA NA
Life sciences 27,927.7 29,463.6 28,918.8 33,267.1 33,909.1 29,408.6 30,965.0 29,328.4 30,668.2 30,972.7 31,901.1
Agricultural sciences 1,108.2 1,139.4 1,020.3 1,120.4 1,131.9 1,085.0 942.7 903.1 1,004.2 NA NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 13,690.8 14,429.7 14,443.1 17,376.8 17,213.9 15,178.3 15,458.3 14,588.1 15,310.6 NA NA
Environmental biology 686.6 757.2 858.0 963.7 816.4 854.9 796.7 782.0 820.6 NA NA
Medical sciences 10,592.2 10,790.7 10,387.3 11,392.7 11,677.0 10,161.1 11,037.4 10,582.9 11,002.7 NA NA
Other life sciences 1,849.9 2,346.5 2,210.1 2,413.6 3,070.0 2,129.4 2,729.9 2,472.3 2,530.0 NA NA
Physical sciences 5,351.1 5,136.1 5,072.6 5,821.1 5,870.8 5,426.6 6,407.5 6,281.9 6,483.1 6,486.9 6,492.9
Astronomy 792.5 655.9 527.9 671.5 559.9 555.4 1,099.4 1,147.0 1,191.6 NA NA
Chemistry 1,126.4 1,149.9 1,148.4 1,274.0 1,310.6 1,106.3 1,103.0 982.2 1,012.7 NA NA
Physics 3,001.8 2,939.2 2,968.9 3,356.1 3,470.1 3,268.8 3,708.3 3,481.8 3,565.2 NA NA
Other physical sciences 430.5 391.1 427.4 519.6 530.2 496.1 496.7 670.9 713.6 NA NA
Psychology 1,747.3 1,837.9 1,740.8 2,086.3 2,155.6 1,886.8 2,086.6 1,935.2 1,968.0 2,016.4 2,050.7
Biological aspects 3.0 3.8 21.8 2.1 13.6 16.4 14.2 14.3 15.0 NA NA
Social aspects 40.9 36.8 18.8 50.8 74.5 54.5 61.7 64.9 59.5 NA NA
Other psychological sciences 1,703.4 1,797.3 1,700.3 2,033.4 2,067.4 1,816.0 2,010.8 1,856.0 1,893.5 NA NA
Social sciences 1,123.9 1,147.1 977.0 1,156.7 1,197.3 1,262.4 1,124.5 1,237.3 1,435.1 1,284.0 1,429.7
Anthropology 15.1 16.1 17.4 29.4 24.7 26.1 30.2 26.3 26.5 NA NA
Economics 202.6 250.0 212.3 230.1 274.0 398.6 343.5 333.0 344.3 NA NA
Political science 44.6 41.2 29.2 24.6 14.2 12.0 12.9 11.0 13.4 NA NA
Sociology 144.2 217.6 95.2 138.8 132.3 132.5 154.7 137.2 157.7 NA NA
Other social sciences 717.4 622.2 622.9 733.8 752.0 693.2 583.2 729.8 893.2 NA NA
Other sciences nec 2,461.3 1,403.1 2,177.1 3,712.7 2,763.2 3,400.5 2,546.3 1,999.3 2,217.9 2,326.8 2,476.1