Table 70. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges in engineering, by selected 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 surveyed 2,456,693.5 195,446.4 53,048.4 75,149.9 61,465.8 229,845.9 128,884.2 399,264.3 1,313,588.6
Departments
Department of Agriculture 33,474.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 33,474.6
Agricultural Research Service 690.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 690.7
Forest Service 849.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 849.4
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 31,934.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31,934.5
Department of Defense 454,414.2 70,217.1 6,383.3 21,615.8 22,911.4 99,069.5 22,843.9 76,128.2 135,245.0
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 102,574.4 0.0 157.6 1,460.5 0.0 14,964.3 0.0 11,472.9 74,519.1
Department of the Air Force 107,169.4 45,067.3 5,842.8 4,306.4 0.0 7,438.3 1,523.4 23,058.9 19,932.2
Department of the Army 83,250.7 18,361.9 0.0 7,336.5 1,639.2 21,789.9 13,685.3 15,885.3 4,552.5
Department of the Navy 129,756.2 5,405.0 0.0 4,182.4 16,762.3 44,505.7 2,054.9 22,490.4 34,355.4
Other defense agencies 31,663.5 1,382.9 382.9 4,330.0 4,509.9 10,371.3 5,580.3 3,220.7 1,885.6
Department of Energy 189,589.8 0.0 0.0 11,461.7 987.6 12,298.1 19,155.8 43,920.4 101,766.2
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 41,992.6 0.0 0.0 2,261.8 987.6 6,326.5 19,155.8 13,261.0 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 381.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 381.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 13,435.8 0.0 0.0 1,483.6 0.0 5,589.8 0.0 0.0 6,362.4
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 47,799.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47,799.8
Fossil Energy 7,716.3 0.0 0.0 7,716.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Energy 47,604.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47,604.0
Office of Science 30,659.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30,659.4 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 763,346.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,662.3 747,683.9
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 498.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 498.0
National Institutes of Health 762,848.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,662.3 747,185.9
Department of Homeland Security 2,791.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,791.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 2,791.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,791.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 197,640.5 125,229.3 46,665.1 746.7 65.8 3,992.5 2,764.1 3,852.5 14,324.5
National Science Foundation 815,436.5 0.0 0.0 41,325.7 37,501.0 111,694.0 84,120.4 259,700.9 281,094.5