Table 2. Summary of federal obligations and outlays for research, development, and R&D plant, by type of R&D, performer, and field of science and engineering: FYs 2015–17
(Dollars in millions)
Type of R&D, performer, and field
2015
2016
Preliminary
2017
% change 2016–17
Outlays for R&D and R&D plant
130,222.8
110,772.6
112,762.3
1.8
R&D
127,817.7
108,544.5
109,973.0
1.3
R&D plant
2,405.1
2,228.1
2,789.3
25.2
Obligations for R&D and R&D plant
131,398.2
117,481.4
121,310.2
3.3
R&D
128,573.2
115,040.4
118,294.2
2.8
Performer
Intramurala
34,925.1
32,019.6
32,900.7
2.8
Industry
47,455.2
35,591.0
36,377.5
2.2
Industry-administered FFRDCs
3,935.8
4,119.4
4,586.2
11.3
Universities and colleges
27,414.7
28,193.3
28,409.5
0.8
University-administered FFRDCs
3,911.7
4,034.1
4,035.1
**
Other nonprofit institutions
6,136.2
6,465.8
6,457.2
-0.1
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
3,271.4
3,250.4
3,933.6
21.0
State and local governments
487.0
542.5
524.4
-3.3
Foreign
1,036.0
824.3
1,070.2
29.8
Research
63,645.3
66,722.4
66,504.1
-0.3
Performer
Intramurala
15,006.5
15,931.0
16,108.8
1.1
Industry
8,110.4
8,334.0
7,886.9
-5.4
Industry-administered FFRDCs
3,098.0
3,533.6
3,711.4
5.0
Universities and colleges
25,962.1
26,857.6
27,060.0
0.8
University-administered FFRDCs
3,226.8
3,224.1
3,086.5
-4.3
Other nonprofit institutions
5,710.6
6,054.3
6,041.8
-0.2
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
1,616.9
1,891.8
1,783.2
-5.7
State and local governments
420.3
420.2
412.1
-1.9
Foreign
493.7
475.8
413.4
-13.1
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics
3,862.7
4,222.8
4,225.4
0.1
Engineering
11,955.6
12,769.4
12,703.9
-0.5
Environmental sciences
4,413.7
4,427.9
4,149.9
-6.3
Life sciences
30,473.0
31,923.6
32,042.7
0.4
Physical sciences
6,510.3
6,669.8
5,915.1
-11.3
Psychology
1,994.9
2,021.4
2,041.9
1.0
Social sciences
1,136.3
1,226.7
1,152.5
-6.1
Other sciences nec
3,298.8
3,460.8
4,272.7
23.5
Basic research
31,527.1
32,286.6
32,331.7
0.1
Performer
Intramurala
5,813.7
6,120.5
6,276.7
2.6
Industry
2,536.5
2,446.5
2,399.4
-1.9
Industry-administered FFRDCs
507.0
472.0
495.4
5.0
Universities and colleges
15,295.5
15,544.5
15,692.3
1.0
University-administered FFRDCs
2,920.5
2,845.0
2,719.5
-4.4
Other nonprofit institutions
2,985.7
3,179.4
3,211.4
1.0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
1,200.2
1,393.3
1,277.1
-8.3
State and local governments
61.2
81.4
77.6
-4.6
Foreign
206.7
203.9
182.5
-10.5
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics
1,984.5
2,109.7
1,995.4
-5.4
Engineering
3,694.0
3,651.6
3,631.8
-0.5
Environmental sciences
2,738.4
2,765.0
2,660.9
-3.8
Life sciences
15,209.7
15,577.0
15,864.6
1.8
Physical sciences
4,620.8
4,706.9
4,671.4
-0.8
Psychology
999.9
989.8
1,000.7
1.1
Social sciences
344.7
378.1
392.8
3.9
Other sciences nec
1,935.1
2,108.5
2,114.0
0.3
Applied research
32,118.2
34,435.8
34,172.4
-0.8
Performer
Intramurala
9,192.8
9,810.4
9,832.1
0.2
Industry
5,573.8
5,887.5
5,487.5
-6.8
Industry-administered FFRDCs
2,591.0
3,061.6
3,216.1
5.0
Universities and colleges
10,666.6
11,313.1
11,367.7
0.5
University-administered FFRDCs
306.3
379.1
367.0
-3.2
Other nonprofit institutions
2,724.9
2,874.9
2,830.4
-1.5
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
416.7
498.5
506.2
1.5
State and local governments
359.1
338.8
334.5
-1.3
Foreign
287.0
271.9
230.9
-15.1
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics
1,878.2
2,113.1
2,229.9
5.5
Engineering
8,261.7
9,117.8
9,072.1
-0.5
Environmental sciences
1,675.4
1,662.9
1,489.0
-10.5
Life sciences
15,263.2
16,346.6
16,178.1
-1.0
Physical sciences
1,889.5
1,962.9
1,243.6
-36.6
Psychology
995.0
1,031.6
1,041.1
0.9
Social sciences
791.6
848.6
759.7
-10.5
Other sciences nec
1,363.7
1,352.3
2,158.7
59.6
Development
64,927.8
48,318.0
51,790.1
7.2
Performer
Intramurala
19,918.5
16,088.7
16,791.9
4.4
Industry
39,344.9
27,256.9
28,490.6
4.5
Industry-administered FFRDCs
837.8
585.8
874.7
49.3
Universities and colleges
1,452.6
1,335.7
1,349.5
1.0
University-administered FFRDCs
684.9
810.0
948.6
17.1
Other nonprofit institutions
425.6
411.5
415.4
1.0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
1,654.5
1,358.5
2,150.3
58.3
State and local governments
66.7
122.4
112.3
-8.3
Foreign
542.3
348.5
656.8
88.5
R&D plant
2,825.1
2,441.0
3,016.0
23.6
Performer
Intramurala
1,417.2
646.2
1,017.7
57.5
Industry
275.6
344.9
458.3
32.9
Industry-administered FFRDCs
101.7
71.3
79.0
10.8
Universities and colleges
292.2
284.1
294.1
3.5
University-administered FFRDCs
376.3
591.2
576.5
-2.5
Other nonprofit institutions
151.3
289.8
304.2
5.0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
210.6
202.4
260.8
28.9
State and local governments
*
0.6
0.7
5.3
Foreign
0.1
10.5
24.6
135.6
