Table 81. Federal obligations for basic 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 |
1,480,109.8 |
110,142.3 |
20,316.0 |
47,058.3 |
43,998.4 |
138,472.4 |
88,374.5 |
339,498.2 |
692,249.7 |
| Departments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Department of Agriculture |
12,064.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12,064.2 |
| Agricultural Research Service |
383.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
383.7 |
| Forest Service |
503.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
503.3 |
| National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
11,177.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
11,177.1 |
| Department of Defense |
249,374.1 |
44,641.7 |
4,642.5 |
12,356.2 |
14,320.2 |
42,780.9 |
18,804.6 |
60,175.3 |
51,652.7 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
40,263.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
541.8 |
0.0 |
10,142.8 |
29,578.9 |
| Department of the Air Force |
70,359.7 |
24,929.9 |
4,259.7 |
3,728.4 |
0.0 |
3,148.6 |
1,520.2 |
16,439.5 |
16,333.6 |
| Department of the Army |
59,125.1 |
15,866.3 |
0.0 |
4,297.8 |
262.6 |
12,495.3 |
11,704.1 |
12,973.6 |
1,525.5 |
| Department of the Navy |
52,120.5 |
3,462.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
9,547.7 |
18,210.2 |
0.0 |
17,398.8 |
3,501.1 |
| Other defense agencies |
27,505.3 |
382.9 |
382.9 |
4,330.0 |
4,509.9 |
8,385.1 |
5,580.3 |
3,220.7 |
713.6 |
| Department of Energy |
37,446.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,569.7 |
0.0 |
30,659.4 |
5,217.1 |
| Bonneville Power Administration |
332.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
332.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability |
1,461.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,237.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
223.8 |
| Nuclear Energy |
4,993.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
4,993.3 |
| 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 |
396,681.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
8,144.4 |
388,536.7 |
| National Institutes of Health |
396,681.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
8,144.4 |
388,536.7 |
| Other agencies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
103,394.9 |
65,500.6 |
15,673.5 |
720.9 |
64.2 |
3,166.7 |
2,212.0 |
3,660.1 |
12,396.9 |
| National Science Foundation |
681,149.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
33,981.1 |
29,614.0 |
90,955.1 |
67,357.8 |
236,859.1 |
222,382.2 |
