Table 133. Federal obligations for research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 1996–2006

(Dollars in millions)

Field 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
All fields 28,259.8 29,365.3 30,922.3 33,527.5 38,470.6 44,713.7 48,006.7 51,071.8 53,357.8 53,738.2 53,535.7
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,571.6 1,671.8 1,836.8 1,980.6 2,205.6 2,610.6 2,630.7 2,672.5 2,949.4 2,983.4 2,814.9
Computer sciences 1,119.8 1,264.7 1,398.7 1,516.1 1,659.6 2,022.8 2,043.2 2,052.8 2,144.9 2,157.1 1,987.8
Mathematics 254.5 301.6 334.1 345.3 432.9 396.4 402.0 452.9 617.8 686.6 669.2
Other computer sciences and mathematics 197.3 105.5 104.0 119.2 113.1 191.4 185.5 166.7 186.7 139.7 157.9
Engineering 5,680.9 5,690.3 5,895.4 6,263.4 6,346.4 8,197.0 8,274.9 8,405.1 8,866.4 8,552.9 8,678.7
Aeronautical engineering 1,249.4 1,352.7 1,596.4 1,609.7 1,463.9 2,430.1 2,157.1 1,732.2 1,640.8 1,276.3 1,229.2
Astronautical engineering 526.6 596.3 631.1 620.6 515.0 752.7 760.8 702.5 664.9 494.1 476.3
Chemical engineering 215.1 235.0 190.1 203.2 196.5 199.0 201.6 327.9 318.8 283.8 294.6
Civil engineering 300.2 275.6 244.1 328.5 239.2 288.4 302.7 339.6 330.3 279.2 352.7
Electrical engineering 669.7 622.2 639.3 698.7 744.8 889.7 808.7 950.0 890.9 1,033.5 1,035.5
Mechanical engineering 294.0 254.6 249.6 240.4 289.3 319.2 265.9 298.4 301.9 323.7 298.2
Metallurgy and materials engineering 989.0 860.7 789.1 788.0 918.1 1,080.8 1,000.5 1,083.7 1,037.2 1,184.1 1,250.0
Other engineering 1,437.0 1,493.2 1,555.6 1,774.3 1,979.6 2,237.0 2,777.6 2,970.8 3,681.6 3,678.3 3,742.3
Environmental sciences 3,019.7 3,045.7 3,062.0 3,095.3 3,328.8 3,251.7 3,418.3 3,740.9 3,741.6 3,502.6 3,430.6
Atmospheric sciences 1,085.7 1,164.3 1,174.4 1,176.5 1,104.3 1,113.6 1,163.5 1,259.4 1,259.7 1,185.1 1,166.9
Geological sciences 784.3 691.8 603.3 660.2 639.2 673.8 674.9 725.0 704.5 673.5 653.9
Oceanography 574.3 597.7 559.8 656.6 673.0 681.1 784.6 846.1 809.1 771.5 745.8
Other environmental sciences 575.4 591.8 724.4 602.0 912.2 783.3 795.2 910.3 968.4 872.5 864.0
Life sciences 12,064.3 12,661.3 13,557.6 15,422.5 17,964.7 23,057.3 25,476.8 27,772.2 27,728.5 28,127.8 27,927.7
Agricultural sciences 616.0 641.3 762.8 849.4 895.0 1,007.7 1,047.6 1,046.0 1,086.8 1,094.2 1,108.2
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 5,309.9 5,320.2 5,706.6 6,477.6 10,740.0 12,380.0 14,498.5 18,643.5 13,091.9 13,351.6 13,690.8
Environmental biology 704.0 582.5 604.5 720.6 740.0 728.8 778.9 717.9 670.0 699.0 686.6
Medical sciences 4,973.4 5,532.7 5,996.3 6,801.2 4,463.8 6,585.2 6,427.4 6,160.3 10,898.8 10,862.1 10,592.2
Other life sciences 461.1 584.6 487.4 573.6 1,125.9 2,355.7 2,724.4 1,204.6 1,981.0 2,120.9 1,849.9
Physical sciences 3,923.0 4,149.2 4,209.7 4,066.2 4,788.0 4,600.8 4,983.2 5,021.6 5,211.1 5,493.7 5,351.1
Astronomy 729.0 774.7 732.2 757.9 880.3 759.2 751.5 871.8 920.8 884.9 792.5
Chemistry 881.1 845.8 819.0 814.9 1,225.6 1,024.9 1,181.7 1,137.9 1,191.0 1,197.5 1,126.4
Physics 1,991.3 2,067.6 2,131.8 2,221.9 2,405.4 2,461.7 2,621.4 2,500.2 2,598.6 3,041.3 3,001.8
Other physical sciences 321.6 461.0 526.7 271.4 276.7 354.9 428.6 511.7 500.8 370.0 430.5
Psychology 525.0 545.4 591.0 632.6 1,626.7 741.9 905.9 1,104.4 1,854.9 1,891.8 1,747.3
Biological aspects 62.8 57.8 41.6 18.0 8.2 13.6 10.6 23.2 6.0 2.3 3.0
Social aspects 83.4 96.7 97.5 66.6 56.0 59.8 52.5 50.6 51.7 46.6 40.9
Other psychological sciences 378.8 390.9 451.9 547.9 1,562.5 668.5 842.8 1,030.6 1,797.2 1,842.8 1,703.4
Social sciences 654.6 696.3 806.1 854.9 1,050.4 1,008.6 983.0 1,025.8 1,089.6 1,097.1 1,123.9
Anthropology 18.3 21.0 18.2 18.3 15.9 15.6 16.4 14.5 15.0 18.0 15.1
Economics 194.2 205.2 230.5 216.6 249.5 234.1 227.3 234.5 204.6 215.9 202.6
Political science 16.7 14.1 20.2 20.2 22.6 19.5 18.4 18.5 18.7 32.7 44.6
Sociology 41.2 25.9 100.8 83.8 90.6 95.5 96.1 124.7 120.1 70.2 144.2
Other social sciences 384.2 430.2 436.4 516.0 671.8 644.0 624.7 633.6 731.2 760.4 717.4
Other sciences nec 820.7 905.3 963.7 1,212.1 1,160.2 1,245.8 1,334.0 1,329.3 1,916.3 2,088.9 2,461.3