Table 75. Federal obligations for basic research performed at universities and colleges in social sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency	Total	Anthropology	Economics	Political science	Sociology	Other social sciences
All agencies surveyed	254,852.8	21,920.9	33,925.4	13,455.5	12,821.7	172,729.3
Departments
Department of Agriculture	22,918.7	0.0	16,238.2	0.0	6,455.5	225.0
Agricultural Research Service	99.6	0.0	99.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Forest Service	403.6	0.0	58.6	0.0	120.0	225.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture	22,415.5	0.0	16,080.1	0.0	6,335.4	0.0
Department of Defense	28,174.0	3,638.3	0.0	4,518.3	1,364.9	18,652.5
Department of the Army	2,919.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2,919.7
Department of the Navy	3,529.4	3,529.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other defense agencies	21,724.9	108.9	0.0	4,518.3	1,364.9	15,732.9
Department of Health and Human Services	43,380.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	43,380.8
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	285.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	285.3
National Institutes of Health	43,095.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	43,095.5
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	186.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	67.5	119.4
National Science Foundation	160,192.4	18,282.6	17,687.2	8,937.2	4,933.9	110,351.6

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.