Table 120. Federal obligations for research, by agency: FYs 2007–17
(Dollars in millions)
Agency |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Preliminary |
2016 |
2017 |
All agencies |
54,093.6 |
53,893.7 |
63,691.9 |
63,728.0 |
58,023.7 |
61,945.2 |
59,198.2 |
62,908.8 |
63,645.3 |
67,760.7 |
69,743.8 |
Departments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Department of Agriculture |
2,067.7 |
2,019.5 |
2,075.5 |
2,141.0 |
2,125.4 |
1,964.0 |
1,867.9 |
2,059.7 |
2,128.4 |
2,264.6 |
2,326.5 |
Agricultural Marketing Service |
6.4 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
Agricultural Research Service |
1,027.8 |
1,010.3 |
1,027.1 |
1,060.5 |
1,019.7 |
980.8 |
912.9 |
1,009.6 |
1,018.4 |
1,029.5 |
1,046.7 |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
17.7 |
19.0 |
19.5 |
19.6 |
19.8 |
Economic Research Service |
92.0 |
77.8 |
78.9 |
86.4 |
81.1 |
77.2 |
71.0 |
77.6 |
85.1 |
85.4 |
91.3 |
Foreign Agricultural Service |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
Forest Service |
279.8 |
255.7 |
297.6 |
283.4 |
281.9 |
272.1 |
301.2 |
276.5 |
260.2 |
260.2 |
260.2 |
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration |
6.7 |
6.6 |
6.5 |
6.3 |
6.7 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
National Agricultural Statistics Service |
6.8 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.5 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
National Institute of Food and Agriculturea |
626.6 |
655.1 |
651.5 |
689.6 |
724.1 |
614.2 |
546.1 |
657.0 |
726.1 |
851.9 |
890.3 |
Rural Business-Cooperative Service |
21.0 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
1.7 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
5.8 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
Department of Commerce |
928.5 |
964.0 |
959.1 |
1,135.1 |
941.0 |
988.5 |
1,023.2 |
1,277.3 |
1,153.9 |
1,212.4 |
1,291.4 |
Economic Development Administration |
0.8 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
6.8 |
0.6 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
415.3 |
406.8 |
479.3 |
653.3 |
473.0 |
507.5 |
526.0 |
599.4 |
631.2 |
648.6 |
678.3 |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
500.1 |
542.7 |
463.8 |
458.0 |
448.8 |
396.1 |
374.9 |
441.8 |
470.0 |
478.7 |
522.6 |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.9 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
7.3 |
9.6 |
12.3 |
13.1 |
16.2 |
U.S. Census Bureau |
5.3 |
5.3 |
6.2 |
9.4 |
10.8 |
77.3 |
115.0 |
226.5 |
40.5 |
72.1 |
74.2 |
Department of Defense |
6,393.9 |
6,580.8 |
6,792.0 |
7,065.5 |
6,595.7 |
6,662.5 |
5,955.3 |
6,704.4 |
6,691.5 |
7,331.8 |
6,938.9 |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencyb |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
1,384.0 |
1,496.3 |
1,267.9 |
1,536.5 |
1,484.9 |
1,674.9 |
1,691.3 |
Defense agencies and activitiesb |
1,866.7 |
2,030.8 |
2,206.9 |
2,443.5 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
Department of the Air Force |
1,540.1 |
1,591.8 |
1,604.2 |
1,678.3 |
1,673.9 |
1,726.0 |
1,502.3 |
1,573.5 |
1,609.2 |
1,759.6 |
1,759.3 |
Department of the Army |
1,721.3 |
1,631.1 |
1,667.0 |
1,675.2 |
1,478.5 |
1,333.1 |
1,256.9 |
1,418.3 |
1,390.5 |
1,547.0 |
1,359.1 |
Department of the Navy |
1,265.8 |
1,327.2 |
1,313.9 |
1,268.5 |
1,295.4 |
1,413.9 |
1,295.7 |
