Back to Data Tables
Excel icon Download to excel

Table 72. Federal obligations for basic research performed at universities and colleges in life sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency
Total
Agricultural sciences
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology)
Environmental biology
Medical sciences
Other life sciences
All agencies surveyed 8,626,515.8 138,417.4 4,667,219.8 194,274.2 2,776,005.0 850,599.4
Departments
Department of Agriculture 226,429.7 127,436.0 50,452.8 45,660.8 2,672.7 207.5
Agricultural Research Service 38,107.8 29,604.4 2,654.7 5,172.6 676.1 0.0
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 7,864.4 7,864.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign Agricultural Service 38.3 38.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 5,364.6 150.5 1,612.7 3,393.9 0.0 207.5
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 175,054.6 89,778.4 46,185.4 37,094.3 1,996.5 0.0
Department of Defense 103,663.0 10,815.6 56,423.0 1,504.1 21,973.5 12,946.9
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 30,527.1 0.0 13,317.9 0.0 17,209.2 0.0
Department of the Air Force 25,871.7 9,216.3 6,821.9 750.2 111.2 8,972.2
Department of the Army 14,790.1 0.0 12,148.0 0.0 2,642.2 0.0
Department of the Navy 15,248.4 0.0 9,547.1 753.9 2,010.9 2,936.5
Other defense agencies 17,225.7 1,599.3 14,588.2 0.0 0.0 1,038.2
Department of Energy 106,164.0 0.0 106,164.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 106,064.0 0.0 106,064.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 7,555,864.3 0.0 3,975,173.7 0.0 2,747,693.0 832,997.5
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4,463.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 4,463.9 0.0
National Institutes of Health 7,551,400.4 0.0 3,975,173.7 0.0 2,743,229.2 832,997.5
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 26,939.5 165.8 17,321.2 1,339.1 3,665.8 4,447.5
National Science Foundation 607,455.3 0.0 461,685.0 145,770.3 0.0 0.0
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. Basic research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 99% of total federal basic 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.