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Table 8. Preliminary federal obligations for research and development, by agency and performer: FY 2017

(Dollars in millions)

Agency Total R&D Intramurala Extramural
United States and U.S. territories Foreign
Industry Industry-administered FFRDCs Universities and colleges University-administered FFRDCs Other nonprofits Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs State, local governments
All agencies 118,294.2 32,900.7 36,377.5 4,586.2 28,409.5 4,035.1 6,457.2 3,933.6 524.4 1,070.2
Departments
Department of Agriculture 2,479.2 1,522.8 29.2 0.0 889.3 0.0 23.8 0.0 11.8 2.3
Agricultural Marketing Service 7.2 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 1,141.7 1,071.1 0.0 0.0 62.2 0.0 6.1 0.0 0.3 1.9
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 39.5 23.1 0.0 0.0 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Economic Research Service 86.8 73.6 6.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Foreign Agricultural Service 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 306.0 256.0 0.6 0.0 32.7 0.0 6.8 0.0 9.6 0.2
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration 6.2 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Agricultural Statistics Service 9.4 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 879.0 77.1 22.5 0.0 771.7 0.0 5.8 0.0 1.9 0.0
Rural Business-Cooperative Service 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Commerce 1,476.4 1,114.1 85.1 0.0 242.9 6.0 10.5 6.8 9.5 1.5
National Institute of Standards and Technology 675.8 547.5 77.7 0.0 32.6 0.0 6.2 6.8 3.5 1.5
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 584.7 350.7 7.3 0.0 210.4 6.0 4.2 0.0 6.0 0.0
National Telecommunications and Information Administration 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Census Bureau 209.1 209.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 45,987.2 16,786.9 22,923.6 711.0 2,443.1 339.1 450.6 1,866.5 35.8 430.7
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 3,078.2 223.3 2,146.1 18.2 461.8 58.4 119.2 22.2 0.0 28.8
Department of the Air Force 8,635.5 2,043.4 4,103.3 408.5 358.5 26.6 118.8 1,517.9 27.5 31.1
Department of the Army 7,344.2 3,927.5 2,939.5 33.1 337.2 10.6 38.2 46.6 * 11.5
Department of the Navy 15,986.9 6,149.6 8,585.7 92.9 824.7 61.2 124.6 84.1 2.3 61.6
Other defense agencies 10,942.4 4,443.1 5,148.9 158.3 460.9 182.4 49.7 195.6 5.9 297.6
Department of Education 270.2 11.0 7.8 0.0 190.7 0.0 60.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Energy 12,112.8 1,148.0 2,608.8 3,360.8 1,025.1 2,025.6 59.2 1,877.1 7.0 1.2
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 306.0 0.0 139.1 1.6 119.9 7.1 8.1 30.1 0.0 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 13.6 2.7 6.3 0.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 131.5 4.3 8.7 20.6 31.5 17.7 18.4 30.0 0.4 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 1,428.8 0.0 559.0 88.7 95.6 201.9 0.0 482.0 1.6 0.0
Environmental Management 18.1 0.4 5.0 2.5 9.0 * 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 * 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 4,893.6 273.7 1,569.0 2,899.7 79.5 13.4 13.8 44.5 0.0 0.0
Defense Programs 3,460.4 216.8 461.4 2,699.0 68.4 1.3 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Naval Reactors 1,220.0 55.8 1,093.4 70.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 213.2 1.1 14.2 130.1 11.1 12.0 0.3 44.4 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Energy 891.6 453.5 96.0 178.8 55.9 30.9 0.0 76.4 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 4,429.1 413.0 225.5 168.2 632.1 1,754.7 18.9 1,210.4 4.9 1.2
Department of Health and Human Services 32,232.2 7,108.0 1,593.5 470.6 17,750.4 23.8 4,830.2 33.6 205.9 216.3
Administration for Children and Families 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Administration for Community Living 82.5 0.0 3.3 0.0 79.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 324.0 66.5 128.9 0.0 97.7 0.0 30.7 0.0 0.1 0.0
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 509.7 168.5 39.5 0.0 173.5 1.2 40.5 4.2 57.0 25.3
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 29.3 * 18.3 0.0 1.1 0.0 * 9.8 0.0 0.0
Food and Drug Administration 465.0 266.3 26.5 0.0 68.4 0.0 25.3 0.0 72.9 5.5
Health Resources and Services Administration 40.1 3.6 0.0 0.0 22.0 0.0 13.8 0.0 0.6 0.0
National Institutes of Health 30,761.0 6,599.7 1,372.6 470.6 17,304.3 16.8 4,718.8 19.6 73.1 185.5