1,482.9 |
1,465.1 |
1,603.1 |
1,534.6 |
Other defense agenciesb |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
763.9 |
693.2 |
632.5 |
693.2 |
741.8 |
747.3 |
594.6 |
Department of Educationc |
211.5 |
204.1 |
202.6 |
225.2 |
213.0 |
208.4 |
202.1 |
208.4 |
159.8 |
159.8 |
154.3 |
Department of Energy |
5,856.5 |
6,099.6 |
7,188.1 |
7,598.3 |
7,350.1 |
7,361.3 |
7,333.3 |
8,091.7 |
8,641.5 |
9,492.9 |
10,096.6 |
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy |
na |
0.0 |
0.0 |
205.1 |
127.8 |
56.4 |
92.0 |
150.0 |
138.9 |
145.5 |
175.0 |
Bonneville Power Administration |
8.7 |
11.2 |
7.3 |
11.8 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
12.5 |
7.3 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
10.5 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability |
57.3 |
27.3 |
61.7 |
73.5 |
61.8 |
64.0 |
53.5 |
65.2 |
63.1 |
73.5 |
79.6 |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
342.9 |
429.1 |
653.4 |
911.7 |
467.5 |
441.2 |
529.8 |
540.1 |
472.6 |
640.4 |
996.2 |
Environmental Management |
2.4 |
2.3 |
10.9 |
30.8 |
22.3 |
14.7 |
3.0 |
16.2 |
8.3 |
1.8 |
11.6 |
Fossil Energy |
216.8 |
183.0 |
246.1 |
218.1 |
184.8 |
165.1 |
154.0 |
161.7 |
198.8 |
228.6 |
209.8 |
National Nuclear Security Administration |
2,154.4 |
2,178.1 |
2,061.4 |
1,951.4 |
2,250.4 |
2,338.8 |
2,404.3 |
2,770.0 |
2,704.9 |
3,505.8 |
3,551.9 |
Defense Programs |
2,028.4 |
1,967.1 |
1,795.8 |
1,710.3 |
1,974.7 |
2,143.4 |
2,148.2 |
2,519.4 |
2,526.7 |
3,317.0 |
3,363.1 |
Nuclear Nonproliferation |
126.0 |
211.0 |
265.6 |
241.1 |
275.6 |
195.4 |
256.1 |
250.6 |
178.2 |
188.8 |
188.8 |
Nuclear Energy |
71.0 |
130.1 |
116.0 |
300.9 |
326.8 |
336.4 |
236.1 |
295.9 |
639.3 |
375.4 |
328.4 |
Office of Science |
2,992.5 |
3,137.3 |
4,031.2 |
3,895.1 |
3,903.5 |
3,939.5 |
3,848.2 |
4,085.1 |
4,409.0 |
4,515.1 |
4,737.3 |
Department of Health and Human Services |
29,210.7 |
29,459.2 |
35,489.9 |
35,797.5 |
30,770.7 |
31,124.2 |
29,314.6 |
30,587.3 |
30,196.7 |
31,816.4 |
32,506.8 |
Administration for Children and Families |
11.8 |
19.4 |
14.0 |
6.8 |
9.6 |
8.4 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
Administration for Community Livingc |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
72.5 |
72.5 |
72.5 |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
293.4 |
307.6 |
347.8 |
789.3 |
341.0 |
336.5 |
335.8 |
335.0 |
335.0 |
306.2 |
306.2 |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
2.8 |
5.1 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
527.2 |
511.3 |
389.4 |
409.7 |
347.6 |
481.0 |
334.3 |
379.2 |
460.4 |
473.8 |
450.6 |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
57.3 |
31.1 |
30.1 |
81.7 |
35.4 |
21.0 |
20.0 |
33.6 |
24.0 |
28.9 |
29.2 |
Food and Drug Administration |
129.3 |
137.9 |
166.4 |
210.6 |
225.2 |
352.6 |
360.6 |
389.1 |
375.7 |
394.3 |
394.5 |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
16.8 |
21.7 |
23.4 |
29.6 |
26.7 |
26.9 |
26.5 |
27.7 |
27.3 |
27.3 |
27.3 |
National Institutes of Health |
28,146.3 |
28,404.4 |
34,494.3 |
34,212.6 |
29,760.2 |
29,876.8 |
28,215.3 |
29,399.6 |
28,880.0 |
30,490.0 |
31,204.0 |
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services |
24.5 |
21.5 |
20.0 |
54.4 |
19.9 |
19.5 |
18.6 |
18.6 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
24.5 |
21.5 |
20.0 |
