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Table 60. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges in engineering, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Aeronautical engineering Astronautical engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Metallurgy and materials engineering Other engineering
All agencies surveyed 2,501,182.4 211,905.3 52,232.4 74,293.4 38,063.2 256,845.8 120,761.3 421,609.7 1,325,471.3
Departments
Department of Agriculture 30,866.7 0.0 0.0 185.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30,681.7
Agricultural Research Service 672.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 672.0
Forest Service 1,250.9 0.0 0.0 185.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,065.9
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 28,943.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 28,943.8
Department of Defense 512,852.8 80,970.7 4,191.6 31,008.5 21,820.0 103,754.0 34,694.7 93,734.3 142,678.9
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 89,891.6 2,231.7 0.0 6,624.2 0.0 714.0 0.0 17,617.9 62,703.8
Department of the Air Force 123,802.6 52,489.9 3,814.0 8,021.5 0.0 4,988.5 2,041.3 38,261.7 14,185.9
Department of the Army 98,981.3 20,258.1 0.0 13,467.0 3,720.3 34,798.9 14,784.2 5,513.3 6,439.5
Department of the Navy 162,954.1 5,613.4 0.0 250.3 15,138.2 53,009.8 9,760.2 26,576.5 52,605.7
Other defense agencies 37,223.1 377.6 377.6 2,645.6 2,961.5 10,242.8 8,109.0 5,764.9 6,744.1
Department of Energy 190,487.3 0.0 0.0 1,021.0 0.0 36,005.3 6,843.0 41,161.3 105,456.8
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 35,189.9 0.0 0.0 1,017.9 0.0 19,047.3 6,843.0 8,281.7 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 377.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 377.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 16,581.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16,581.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 58,782.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 58,782.0
Fossil Energy 6.1 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 2,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,500.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 2,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,500.0
Nuclear Energy 44,174.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44,174.9
Office of Science 32,876.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32,876.5 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 770,113.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,954.5 754,159.0
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 450.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 450.0
National Institutes of Health 769,663.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,954.5 753,709.0
Department of Homeland Security 10,919.1 0.0 0.0 1,115.4 0.0 3,847.4 0.0 0.0 5,956.3
Science and Technology Directorate 10,919.1 0.0 0.0 1,115.4 0.0 3,847.4 0.0 0.0 5,956.3
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 206,646.6 130,934.7 48,040.8 809.1 71.3 4,267.0 2,955.9 4,169.4 15,398.4
National Science Foundation 779,296.4 0.0 0.0 40,154.3 16,171.8 108,972.0 76,267.8 266,590.3 271,140.2
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Seven agencies are required to report data for this section of the survey: the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation. Research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 97% of total federal research obligations to universities and colleges in FY 2016. 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.