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Table 63. Preliminary federal obligations for R&D plant, by agency and R&D performer: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Intramurala Extramural
United States and U.S. territories Foreign
Industry Industry-administered FFRDCs Universities and colleges University-administered FFRDCs Other nonprofits Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs State, local governments
All agencies 2,485,190.1 860,541.1 270,189.1 88,763.7 354,134.7 545,936.5 200,078.1 165,412.0 44.0 90.9
Departments
Department of Agriculture 30,342.3 30,342.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 17,000.0 17,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 11,537.0 11,537.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 1,805.3 1,805.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Commerce 390,171.0 334,816.0 0.0 0.0 55,355.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology 143,827.0 143,827.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 246,344.0 190,989.0 0.0 0.0 55,355.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 164,176.5 143,380.8 20,795.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Air Force 114,662.5 100,774.6 13,887.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 39,583.0 39,583.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other defense agencies 9,931.1 3,023.2 6,907.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Energy 1,082,808.3 1,200.0 190,196.6 88,763.7 100,442.0 536,794.0 0.0 165,412.0 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 3,600.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,600.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 15,782.0 0.0 15,782.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 263,178.3 0.0 174,414.6 88,763.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Defense Programs 103,378.3 0.0 14,614.6 88,763.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Naval Reactors 159,800.0 0.0 159,800.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 800,248.0 1,200.0 0.0 0.0 100,442.0 536,794.0 0.0 161,812.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 160,757.3 152,363.8 0.0 0.0 7,009.1 0.0 1,384.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Food and Drug Administration 7,080.1 7,080.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health Resources and Services Administration 677.2 677.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institutes of Health 153,000.0 144,606.5 0.0 0.0 7,009.1 0.0 1,384.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 126,277.0 125,233.0 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 125,000.0 124,000.0 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Coast Guard 1,277.0 1,233.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.0 0.0
Department of the Interior 5,661.2 0.0 5,661.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Reclamation 3,455.0 0.0 3,455.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 2,206.2 0.0 2,206.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 29,903.7 1.8 29,330.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 571.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Aviation Administration 29,903.7 1.8 29,330.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 571.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Environmental Protection Agency 5,291.0 0.0 5,291.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 36,139.7 9,177.0 17,820.2 0.0 0.0 9,142.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Science Foundation 424,210.0 34,574.4 93.6 0.0 191,328.6 0.0 198,122.6 0.0 0.0 90.9
Smithsonian Institution 29,452.0 29,452.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2015–17.