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Table 54. Federal obligations for R&D plant, by agency and R&D performer: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total 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 2,440,989.2 646,247.2 344,912.3 71,287.2 284,121.8 591,161.2 289,795.0 202,373.8 637.7 10,453.0
Departments
Department of Agriculture 22,556.4 22,556.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 7,519.1 7,519.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 13,029.0 13,029.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration 2,008.3 2,008.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Commerce 284,746.0 230,910.0 0.0 0.0 53,836.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology 121,200.0 121,200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 163,546.0 109,710.0 0.0 0.0 53,836.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 178,061.9 149,249.3 27,475.6 0.0 577.0 200.0 560.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Air Force 119,507.9 100,771.0 18,737.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Army 1,154.0 1,154.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 38,017.0 38,017.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other defense agencies 19,383.0 9,307.4 8,738.6 0.0 577.0 200.0 560.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Energy 1,134,657.6 1,006.8 184,788.5 71,287.2 100,000.0 575,201.2 0.0 202,373.8 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 3,600.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,600.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 250,739.6 0.0 184,788.5 65,951.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Defense Programs 90,939.6 0.0 24,988.5 65,951.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Naval Reactors 159,800.0 0.0 159,800.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 880,318.0 1,006.8 0.0 5,336.1 100,000.0 575,201.2 0.0 198,773.8 0.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 151,027.6 145,133.4 0.0 0.0 5,394.2 0.0 500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Food and Drug Administration 5,350.4 5,350.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health Resources and Services Administration 677.2 677.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institutes of Health 145,000.0 139,105.8 0.0 0.0 5,394.2 0.0 500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 117,027.9 43,523.0 54,832.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 18,672.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 115,750.9 42,246.0 54,832.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 18,672.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Coast Guard 1,277.0 1,277.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Interior 3,334.5 1,181.4 2,153.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Reclamation 1,150.0 1,150.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 2,184.5 31.4 2,153.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 24,668.1 0.9 24,391.0 0.0 14.0 0.0 262.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Aviation Administration 22,493.4 0.9 22,216.3 0.0 14.0 0.0 262.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Railroad Administration 2,174.7 0.0 2,174.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Environmental Protection Agency 5,291.0 0.0 5,291.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 57,944.5 0.0 42,844.5 0.0 0.0 4,932.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,168.0
National Science Foundation 432,850.0 23,862.1 3,136.3 0.0 124,300.6 10,828.0 269,800.3 0.0 637.7 285.0
Smithsonian Institution 28,823.8 28,823.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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.