Table 136. Federal obligations for basic 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
2016 2017
All fields 26,865.8 27,154.0 32,879.4 31,795.3 29,313.6 30,958.9 29,779.4 31,587.9 31,527.1 33,227.3 34,323.0
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,293.5 1,407.4 1,861.4 1,663.2 1,788.5 1,794.9 1,690.8 1,917.7 1,984.5 2,105.7 2,170.0
Computer sciences 708.3 733.8 978.1 873.6 936.4 922.4 859.9 958.9 1,024.5 NA NA
Mathematics 561.0 645.0 804.3 716.6 741.3 806.2 757.5 824.4 874.1 NA NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 24.2 28.6 79.0 73.0 110.7 66.3 73.4 134.4 85.8 NA NA
Engineering 2,629.9 2,736.0 3,406.2 3,491.1 3,168.0 3,458.9 3,407.5 3,544.6 3,694.0 3,834.7 3,965.7
Aeronautical engineering 195.1 149.5 185.3 151.3 153.2 401.9 408.9 446.9 468.7 NA NA
Astronautical engineering 43.8 32.0 35.3 31.6 32.9 79.4 85.0 92.8 98.8 NA NA
Chemical engineering 109.0 111.6 167.6 142.7 182.7 94.4 84.2 103.7 60.5 NA NA
Civil engineering 123.6 126.2 185.5 155.2 149.2 35.3 28.2 27.8 54.3 NA NA
Electrical engineering 246.4 221.4 297.4 295.0 281.0 298.7 259.4 247.8 228.2 NA NA
Mechanical engineering 77.6 65.8 84.3 80.3 82.3 156.4 146.9 128.6 125.5 NA NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 959.9 993.2 1,112.6 1,091.4 1,077.2 1,186.1 1,201.1 1,232.8 1,289.9 NA NA
Other engineering 874.5 1,036.2 1,338.3 1,543.7 1,209.5 1,206.7 1,193.9 1,264.2 1,368.0 NA NA
Environmental sciences 1,727.8 1,593.1 2,142.9 1,787.4 1,796.4 2,258.7 2,395.8 2,753.0 2,738.4 2,886.2 3,044.4
Atmospheric sciences 583.6 523.2 650.5 596.9 612.5 952.3 994.8 1,036.6 1,051.4 NA NA
Geological sciences 426.8 303.0 429.7 332.6 396.4 501.5 411.2 417.8 432.7 NA NA
Oceanography 436.9 433.6 549.2 471.6 483.0 494.4 456.5 482.7 431.8 NA NA
Other environmental sciences 280.5 333.3 513.5 386.3 304.5 310.3 533.2 815.8 822.4 NA NA
Life sciences 15,643.5 15,557.4 17,587.2 17,748.3 15,373.4 16,015.8 15,317.3 16,019.0 15,209.7 16,045.7 16,481.9
Agricultural sciences 532.9 494.7 531.4 571.4 547.0 480.4 462.4 513.7 554.2 NA NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 8,075.5 8,258.7 9,600.1 9,417.4 8,277.1 8,317.4 7,918.8 8,283.6 7,758.4 NA NA
Environmental biology 350.8 368.2 466.6 435.4 434.6 406.6 384.4 394.8 398.6 NA NA
Medical sciences 5,504.0 5,314.3 5,747.6 5,786.9 5,085.5 5,528.0 5,325.9 5,564.2 5,270.5 NA NA
Other life sciences 1,180.2 1,121.5 1,241.5 1,537.1 1,029.2 1,283.4 1,225.8 1,262.7 1,228.0 NA NA
Physical sciences 3,544.5 3,403.1 4,121.0 3,984.1 3,815.0 4,556.7 4,432.2 4,637.5 4,620.8 4,830.0 5,018.3
Astronomy 592.6 482.5 617.7 504.2 498.8 925.0 973.9 1,036.0 1,073.5 NA NA
Chemistry 732.8 725.8 835.4 827.7 774.3 776.3 714.7 722.1 672.4 NA NA
Physics 2,012.3 1,986.6 2,370.4 2,377.0 2,275.2 2,568.0 2,468.8 2,576.0 2,569.2 NA NA
Other physical sciences 206.8 208.2 297.5 275.1 266.7 287.4 274.8 303.4 305.7 NA NA
Psychology 978.8 936.0 1,100.5 1,129.2 978.8 1,087.8 1,016.0 1,037.6 999.9 1,062.2 1,080.3
Biological aspects 1.5 0.5 1.9 10.1 13.4 13.1 13.8 13.7 14.2 NA NA
Social aspects 5.4 6.6 18.5 18.4 16.9 13.3 16.4 13.2 13.6 NA NA
Other psychological sciences 972.0 928.9 1,080.0 1,100.8 948.5 1,061.5 985.8 1,010.7 972.1 NA NA
Social sciences 361.3 330.0 432.2 358.9 371.0 381.4 373.8 386.1 344.7 361.8 374.9
Anthropology 15.3 15.2 27.7 24.3 25.8 26.8 24.1 24.1 28.2 NA NA
Economics 52.3 43.7 52.0 44.4 54.5 54.6 58.4 58.2 47.3 NA NA
Political science 8.5 16.5 13.0 9.6 9.3 10.3 8.9 12.1 12.4 NA NA
Sociology 40.8 14.0 33.3 29.5 35.5 38.7 24.4 30.8 26.7 NA NA
Other social sciences 244.3 240.6 306.1 251.1 245.9 251.0 258.1 260.9 230.1 NA NA
Other sciences nec 686.4 1,190.9 2,227.9 1,633.0 2,022.6 1,404.6 1,145.8 1,292.5 1,935.1 2,101.0 2,187.4