54.4 |
19.9 |
19.5 |
18.6 |
18.6 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
Department of Homeland Security |
541.8 |
325.4 |
347.2 |
321.5 |
248.1 |
306.6 |
140.7 |
256.1 |
216.9 |
227.0 |
214.2 |
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
79.3 |
37.3 |
37.3 |
37.9 |
Science and Technology Directorate |
535.8 |
318.1 |
340.5 |
313.9 |
241.0 |
294.4 |
133.7 |
168.4 |
173.1 |
182.0 |
170.0 |
U.S. Coast Guard |
5.2 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
7.6 |
7.1 |
12.2 |
7.0 |
8.4 |
6.4 |
7.8 |
6.3 |
U.S. Secret Service |
0.8 |
0.7 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
14.0 |
10.4 |
11.7 |
38.8 |
48.8 |
63.1 |
44.1 |
36.5 |
38.2 |
46.9 |
65.7 |
Department of the Interior |
553.7 |
566.1 |
657.6 |
644.0 |
629.5 |
624.5 |
603.3 |
649.3 |
680.3 |
712.9 |
759.4 |
Bureau of Land Management |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
15.4 |
17.0 |
17.0 |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Managementd |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
39.0 |
39.5 |
48.0 |
43.9 |
63.5 |
63.9 |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcementd |
25.0 |
32.4 |
35.7 |
43.4 |
45.4 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
Bureau of Reclamation |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
7.3 |
8.6 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
9.0 |
7.3 |
13.9 |
17.1 |
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcementd |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
7.7 |
15.2 |
32.6 |
16.6 |
20.1 |
17.8 |
National Park Service |
7.0 |
6.6 |
11.3 |
6.4 |
8.3 |
5.4 |
6.4 |
14.1 |
7.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
29.8 |
32.2 |
32.8 |
U.S. Geological Survey |
518.7 |
524.0 |
607.6 |
586.9 |
567.2 |
564.9 |
534.6 |
545.5 |
559.7 |
566.2 |
610.7 |
Department of Justice |
62.5 |
77.5 |
80.9 |
87.5 |
84.5 |
75.4 |
77.7 |
142.2 |
128.4 |
129.5 |
131.7 |
Bureau of Prisons |
4.2 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
3.5 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
8.1 |
6.9 |
6.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Office of Justice Programs |
58.3 |
74.5 |
78.1 |
84.6 |
72.9 |
66.8 |
68.6 |
140.0 |
125.8 |
127.4 |
129.7 |
Department of Labor |
48.0 |
40.9 |
29.2 |
11.9 |
53.0 |
18.9 |
13.9 |
11.2 |
10.2 |
7.3 |
10.6 |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
23.7 |
24.2 |
0.0 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Employee Benefits Security Administration |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
5.8 |
48.5 |
12.8 |
9.6 |
7.5 |
6.5 |
3.5 |
6.5 |
Employment and Training Administration |
18.8 |
10.7 |
22.4 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
3.4 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
5.9 |
4.3 |
6.0 |
4.2 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
Office of the Secretary of Labor |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
Department of Statee |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
2.9 |
3.3 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
NA |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Department of Transportation |
589.5 |
634.1 |
586.7 |
645.9 |
637.0 |
698.4 |
654.7 |
653.0 |
662.6 |
668.9 |
691.1 |
Federal Aviation Administration |
128.2 |
140.4 |
162.9 |
236.6 |
210.1 |
216.4 |
