Table 135. Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 1995–2005
(Dollars in millions)
| Field |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| All fields |
13,877.0 |
14,464.0 |
14,941.9 |
15,613.0 |
17,443.7 |
19,569.8 |
21,958.1 |
23,668.3 |
24,751.4 |
26,120.7 |
27,140.3 |
| Computer sciences and mathematics |
603.0 |
639.6 |
661.4 |
705.5 |
734.9 |
798.3 |
957.8 |
998.7 |
1,120.2 |
1,239.1 |
1,228.4 |
| Computer sciences |
317.1 |
376.8 |
389.5 |
419.1 |
438.3 |
463.0 |
585.6 |
636.9 |
730.5 |
712.2 |
658.1 |
| Mathematics |
164.0 |
162.6 |
238.2 |
250.7 |
254.0 |
308.6 |
288.4 |
325.6 |
359.8 |
479.1 |
542.5 |
| Other computer sciences and mathematics |
121.9 |
100.2 |
33.6 |
35.6 |
42.6 |
26.6 |
83.9 |
36.2 |
30.0 |
47.9 |
27.8 |
| Engineering |
1,448.9 |
1,612.1 |
1,583.0 |
1,594.4 |
1,639.7 |
1,764.2 |
1,911.5 |
1,864.9 |
1,913.1 |
2,271.7 |
2,300.5 |
| Aeronautical engineering |
271.0 |
261.7 |
269.1 |
285.2 |
331.7 |
322.8 |
369.7 |
330.1 |
255.8 |
304.2 |
317.7 |
| Astronautical engineering |
66.3 |
71.8 |
69.8 |
68.0 |
66.2 |
88.7 |
33.9 |
68.1 |
59.5 |
67.1 |
72.9 |
| Chemical engineering |
66.7 |
59.8 |
68.1 |
52.3 |
55.2 |
52.6 |
60.2 |
62.3 |
71.5 |
68.6 |
66.8 |
| Civil engineering |
70.1 |
52.9 |
45.4 |
35.9 |
68.8 |
59.7 |
47.9 |
46.5 |
51.1 |
55.6 |
62.2 |
| Electrical engineering |
204.6 |
201.5 |
172.9 |
213.9 |
185.6 |
177.0 |
246.9 |
213.0 |
226.3 |
199.6 |
212.6 |
| Mechanical engineering |
164.7 |
113.2 |
104.9 |
106.7 |
99.6 |
93.4 |
128.8 |
89.2 |
96.3 |
89.6 |
76.7 |
| Metallurgy and materials engineering |
368.5 |
501.8 |
462.6 |
478.2 |
481.2 |
517.8 |
591.1 |
507.8 |
581.0 |
592.0 |
665.9 |
| Other engineering |
236.9 |
349.4 |
390.4 |
354.3 |
351.4 |
452.2 |
433.1 |
547.8 |
571.7 |
895.0 |
825.7 |
| Environmental sciences |
1,467.5 |
1,554.0 |
1,543.5 |
1,528.7 |
1,615.7 |
1,838.4 |
1,663.0 |
1,833.3 |
1,899.5 |
2,022.9 |
1,966.1 |
| Atmospheric sciences |
688.2 |
671.2 |
679.5 |
655.2 |
671.0 |
717.0 |
597.2 |
684.1 |
668.1 |
726.8 |
743.6 |
| Geological sciences |
451.7 |
390.0 |
388.3 |
391.2 |
412.1 |
429.6 |
400.6 |
426.0 |
461.9 |
482.0 |
470.3 |
| Oceanography |
188.2 |
309.1 |
303.5 |
286.0 |
383.9 |
364.9 |
402.4 |
427.0 |
442.2 |
452.6 |
431.1 |
| Other environmental sciences |
139.3 |
183.8 |
172.1 |
196.4 |
148.7 |
326.9 |
262.9 |
296.1 |
327.3 |
361.5 |
321.1 |
| Life sciences |
6,601.3 |
6,879.0 |
7,203.8 |
7,853.4 |
9,197.1 |
10,049.0 |
12,835.5 |
14,024.1 |
