Table 86. Federal obligations for basic research performed at universities and colleges in social sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency	Total	Anthropology	Economics	Political science	Sociology	Other social sciences
All agencies surveyed	238,696.3	20,943.5	32,210.4	11,621.0	13,289.2	160,632.4
Departments
Department of Agriculture	22,187.6	0.0	14,788.4	0.0	6,721.4	677.8
Agricultural Research Service	102.3	0.0	102.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Forest Service	857.5	0.0	119.7	0.0	60.0	677.8
National Institute of Food and Agriculture	21,227.8	0.0	14,566.4	0.0	6,661.4	0.0
Department of Defense	10,334.0	3,546.5	105.4	2,700.6	578.2	3,403.3
Department of the Army	2,834.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2,834.5
Department of the Navy	3,308.7	3,308.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other defense agencies	4,190.8	237.8	105.4	2,700.6	578.2	568.7
Department of Health and Human Services	40,674.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40,674.7
National Institutes of Health	40,674.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40,674.7
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	172.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	62.1	109.9
National Science Foundation	165,328.1	17,397.0	17,316.6	8,920.3	5,927.5	115,766.7

Agency	Total	Anthropology	Economics	Political science	Sociology	Other social sciences

NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Seven agencies are required to report data for this section of the survey: the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation. Basic research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 99% of total federal basic research obligations to universities and colleges in FY 2015. 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.