Table 38. Federal obligations for basic research in engineering, by agency and detailed field: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Aeronautical engineering Astronautical engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Metallurgy and materials engineering Other engineering
All agencies 3,693,962.0 468,718.4 98,757.5 60,451.6 54,342.4 228,249.9 125,535.9 1,289,904.0 1,368,002.3
Departments
Department of Agriculture 21,665.2 0.0 0.0 43.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21,622.2
Agricultural Research Service 5,092.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,092.2
Forest Service 3,900.4 0.0 0.0 43.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,857.4
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 12,672.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12,672.6
Department of Commerce 28,479.0 0.0 0.0 108.3 0.0 17,605.2 65.9 7,368.3 3,331.3
National Institute of Standards and Technology 28,479.0 0.0 0.0 108.3 0.0 17,605.2 65.9 7,368.3 3,331.3
Department of Defense 576,916.2 92,543.6 8,743.6 17,819.4 23,745.4 80,758.5 40,666.5 116,392.7 196,246.5
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 109,934.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,145.4 0.0 24,622.3 84,166.7
Department of the Air Force 215,084.0 50,848.2 7,702.6 3,969.2 1,804.2 14,259.6 7,804.5 36,505.6 92,190.1
Department of the Army 135,696.9 35,644.6 0.0 9,322.3 4,923.0 28,604.3 25,010.6 28,179.6 4,012.5
Department of the Navy 75,778.4 5,009.8 0.0 0.0 11,933.2 24,717.9 0.0 23,171.0 10,946.6
Other defense agencies 40,422.4 1,041.0 1,041.0 4,528.0 5,085.0 12,031.3 7,851.4 3,914.2 4,930.6
Department of Energy 968,141.2 0.0 0.0 3,980.7 301.0 19,414.3 4,577.3 896,366.1 43,501.8
Bonneville Power Administration 4,101.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 301.0 3,300.0 500.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 6,110.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,173.4 0.0 0.0 937.3
National Nuclear Security Administration 76.3 0.0 0.0 36.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 *
Nuclear Nonproliferation 76.3 0.0 0.0 36.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 *
Nuclear Energy 42,564.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42,564.5
Office of Science 915,288.7 0.0 0.0 3,944.5 0.0 10,940.9 4,077.3 896,326.1 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 772,098.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11,104.6 760,993.4
National Institutes of Health 772,098.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11,104.6 760,993.4
Department of Veterans Affairs 6,815.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,815.1
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 593,804.5 376,174.9 90,013.9 4,140.4 368.4 18,186.8 12,703.9 21,020.0 71,196.2
National Science Foundation 726,042.7 0.0 0.0 34,359.8 29,927.5 92,285.1 67,522.3 237,652.3 264,295.7