196.9 |
197.5 |
207.2 |
221.7 |
214.3 |
Federal Highway Administration |
348.3 |
347.3 |
316.8 |
295.9 |
299.8 |
348.9 |
327.3 |
338.8 |
273.2 |
253.8 |
259.2 |
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
9.4 |
8.4 |
6.9 |
6.6 |
5.7 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
Federal Railroad Administration |
31.5 |
37.5 |
8.3 |
9.7 |
20.3 |
27.5 |
39.5 |
29.8 |
32.9 |
29.3 |
44.1 |
Federal Transit Administration |
2.8 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
20.0 |
23.3 |
24.8 |
13.6 |
8.2 |
72.4 |
50.0 |
6.0 |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
64.1 |
83.3 |
82.0 |
70.8 |
71.0 |
68.7 |
64.8 |
65.1 |
62.5 |
86.6 |
144.7 |
Office of the Secretary of Transportationf |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
3.6 |
2.8 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
3.4 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
4.8 |
14.5 |
9.8 |
Research and Innovative Technology Administrationf |
1.7 |
10.7 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
na |
na |
na |
na |
Department of the Treasury |
59.3 |
64.5 |
67.0 |
68.4 |
77.0 |
75.3 |
73.3 |
73.4 |
72.5 |
75.3 |
71.8 |
Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
4.4 |
4.9 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
5.2 |
4.7 |
8.6 |
8.8 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
8.6 |
Internal Revenue Service |
54.8 |
59.6 |
64.9 |
66.3 |
70.8 |
69.0 |
64.5 |
64.0 |
63.6 |
63.2 |
63.2 |
U.S. Mint |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
* |
3.3 |
0.0 |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
424.7 |
456.6 |
477.3 |
529.0 |
575.4 |
577.2 |
604.0 |
553.5 |
643.4 |
656.2 |
685.4 |
Other agencies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agency for International Development |
234.5 |
123.8 |
160.1 |
84.3 |
119.2 |
77.4 |
125.5 |
59.9 |
212.2 |
212.2 |
212.2 |
Appalachian Regional Commission |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
* |
0.0 |
Consumer Product Safety Commission |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
2.0 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
Environmental Protection Agency |
492.2 |
450.2 |
468.1 |
484.8 |
491.4 |
490.6 |
446.2 |
453.5 |
440.4 |
430.0 |
429.9 |
Federal Communications Commission |
6.4 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
6.7 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.2 |
Federal Trade Commission |
1.5 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
Library of Congress |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
2,131.8 |
1,405.7 |
1,703.5 |
1,502.8 |
1,574.6 |
5,100.3 |
5,422.4 |
5,335.6 |
5,539.4 |
6,179.0 |
6,714.8 |
National Archives and Records Administration |
0.1 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
3.1 |
2.0 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
National Science Foundation |
3,970.1 |
4,135.2 |
6,095.2 |
5,015.7 |
5,145.6 |
5,169.8 |
4,955.9 |
5,403.3 |
5,669.7 |
5,692.5 |
6,070.8 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
76.5 |
61.0 |
61.2 |
85.4 |
83.8 |
82.6 |
75.9 |
85.0 |
91.9 |
74.3 |
68.7 |
Smithsonian Institution |
145.0 |
142.0 |
152.0 |
167.0 |
193.1 |
197.0 |
195.0 |
194.9 |
195.7 |
203.1 |
221.1 |
Social Security Administration |
68.2 |
54.1 |
67.9 |
63.0 |
53.0 |
64.9 |
56.7 |
59.6 |
58.9 |
155.4 |
68.3 |