Table 78. Preliminary federal obligations for basic research performed at universities and colleges, by selected agency and field of science and engineering: FY 2016

(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 15,878,601.5 1,175,588.4 1,520,179.7 1,010,325.3 8,888,512.4 1,621,591.9 668,424.5 249,480.8 744,498.6
Departments
Department of Agriculture 309,105.0 166.4 15,022.5 3,355.7 257,068.4 7,551.8 0.0 25,940.2 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 31,978.4 41.6 287.8 140.7 29,378.6 2,053.0 0.0 76.7 0.0
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 3,476.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,476.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign Agricultural Service 99.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.8 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 267,004.4 0.0 14,231.3 1,819.8 220,448.5 5,498.8 0.0 25,006.0 0.0
Department of Defense 1,135,036.5 224,978.7 261,866.3 63,349.2 119,274.5 207,082.3 25,855.7 15,637.6 216,992.3
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 153,496.6 58,758.8 46,528.9 0.0 40,877.9 3,552.9 0.0 0.0 3,778.1
Department of the Air Force 297,062.0 45,464.8 76,737.6 9,948.8 25,020.4 106,145.5 1,227.3 49.8 32,467.8
Department of the Army 189,359.1 75,491.6 61,232.6 4,874.4 14,548.5 20,381.7 9,649.7 3,148.0 32.5
Department of the Navy 364,693.1 33,833.9 57,002.3 44,059.1 22,071.4 19,489.0 3,904.9 3,618.6 180,713.9
Other defense agencies 130,425.8 11,429.5 20,364.9 4,466.9 16,756.3 57,513.3 11,073.7 8,821.3 0.0
Department of Energy 668,805.0 46,107.3 28,085.8 37,103.0 94,741.0 383,246.9 0.0 0.0 79,521.0
Bonneville Power Administration 377.0 50.0 327.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 1,207.8 0.0 1,207.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 6,015.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,015.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 3,679.3 2,429.3 1,250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 3,679.3 2,429.3 1,250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 657,525.0 43,628.0 25,301.0 37,103.0 94,741.0 377,231.0 0.0 0.0 79,521.0
Department of Health and Human Services 9,100,960.6 43,739.9 421,071.4 106,750.4 7,744,716.6 44,249.3 608,007.1 43,475.6 88,950.3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 27,852.4 0.0 0.0 8,618.6 4,456.0 0.0 0.0 300.0 14,477.8
National Institutes of Health 9,073,108.3 43,739.9 421,071.4 98,131.8 7,740,260.7 44,249.3 608,007.1 43,175.6 74,472.5
Department of Homeland Security 10,410.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,410.8
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 10,410.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,410.8
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 635,130.1 6,301.4 117,500.8 180,382.8 28,176.6 249,998.7 1,118.3 195.4 51,456.2
National Science Foundation 4,019,153.4 854,294.7 676,632.9 619,384.2 644,535.2 729,462.9 33,443.5 164,231.9 297,168.0