Table 2. Summary of federal obligations and outlays for research, development, and R&D plant, by type of R&D, performer, and field of science and engineering: FYs 2014–17

(Dollars in millions)

Type of R&D, performer, and field 2014 2015 Preliminary
2016 % change 2015–16 2017 % change 2016–17
Outlays for R&D and R&D plant 130,626.9 130,286.9 138,357.6 6.2 144,197.3 4.2
R&D 128,382.9 127,881.9 136,001.0 6.3 141,358.8 3.9
R&D plant 2,243.9 2,405.1 2,356.6 -2.0 2,838.5 20.5
Obligations for R&D and R&D plant 132,496.3 131,398.2 142,555.0 8.5 145,407.7 2.0
R&D 130,278.7 128,573.2 140,069.8 8.9 142,608.3 1.8
Performer
Intramurala 34,736.1 34,925.1 37,918.3 8.6 38,241.9 0.9
Industry 50,236.5 47,455.2 53,727.9 13.2 54,142.1 0.8
Industry-administered FFRDCs 4,207.5 3,935.8 4,477.3 13.8 4,505.3 0.6
Universities and colleges 27,429.3 27,414.7 28,883.2 5.4 29,922.2 3.6
University-administered FFRDCs 3,800.8 3,911.7 4,237.7 8.3 4,608.1 8.7
Other nonprofit institutions 6,134.9 6,136.2 6,345.6 3.4 6,490.0 2.3
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 2,557.1 3,271.4 2,910.5 -11.0 3,285.8 12.9
State and local governments 446.4 487.0 567.8 16.6 474.0 -16.5
Foreign 730.1 1,036.0 1,001.7 -3.3 938.8 -6.3
Research 62,908.8 63,645.3 67,760.7 6.5 69,743.8 2.9
Performer
Intramurala 14,305.6 15,006.5 15,486.7 3.2 16,211.9 4.7
Industry 8,057.5 8,110.4 9,325.7 15.0 9,119.5 -2.2
Industry-administered FFRDCs 3,217.5 3,098.0 3,662.0 18.2 3,529.6 -3.6
Universities and colleges 26,110.1 25,962.1 27,255.8 5.0 28,236.9 3.6
University-administered FFRDCs 3,090.9 3,226.8 3,489.3 8.1 3,778.5 8.3
Other nonprofit institutions 5,648.4 5,710.6 5,833.8 2.2 5,961.2 2.2
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 1,725.7 1,616.9 1,794.8 11.0 2,028.5 13.0
State and local governments 394.7 420.3 425.0 1.1 385.0 -9.4
Foreign 358.5 493.7 487.6 -1.2 492.7 1.1
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics 3,883.2 3,862.7 4,208.3 8.9 4,426.6 5.2
Engineering 11,887.5 11,955.6 13,113.7 9.7 13,691.4 4.4
Environmental sciences 4,365.8 4,413.7 4,677.8 6.0 4,911.0 5.0
Life sciences 30,668.2 30,473.0 32,041.6 5.1 32,766.6 2.3
Physical sciences 6,483.1 6,510.3 6,757.3 3.8 6,934.1 2.6
Psychology 1,968.0 1,994.9 2,119.5 6.2 2,161.9 2.0
Social sciences 1,435.1 1,136.3 1,287.3 13.3 1,239.8 -3.7
Other sciences nec 2,217.9 3,298.8 3,555.1 7.8 3,612.4 1.6
Basic research 31,587.9 31,527.1 33,227.3 5.4 34,323.0 3.3
Performer
Intramurala 5,669.4 5,813.7 6,263.7 7.7 6,412.2 2.4
Industry 2,516.0 2,536.5 2,761.8 8.9 2,848.2 3.1
Industry-administered FFRDCs 459.1 507.0 458.4 -9.6 455.4 -0.6
Universities and colleges 15,654.7 15,295.5 15,926.6 4.1 16,431.3 3.2
University-administered FFRDCs 2,744.3 2,920.5 3,156.4 8.1 3,370.0 6.8
Other nonprofit institutions 3,124.8 2,985.7 3,083.2 3.3 3,157.9 2.4
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 1,156.6 1,200.2 1,295.5 7.9 1,368.7 5.7
