Table 135. Federal obligations for basic 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 14,464.0 14,941.9 15,613.0 17,443.7 19,569.8 21,958.1 23,668.3 24,751.4 26,120.7 27,140.3 26,584.6
Computer sciences and mathematics 639.6 661.4 705.5 734.9 798.3 957.8 998.7 1,120.2 1,239.1 1,228.4 1,208.2
Computer sciences 376.8 389.5 419.1 438.3 463.0 585.6 636.9 730.5 712.2 658.1 670.9
Mathematics 162.6 238.2 250.7 254.0 308.6 288.4 325.6 359.8 479.1 542.5 518.6
Other computer sciences and mathematics 100.2 33.6 35.6 42.6 26.6 83.9 36.2 30.0 47.9 27.8 18.7
Engineering 1,612.1 1,583.0 1,594.4 1,639.7 1,764.2 1,911.5 1,864.9 1,913.1 2,271.7 2,300.5 2,364.6
Aeronautical engineering 261.7 269.1 285.2 331.7 322.8 369.7 330.1 255.8 304.2 317.7 242.7
Astronautical engineering 71.8 69.8 68.0 66.2 88.7 33.9 68.1 59.5 67.1 72.9 57.8
Chemical engineering 59.8 68.1 52.3 55.2 52.6 60.2 62.3 71.5 68.6 66.8 67.6
Civil engineering 52.9 45.4 35.9 68.8 59.7 47.9 46.5 51.1 55.6 62.2 67.4
Electrical engineering 201.5 172.9 213.9 185.6 177.0 246.9 213.0 226.3 199.6 212.6 205.1
Mechanical engineering 113.2 104.9 106.7 99.6 93.4 128.8 89.2 96.3 89.6 76.7 70.5
Metallurgy and materials engineering 501.8 462.6 478.2 481.2 517.8 591.1 507.8 581.0 592.0 665.9 811.4
Other engineering 349.4 390.4 354.3 351.4 452.2 433.1 547.8 571.7 895.0 825.7 842.1
Environmental sciences 1,554.0 1,543.5 1,528.7 1,615.7 1,838.4 1,663.0 1,833.3 1,899.5 2,022.9 1,966.1 1,849.5
Atmospheric sciences 671.2 679.5 655.2 671.0 717.0 597.2 684.1 668.1 726.8 743.6 666.3
Geological sciences 390.0 388.3 391.2 412.1 429.6 400.6 426.0 461.9 482.0 470.3 444.6
Oceanography 309.1 303.5 286.0 383.9 364.9 402.4 427.0 442.2 452.6 431.1 416.5
Other environmental sciences 183.8 172.1 196.4 148.7 326.9 262.9 296.1 327.3 361.5 321.1 322.2
Life sciences 6,879.0 7,203.8 7,853.4 9,197.1 10,049.0 12,835.5 14,024.1 14,765.3 14,490.0 15,247.6 14,934.4
Agricultural sciences 329.5 348.1 372.5 424.5 445.7 511.7 530.6 528.3 503.7 511.2 514.3
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 3,387.2 3,391.0 3,653.0 4,236.9 6,851.1 7,952.3 8,379.7 10,471.5 7,222.8 7,608.0 7,699.8
Environmental biology 205.7 206.1 196.8 280.2 313.6 309.8 334.5 324.0 329.1 339.0 344.3
Medical sciences 2,740.8 3,035.2 3,392.4 3,956.5 1,923.8 2,808.6 3,361.0 2,919.1 5,477.2 5,702.7 5,454.4
Other life sciences 215.9 223.4 238.6 299.1 514.7 1,253.1 1,418.3 522.3 957.1 1,086.7 921.7
Physical sciences 2,862.6 2,976.4 2,941.4 3,089.8 3,470.6 3,327.1 3,405.9 3,454.0 3,662.6 3,738.7 3,515.5
Astronomy 708.8 754.2 706.9 718.4 794.0 650.2 603.3 696.0 765.4 778.4 686.9
Chemistry 550.7 517.8 517.5 554.6 765.8 736.8 748.8 748.6 776.0 764.0 720.7
Physics 1,545.6 1,561.7 1,579.8 1,693.8 1,764.4 1,762.3 1,861.7 1,820.6 1,904.5 1,995.9 1,910.8
Other physical sciences 57.4 142.6 137.1 122.9 146.4 177.9 192.0 188.8 216.7 200.4 197.1
Psychology 291.5 293.9 312.0 347.3 817.8 292.9 464.6 543.8 979.2 1,040.1 944.9
Biological aspects 33.5 30.2 27.3 12.2 5.7 10.4 7.8 10.6 0.9 0.3 0.7
Social aspects 10.1 13.0 12.9 9.9 14.3 5.5 4.8 4.1 5.0 4.3 4.9
Other psychological sciences 248.0 250.7 271.8 325.1 797.8 277.0 452.0 529.2 973.2 1,035.5 939.3
Social sciences 212.5 221.0 224.8 246.5 308.0 278.4 361.7 352.8 419.3 391.4 381.0
Anthropology 12.7 14.8 13.5 13.4 14.0 14.1 15.2 12.7 12.9 15.2 14.1
Economics 39.4 46.1 41.5 45.3 51.8 42.5 45.3 48.2 48.0 51.3 46.3
Political science 5.7 4.9 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.7 10.5 11.0
Sociology 13.3 8.2 23.5 9.2 11.8 17.9 19.5 48.7 48.6 17.9 19.2
Other social sciences 141.3 147.0 141.7 173.9 225.4 198.0 276.0 237.1 303.1 296.5 290.3
Other sciences nec 412.8 459.0 452.7 572.5 523.6 691.7 715.2 702.7 1,035.9 1,227.5 1,386.5