Table 134. Federal obligations for research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 2007–17

(Dollars in millions)

Field	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Preliminary
Field	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
All fields	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
Computer sciences and mathematics	2,945.7	3,047.3	3,611.8	3,411.8	3,374.3	3,527.5	3,427.0	3,883.2	3,862.7	4,208.3	4,426.6
Computer sciences	2,077.7	2,053.0	2,422.2	2,362.0	2,191.7	2,392.2	2,361.5	2,612.8	2,645.6	NA	NA
Mathematics	708.6	782.9	927.9	835.5	891.6	925.3	864.0	979.3	1,005.9	NA	NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics	159.4	211.4	261.6	214.4	291.0	210.1	201.4	291.0	211.2	NA	NA
Engineering	8,989.7	8,975.5	10,285.0	11,081.2	10,057.2	11,403.4	10,948.2	11,887.5	11,955.6	13,113.7	13,691.4
Aeronautical engineering	929.2	810.3	907.8	830.1	845.1	1,814.9	1,842.1	1,833.0	1,825.1	NA	NA
Astronautical engineering	341.0	288.1	370.2	389.9	410.1	690.2	737.3	668.7	660.6	NA	NA
Chemical engineering	353.8	345.6	447.1	509.7	474.5	349.6	419.0	535.4	374.6	NA	NA
Civil engineering	461.5	488.0	678.9	699.8	617.1	513.6	446.9	445.1	457.6	NA	NA
Electrical engineering	1,027.5	1,046.5	1,254.0	1,360.9	1,235.5	1,324.6	1,163.2	1,240.2	883.3	NA	NA
Mechanical engineering	337.2	292.4	314.3	363.6	309.8	372.2	548.6	502.7	309.6	NA	NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering	1,479.8	1,623.9	1,721.6	1,758.8	1,621.3	1,699.2	1,729.3	1,768.7	1,756.9	NA	NA
Other engineering	4,059.8	4,080.8	4,591.2	5,168.4	4,543.8	4,639.1	4,061.8	4,893.6	5,688.0	NA	NA
Environmental sciences	3,170.5	2,984.6	3,751.1	3,338.9	3,207.2	3,884.3	4,041.0	4,365.8	4,413.7	4,677.8	4,911.0
Atmospheric sciences	964.6	884.5	1,018.1	953.8	953.9	1,469.2	1,542.4	1,567.5	1,567.9	NA	NA
Geological sciences	638.0	517.5	754.0	530.4	597.8	725.7	626.6	561.0	643.3	NA	NA
Oceanography	787.8	788.7	834.2	743.7	723.7	813.5	787.6	848.0	726.0	NA	NA
Other environmental sciences	780.1	793.9	1,144.8	1,111.0	931.7	875.8	1,084.4	1,389.3	1,476.5	NA	NA
Life sciences	29,463.6	28,918.8	33,267.1	33,909.1	29,408.6	30,965.0	29,328.4	30,668.2	30,473.0	32,041.6	32,766.6
Agricultural sciences	1,139.4	1,020.3	1,120.4	1,131.9	1,085.0	942.7	903.1	1,004.2	1,320.3	NA	NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology)	14,429.7	14,443.1	17,376.8	17,213.9	15,178.3	15,458.3	14,588.1	15,310.6	14,839.7	NA	NA
Environmental biology	757.2	858.0	963.7	816.4	854.9	796.7	782.0	820.6	819.1	NA	NA
Medical sciences	10,790.7	10,387.3	11,392.7	11,677.0	10,161.1	11,037.4	10,582.9	11,002.7	10,934.7	NA	NA
Other life sciences	2,346.5	2,210.1	2,413.6	3,070.0	2,129.4	2,729.9	2,472.3	2,530.0	2,559.2	NA	NA
Physical sciences	5,136.1	5,072.6	5,821.1	5,870.8	5,426.6	6,407.5	6,281.9	6,483.1	6,510.3	6,757.3	6,934.1
Astronomy	655.9	527.9	671.5	559.9	555.4	1,099.4	1,147.0	1,191.6	1,230.2	NA	NA
Chemistry	1,149.9	1,148.4	1,274.0	1,310.6	1,106.3	1,103.0	982.2	1,012.7	967.7	NA	NA
Physics	2,939.2	2,968.9	3,356.1	3,470.1	3,268.8	3,708.3	3,481.8	3,565.2	3,040.2	NA	NA
Other physical sciences	391.1	427.4	519.6	530.2	496.1	496.7	670.9	713.6	1,272.2	NA	NA
Psychology	1,837.9	1,740.8	2,086.3	2,155.6	1,886.8	2,086.6	1,935.2	1,968.0	1,994.9	2,119.5	2,161.9
Biological aspects	3.8	21.8	2.1	13.6	16.4	14.2	14.3	15.0	19.1	NA	NA
Social aspects	36.8	18.8	50.8	74.5	54.5	61.7	64.9	59.5	58.5	NA	NA
Other psychological sciences	1,797.3	1,700.3	2,033.4	2,067.4	1,816.0	2,010.8	1,856.0	1,893.5	1,917.2	NA	NA
Social sciences	1,147.1	977.0	1,156.7	1,197.3	1,262.4	1,124.5	1,237.3	1,435.1	1,136.3	1,287.3	1,239.8
Anthropology	16.1	17.4	29.4	24.7	26.1	30.2	26.3	26.5	29.9	NA	NA
Economics	250.0	212.3	230.1	274.0	398.6	343.5	333.0	344.3	336.8	NA	NA
Political science	41.2	29.2	24.6	14.2	12.0	12.9	11.0	13.4	16.0	NA	NA
Sociology	217.6	95.2	138.8	132.3	132.5	154.7	137.2	157.7	128.2	NA	NA
Other social sciences	622.2	622.9	733.8	752.0	693.2	583.2	729.8	893.2	625.3	NA	NA
Other sciences nec	1,403.1	2,177.1	3,712.7	2,763.2	3,400.5	2,546.3	1,999.3	2,217.9	3,298.8	3,555.1	3,612.4

NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Between FY 2006 and FY 2007, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) R&D obligations decreased for two reasons: (1) in FY 2007, NASA excluded projects that were operational in nature that were not excluded in FY 2006, which accounts for $850 million of the decrease; and (2) there was an overall decrease in obligations between FY 2006 and FY 2007, which accounts for the remainder of the decrease. In FY 2010, NASA resumed reporting International Space Station (ISS) obligations as R&D plant. In FY 2012, NASA began reporting ISS obligations as research rather than R&D plant. In FY 2013, NASA revamped its reporting process so that the data for FY 2012 forward are not directly comparable with totals reported in previous years. FYs 2009 and 2010 obligations include additional funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.