State and local governments 78.0 61.2 71.8 17.4 66.1 -8.0
Foreign 185.0 206.7 210.0 1.6 213.3 1.6
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,917.7 1,984.5 2,105.7 6.1 2,170.0 3.1
Engineering 3,544.6 3,694.0 3,834.7 3.8 3,965.7 3.4
Environmental sciences 2,753.0 2,738.4 2,886.2 5.4 3,044.4 5.5
Life sciences 16,019.0 15,209.7 16,045.7 5.5 16,481.9 2.7
Physical sciences 4,637.5 4,620.8 4,830.0 4.5 5,018.3 3.9
Psychology 1,037.6 999.9 1,062.2 6.2 1,080.3 1.7
Social sciences 386.1 344.7 361.8 4.9 374.9 3.6
Other sciences nec 1,292.5 1,935.1 2,101.0 8.6 2,187.4 4.1
Applied research 31,320.9 32,118.2 34,533.4 7.5 35,420.8 2.6
Performer
Intramurala 8,636.2 9,192.8 9,223.0 0.3 9,799.7 6.3
Industry 5,541.5 5,573.8 6,563.9 17.8 6,271.3 -4.5
Industry-administered FFRDCs 2,758.4 2,591.0 3,203.6 23.6 3,074.2 -4.0
Universities and colleges 10,455.4 10,666.6 11,329.2 6.2 11,805.7 4.2
University-administered FFRDCs 346.6 306.3 333.0 8.7 408.5 22.7
Other nonprofit institutions 2,523.6 2,724.9 2,750.6 0.9 2,803.3 1.9
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 569.1 416.7 499.3 19.8 659.8 32.2
State and local governments 316.7 359.1 353.2 -1.6 319.0 -9.7
Foreign 173.5 287.0 277.5 -3.3 279.4 0.7
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,965.5 1,878.2 2,102.6 11.9 2,256.6 7.3
Engineering 8,343.0 8,261.7 9,279.0 12.3 9,725.7 4.8
Environmental sciences 1,612.9 1,675.4 1,791.6 6.9 1,866.5 4.2
Life sciences 14,649.2 15,263.2 15,995.9 4.8 16,284.7 1.8
Physical sciences 1,845.6 1,889.5 1,927.3 2.0 1,915.9 -0.6
Psychology 930.5 995.0 1,057.3 6.3 1,081.6 2.3
Social sciences 1,049.0 791.6 925.5 16.9 864.9 -6.5
Other sciences nec 925.4 1,363.7 1,454.2 6.6 1,425.0 -2.0
Development 67,369.9 64,927.8 72,309.1 11.4 72,864.5 0.8
Performer
Intramurala 20,430.5 19,918.5 22,431.5 12.6 22,030.0 -1.8
Industry 42,179.1 39,344.9 44,402.2 12.9 45,022.6 1.4
Industry-administered FFRDCs 990.0 837.8 815.2 -2.7 975.8 19.7
Universities and colleges 1,319.2 1,452.6 1,627.4 12.0 1,685.3 3.6
University-administered FFRDCs 709.9 684.9 748.4 9.3 829.6 10.9
Other nonprofit institutions 486.5 425.6 511.8 20.3 528.8 3.3
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 831.5 1,654.5 1,115.7 -32.6 1,257.3 12.7
State and local governments 51.6 66.7 142.7 113.8 89.0 -37.6
Foreign 371.6 542.3 514.2 -5.2 446.1 -13.2
R&D plant 2,217.6 2,825.1 2,485.2 -12.0 2,799.4 12.6
Performer
Intramurala 642.5 1,417.2 860.5 -39.3 1,088.6 26.5
Industry 323.3 275.6 270.2 -2.0 328.2 21.5
Industry-administered FFRDCs 91.2 101.7 88.8 -12.7 90.7 2.2
Universities and colleges 325.8 292.2 354.1 21.2 368.4 4.0
University-administered FFRDCs 308.5 376.3 545.9 45.1 544.7 -0.2
Other nonprofit institutions 212.8 151.3 200.1 32.3 216.6 8.3
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 309.8 210.6 165.4 -21.5 162.0 -2.1
State and local governments 0.3 * * 0.0 * 0.0
Foreign 3.4 0.1 0.1 32.6 0.1 8.2