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Table 12. Preliminary federal obligations for research and development and for R&D plant to federally funded research and development centers, by agency: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency R&D R&D plant
Total Industry-administered FFRDCs University-administered FFRDCs Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs Total Industry-administered FFRDCs University-administered FFRDCs Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
All agencies 12,554,789.0 4,586,150.3 4,035,068.1 3,933,570.6 916,325.4 79,013.0 576,543.4 260,769.0
Departments
Department of Commerce 12,815.9 0.0 6,004.2 6,811.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology 6,811.6 0.0 0.0 6,811.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 6,004.2 0.0 6,004.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 2,916,593.8 710,986.4 339,140.4 1,866,467.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 98,854.2 18,237.4 58,375.2 22,241.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Air Force 1,952,953.0 408,451.1 26,581.2 1,517,920.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Army 90,306.1 33,085.7 10,615.7 46,604.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 238,260.7 92,939.1 61,212.1 84,109.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other defense agencies 536,219.9 158,273.0 182,356.2 195,590.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Energy 7,263,467.4 3,360,787.3 2,025,604.3 1,877,075.8 893,086.0 79,013.0 553,304.0 260,769.0
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 38,837.3 1,607.9 7,107.2 30,122.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 3,100.4 600.0 0.0 2,500.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 68,271.2 20,613.4 17,671.3 29,986.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 772,577.4 88,657.5 201,873.3 482,046.5 3,600.0 0.0 0.0 3,600.0
Environmental Management 3,675.2 2,525.2 35.0 1,115.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 2,957,611.1 2,899,718.6 13,381.0 44,511.5 78,902.0 78,902.0 0.0 0.0
Defense Programs 2,700,305.0 2,699,015.0 1,290.0 0.0 78,902.0 78,902.0 0.0 0.0
Naval Reactors 70,840.0 70,625.0 125.0 90.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 186,466.1 130,078.6 11,966.0 44,421.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Energy 286,094.8 178,827.7 30,872.9 76,394.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 3,133,300.0 168,236.9 1,754,663.6 1,210,399.5 810,584.0 111.0 553,304.0 257,169.0
Department of Health and Human Services 527,968.8 470,644.0 23,770.3 33,554.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5,404.6 0.0 1,249.6 4,154.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 9,802.7 0.0 0.0 9,802.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institutes of Health 507,061.5 470,644.0 16,820.7 19,596.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 5,700.0 0.0 5,700.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 5,700.0 0.0 5,700.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 29,213.3 15,593.1 8,752.5 4,867.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 27,213.3 15,593.1 6,752.5 4,867.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 2,000.0 0.0 2,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Interior 10,500.0 7,500.0 3,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 10,500.0 7,500.0 3,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 100,768.4 5,960.6 300.0 94,507.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Aviation Administration 93,049.8 0.0 0.0 93,049.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Highway Administration 1,758.1 0.0 300.0 1,458.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 5,960.6 5,960.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Treasury 500.0 0.0 0.0 500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Internal Revenue Service 500.0 0.0 0.0 500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 6,331.9 0.0 0.0 6,331.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1,444,288.8 1,449.8 1,414,999.6 27,839.4 11,832.3 0.0 11,832.3 0.0
National Science Foundation 215,788.1 0.0 210,780.8 5,007.2 11,407.1 0.0 11,407.1 0.0
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 26,552.8 13,229.3 2,716.0 10,607.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
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.