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Table 63. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges in physical sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Astronomy Chemistry Physics Other physical sciences
All agencies surveyed 1,810,532.2 248,497.7 467,908.5 869,536.3 224,589.7
Departments
Department of Agriculture 23,750.6 0.0 23,571.4 179.2 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 4,793.4 0.0 4,614.3 179.2 0.0
Forest Service 200.7 0.0 200.7 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 18,756.4 0.0 18,756.4 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 251,071.1 0.0 36,768.5 165,243.5 49,059.1
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 13,986.5 0.0 0.0 13,318.1 668.4
Department of the Air Force 123,813.8 0.0 9,808.7 102,810.9 11,194.2
Department of the Army 33,744.1 0.0 8,151.2 16,437.1 9,155.8
Department of the Navy 47,205.7 0.0 2,082.2 18,165.7 26,957.8
Other defense agencies 32,320.9 0.0 16,726.4 14,511.7 1,082.8
Department of Energy 450,027.2 0.0 83,704.7 362,572.5 3,750.0
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 12,781.4 0.0 3,757.9 9,023.5 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 4,290.5 0.0 0.0 540.5 3,750.0
Defense Programs 540.5 0.0 0.0 540.5 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 3,750.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,750.0
Office of Science 432,955.2 0.0 79,946.8 353,008.4 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 81,184.1 0.0 78,127.3 0.0 3,056.7
National Institutes of Health 81,184.1 0.0 78,127.3 0.0 3,056.7
Department of Homeland Security 43.3 0.0 43.3 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 43.3 0.0 43.3 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 253,527.9 158,117.8 11,248.9 72,743.4 11,417.9
National Science Foundation 750,928.1 90,379.9 234,444.4 268,797.8 157,306.0
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.