Table 77. Federal obligations for basic research performed at universities and colleges, by selected agency and field of science and engineering: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Computer sciences and mathematics Engineering Environmental sciences Life sciences Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Other sciences nec
All agencies surveyed 15,246,776.4 1,147,490.6 1,480,109.8 987,339.7 8,419,985.0 1,642,136.8 627,686.1 238,696.3 703,332.0
Departments
Department of Agriculture 274,678.6 180.2 12,064.2 3,163.6 229,480.5 7,602.6 0.0 22,187.6 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 42,637.9 55.4 383.7 187.6 39,171.5 2,737.4 0.0 102.3 0.0
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 3,842.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,842.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign Agricultural Service 99.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 6,546.4 124.8 503.3 1,395.2 3,665.6 0.0 0.0 857.5 0.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 221,552.0 0.0 11,177.1 1,580.8 182,701.1 4,865.2 0.0 21,227.8 0.0
Department of Defense 1,055,830.0 210,403.7 249,374.1 59,331.4 114,159.6 192,635.1 20,246.9 10,334.0 199,345.3
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 132,827.0 50,846.4 40,263.4 0.0 35,180.5 3,074.5 0.0 0.0 3,462.2
Department of the Air Force 272,048.5 42,238.6 70,359.7 8,826.0 23,263.7 95,903.6 1,141.1 0.0 30,315.9
Department of the Army 178,534.5 66,204.5 59,125.1 4,136.1 17,740.4 19,031.0 9,132.8 2,834.5 330.0
Department of the Navy 333,460.1 30,936.3 52,120.5 40,285.8 20,181.2 17,819.9 3,570.5 3,308.7 165,237.2
Other defense agencies 138,959.9 20,177.9 27,505.3 6,083.6 17,793.8 56,806.1 6,402.4 4,190.8 0.0
Department of Energy 723,309.2 30,158.4 37,446.2 33,894.2 106,347.8 445,894.6 0.0 0.0 69,567.8
Bonneville Power Administration 377.0 45.0 332.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 1,548.4 86.9 1,461.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 5,244.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,244.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 3,125.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,125.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 3,125.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,125.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Energy 4,993.3 0.0 4,993.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 708,020.5 30,026.5 30,659.4 33,894.2 106,347.8 437,524.7 0.0 0.0 69,567.8
Department of Health and Human Services 8,582,243.0 41,206.3 396,681.0 108,704.0 7,296,365.7 41,686.2 572,788.6 40,674.7 84,136.5
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 34,690.2 0.0 0.0 16,256.5 4,456.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,977.8
National Institutes of Health 8,547,552.8 41,206.3 396,681.0 92,447.6 7,291,909.7 41,686.2 572,788.6 40,674.7 70,158.7
Department of Homeland Security 10,591.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,591.8
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 10,591.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,591.8
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 558,883.0 5,544.9 103,394.9 158,728.0 24,794.0 219,986.4 984.0 172.0 45,278.9
National Science Foundation 4,041,240.7 859,997.0 681,149.4 623,518.5 648,837.4 734,331.9 33,666.7 165,328.1 294,411.6