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 16.0 3.0 4.3 0.0 3.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 16.0 3.0 4.3 0.0 3.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 540.1 234.1 156.6 15.6 41.2 8.8 74.0 4.9 0.0 5.1
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 69.3 2.8 27.0 15.6 11.2 6.8 0.0 4.9 0.0 1.1
Science and Technology Directorate 451.0 230.0 111.0 0.0 30.0 2.0 74.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
U.S. Coast Guard 19.9 1.3 18.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Housing and Urban Development 74.5 50.6 13.6 0.0 1.1 0.0 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Interior 871.2 759.5 19.8 7.5 50.9 3.0 2.2 0.0 28.3 0.0
Bureau of Land Management 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 72.0 58.9 8.6 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0
Bureau of Reclamation 27.4 20.8 2.2 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.0
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 24.3 5.5 8.0 7.5 0.2 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Park Service 9.5 1.2 * 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 32.4 32.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Geological Survey 687.6 640.7 1.0 0.0 35.3 0.0 1.7 0.0 9.0 0.0
Department of Justice 158.4 28.4 14.7 0.0 65.0 0.0 35.0 0.0 15.3 0.0
Bureau of Prisons 11.1 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.3 0.0
Federal Bureau of Investigation 12.1 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Justice Programs 135.3 13.6 14.7 0.0 65.0 0.0 35.0 0.0 7.0 0.0
Department of Labor 8.0 3.6 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Employee Benefits Security Administration 2.6 1.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. 4.2 0.9 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of State 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 1,120.0 291.8 417.5 6.0 80.4 0.3 53.1 94.5 175.9 0.5
Federal Aviation Administration 481.6 124.9 205.9 0.0 35.9 0.0 21.8 93.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Highway Administration 399.3 90.8 109.0 0.0 29.8 0.3 15.8 1.5 151.6 0.4
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 10.4 2.8 2.8 0.0 4.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Railroad Administration 40.7 10.6 24.0 0.0 2.4 0.0 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Transit Administration 40.0 2.9 1.2 0.0 6.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 24.3 0.0
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 90.0 36.0 48.1 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of the Secretary of Transportation 17.2 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 *
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 40.8 6.7 26.4 0.0 2.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Treasury 79.5 76.2 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 19.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Internal Revenue Service 59.7 56.3 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
U.S. Mint 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Veterans Affairs 722.4 722.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.0
Agency for International Development 196.7 12.4 16.6 0.0 52.7 0.0 37.1 0.0 0.0 78.0
Appalachian Regional Commission 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Consumer Product Safety Commission 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Environmental Protection Agency 493.6 263.4 179.6 0.0 50.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Communications Commission 4.6 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Trade Commission 6.4 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Library of Congress 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 13,380.4 2,378.1 7,808.4 1.4 1,009.5 1,415.0 416.6 27.8 13.3 310.2
National Archives and Records Administration 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Science Foundation 5,650.0 100.9 390.6 0.0 4,508.2 210.8 389.2 5.0 21.8 23.6
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 61.3 25.2 6.4 13.2 1.8 2.7 0.5 10.6 0.0 0.9
Smithsonian Institution 211.9 211.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Social Security Administration 144.2 34.1 98.5 0.0 6.3 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50,000.
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural R&D programs and extramural R&D procurements by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2016–17.