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Table 95. Federal obligations for applied research performed at universities and colleges in physical sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency
Total
Astronomy
Chemistry
Physics
Other physical sciences
All agencies surveyed 123,225.3 9,848.3 62,877.0 33,168.5 17,331.5
Departments
Department of Agriculture 11,225.3 0.0 11,143.4 81.9 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 2,189.9 0.0 2,108.0 81.9 0.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 9,035.4 0.0 9,035.4 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 36,470.2 0.0 1,562.7 23,015.7 11,891.7
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 4,898.1 0.0 0.0 3,710.7 1,187.3
Department of the Air Force 8,955.1 0.0 0.0 7,344.1 1,611.0
Department of the Army 6,569.6 0.0 681.4 2,651.7 3,236.5
Department of the Navy 12,078.6 0.0 10.0 8,959.7 3,109.0
Other defense agencies 3,968.9 0.0 871.3 349.6 2,748.0
Department of Energy 15,804.0 0.0 10,674.4 5,129.6 0.0
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 8,372.7 0.0 4,368.0 4,004.6 0.0
Fossil Energy 6,306.4 0.0 6,306.4 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 1,125.0 0.0 0.0 1,125.0 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 1,125.0 0.0 0.0 1,125.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 38,479.6 0.0 36,857.4 0.0 1,622.2
National Institutes of Health 38,479.6 0.0 36,857.4 0.0 1,622.2
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 14,497.1 9,780.5 494.0 3,554.2 668.4
National Science Foundation 6,749.2 67.8 2,145.0 1,387.1 3,149.2
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.