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Table 92. Federal obligations for applied 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 976,583.7 85,304.1 32,732.4 28,091.7 17,467.4 91,373.5 40,509.8 59,766.0 621,338.9
Departments
Department of Agriculture 21,410.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21,410.4
Agricultural Research Service 307.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 307.0
Forest Service 346.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 346.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 20,757.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20,757.4
Department of Defense 205,040.2 25,575.4 1,740.8 9,259.6 8,591.3 56,288.6 4,039.3 15,952.9 83,592.3
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 62,311.0 0.0 157.6 1,460.5 0.0 14,422.6 0.0 1,330.1 44,940.2
Department of the Air Force 36,809.7 20,137.5 1,583.2 578.1 0.0 4,289.7 3.2 6,619.4 3,598.7
Department of the Army 24,125.5 2,495.6 0.0 3,038.7 1,376.6 9,294.6 1,981.2 2,911.7 3,027.1
Department of the Navy 77,635.7 1,942.3 0.0 4,182.4 7,214.7 26,295.5 2,054.9 5,091.6 30,854.3
Other defense agencies 4,158.2 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,986.2 0.0 0.0 1,172.0
Department of Energy 152,143.5 0.0 0.0 11,461.7 987.6 10,728.4 19,155.8 13,261.0 96,549.1
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 49.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 11,974.3 0.0 0.0 1,483.6 0.0 4,352.0 0.0 0.0 6,138.6
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 42,610.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42,610.7
Department of Health and Human Services 366,665.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7,517.9 359,147.2
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 366,167.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7,517.9 358,649.2
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 94,245.6 59,728.7 30,991.6 25.8 1.6 825.8 552.1 192.5 1,927.6
National Science Foundation 134,287.1 0.0 0.0 7,344.7 7,886.9 20,739.0 16,762.6 22,841.8 58,712.3
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. Applied research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 94% of total federal applied 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.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2015–17.