Table 138. Federal obligations for applied 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 27,227.8 26,739.7 30,812.5 31,932.6 28,710.1 30,986.3 29,418.8 31,320.9 32,118.2 34,533.4 35,420.8
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,652.1 1,639.8 1,750.3 1,748.6 1,585.9 1,732.6 1,736.2 1,965.5 1,878.2 2,102.6 2,256.6
Computer sciences 1,369.4 1,319.2 1,444.1 1,488.4 1,255.2 1,469.7 1,501.7 1,654.0 1,621.1 NA NA
Mathematics 147.5 137.8 123.6 118.9 150.3 119.1 106.5 154.9 131.8 NA NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 135.2 182.8 182.7 141.4 180.4 143.8 128.0 156.6 125.4 NA NA
Engineering 6,359.8 6,239.5 6,878.8 7,590.0 6,889.2 7,944.5 7,540.7 8,343.0 8,261.7 9,279.0 9,725.7
Aeronautical engineering 734.0 660.8 722.5 678.8 691.9 1,413.0 1,433.2 1,386.2 1,356.4 NA NA
Astronautical engineering 297.2 256.1 334.9 358.3 377.2 610.8 652.3 575.9 561.9 NA NA
Chemical engineering 244.8 234.0 279.4 366.9 291.8 255.2 334.8 431.7 314.1 NA NA
Civil engineering 337.9 361.8 493.4 544.6 467.9 478.3 418.7 417.3 403.3 NA NA
Electrical engineering 781.1 825.1 956.6 1,065.9 954.4 1,025.9 903.9 992.4 655.0 NA NA
Mechanical engineering 259.5 226.6 230.1 283.3 227.5 215.7 401.7 374.1 184.1 NA NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 519.9 630.7 609.0 667.4 544.0 513.1 528.2 536.0 467.0 NA NA
Other engineering 3,185.3 3,044.6 3,252.9 3,624.7 3,334.4 3,432.4 2,867.8 3,629.4 4,320.0 NA NA
Environmental sciences 1,442.7 1,391.5 1,608.2 1,551.5 1,410.7 1,625.6 1,645.2 1,612.9 1,675.4 1,791.6 1,866.5
Atmospheric sciences 380.9 361.3 367.6 356.9 341.4 516.9 547.6 530.9 516.5 NA NA
Geological sciences 211.2 214.5 324.3 197.7 201.4 224.1 215.4 143.2 210.6 NA NA
Oceanography 350.9 355.1 285.0 272.1 240.7 319.1 331.1 365.3 294.2 NA NA
Other environmental sciences 499.6 460.6 631.3 724.8 627.2 565.5 551.1 573.5 654.2 NA NA
Life sciences 13,820.1 13,361.5 15,679.9 16,160.8 14,035.2 14,949.2 14,011.0 14,649.2 15,263.2 15,995.9 16,284.7
Agricultural sciences 606.5 525.6 589.0 560.4 538.0 462.3 440.7 490.5 766.1 NA NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 6,354.2 6,184.4 7,776.7 7,796.5 6,901.2 7,141.0 6,669.3 7,027.0 7,081.3 NA NA
Environmental biology 406.4 489.9 497.0 380.9 420.3 390.0 397.6 425.8 420.5 NA NA
Medical sciences 5,286.7 5,073.0 5,645.1 5,890.1 5,075.6 5,509.4 5,257.0 5,438.5 5,664.2 NA NA
Other life sciences 1,166.3 1,088.6 1,172.1 1,532.9 1,100.1 1,446.5 1,246.5 1,267.4 1,331.2 NA NA
Physical sciences 1,591.6 1,669.5 1,700.1 1,886.7 1,611.6 1,850.8 1,849.7 1,845.6 1,889.5 1,927.3 1,915.9
Astronomy 63.3 45.4 53.8 55.7 56.6 174.4 173.1 155.6 156.7 NA NA
Chemistry 417.1 422.6 438.6 482.9 332.0 326.7 267.4 290.6 295.3 NA NA
Physics 926.9 982.4 985.7 1,093.0 993.6 1,140.3 1,013.0 989.2 471.0 NA NA
Other physical sciences 184.3 219.2 222.0 255.1 229.4 209.3 396.1 410.3 966.4 NA NA
Psychology 859.1 804.8 985.9 1,026.4 908.1 998.8 919.2 930.5 995.0 1,057.3 1,081.6
Biological aspects 2.3 21.2 0.2 3.5 3.0 1.1 0.5 1.4 4.9 NA NA
Social aspects 31.4 12.2 32.3 56.2 37.6 48.4 48.5 46.2 44.9 NA NA
Other psychological sciences 825.3 771.4 953.3 966.6 867.5 949.3 870.2 882.8 945.2 NA NA
Social sciences 785.9 647.0 724.5 838.4 891.4 743.1 863.4 1,049.0 791.6 925.5 864.9
Anthropology 0.8 2.2 1.6 0.4 0.3 3.4 2.3 2.4 1.7 NA NA
Economics 197.7 168.6 178.1 229.6 344.1 289.0 274.6 286.1 289.5 NA NA
Political science 32.7 12.7 11.6 4.7 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.3 3.6 NA NA
Sociology 176.8 81.2 105.5 102.8 97.0 116.0 112.8 126.9 101.5 NA NA
Other social sciences 377.9 382.2 427.7 500.9 447.3 332.2 471.7 632.2 395.2 NA NA
Other sciences nec 716.7 986.2 1,484.8 1,130.2 1,377.9 1,141.7 853.5 925.4 1,363.7 1,454.2 1,425.0