14,765.3 |
14,490.0 |
15,247.6 |
| Agricultural sciences |
367.5 |
329.5 |
348.1 |
372.5 |
424.5 |
445.7 |
511.7 |
530.6 |
528.3 |
503.7 |
511.2 |
| Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) |
3,248.3 |
3,387.2 |
3,391.0 |
3,653.0 |
4,236.9 |
6,851.1 |
7,952.3 |
8,379.7 |
10,471.5 |
7,222.8 |
7,608.0 |
| Environmental biology |
220.6 |
205.7 |
206.1 |
196.8 |
280.2 |
313.6 |
309.8 |
334.5 |
324.0 |
329.1 |
339.0 |
| Medical sciences |
2,615.9 |
2,740.8 |
3,035.2 |
3,392.4 |
3,956.5 |
1,923.8 |
2,808.6 |
3,361.0 |
2,919.1 |
5,477.2 |
5,702.7 |
| Other life sciences |
148.9 |
215.9 |
223.4 |
238.6 |
299.1 |
514.7 |
1,253.1 |
1,418.3 |
522.3 |
957.1 |
1,086.7 |
| Physical sciences |
2,864.8 |
2,862.6 |
2,976.4 |
2,941.4 |
3,089.8 |
3,470.6 |
3,327.1 |
3,405.9 |
3,454.0 |
3,662.6 |
3,738.7 |
| Astronomy |
731.6 |
708.8 |
754.2 |
706.9 |
718.4 |
794.0 |
650.2 |
603.3 |
696.0 |
765.4 |
778.4 |
| Chemistry |
559.4 |
550.7 |
517.8 |
517.5 |
554.6 |
765.8 |
736.8 |
748.8 |
748.6 |
776.0 |
764.0 |
| Physics |
1,507.4 |
1,545.6 |
1,561.7 |
1,579.8 |
1,693.8 |
1,764.4 |
1,762.3 |
1,861.7 |
1,820.6 |
1,904.5 |
1,995.9 |
| Other physical sciences |
66.4 |
57.4 |
142.6 |
137.1 |
122.9 |
146.4 |
177.9 |
192.0 |
188.8 |
216.7 |
200.4 |
| Psychology |
278.0 |
291.5 |
293.9 |
312.0 |
347.3 |
817.8 |
292.9 |
464.6 |
543.8 |
979.2 |
1,040.1 |
| Biological aspects |
31.4 |
33.5 |
30.2 |
27.3 |
12.2 |
5.7 |
10.4 |
7.8 |
10.6 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
| Social aspects |
22.2 |
10.1 |
13.0 |
12.9 |
9.9 |
14.3 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
| Other psychological sciences |
224.4 |
248.0 |
250.7 |
271.8 |
325.1 |
797.8 |
277.0 |
452.0 |
529.2 |
973.2 |
1,035.5 |
| Social sciences |
206.7 |
212.5 |
221.0 |
224.8 |
246.5 |
308.0 |
278.4 |
361.7 |
352.8 |
419.3 |
391.4 |
| Anthropology |
15.1 |
12.7 |
14.8 |
13.5 |
13.4 |
14.0 |
14.1 |
15.2 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
15.2 |
| Economics |
44.7 |
39.4 |
46.1 |
41.5 |
45.3 |
51.8 |
42.5 |
45.3 |
48.2 |
48.0 |
51.3 |
| Political science |
7.1 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
6.7 |
10.5 |
| Sociology |
14.3 |
13.3 |
8.2 |
23.5 |
9.2 |
11.8 |
17.9 |
19.5 |
48.7 |
48.6 |
17.9 |
| Other social sciences |
125.5 |
141.3 |
147.0 |
141.7 |
173.9 |
225.4 |
198.0 |
276.0 |
237.1 |
303.1 |
296.5 |
| Other sciences nec |
406.9 |
412.8 |
459.0 |
452.7 |
572.5 |
523.6 |
691.7 |
715.2 |
702.7 |
1,035.9 |
1,227.5 |
