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Table 76. Federal obligations for applied research performed at universities and colleges for selected agencies, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 2016–17

(Dollars in thousands)

Field 2016 Preliminary
2017
All fields 10,763,024.9 10,796,481.9
Computer sciences and mathematics 328,515.9 324,798.2
Computer sciences 273,952.9 NA
Mathematics 38,079.6 NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 16,483.5 NA
Engineering 1,055,958.1 1,040,473.3
Aeronautical engineering 91,144.7 NA
Astronautical engineering 33,444.7 NA
Chemical engineering 23,517.0 NA
Civil engineering 13,167.1 NA
Electrical engineering 116,595.5 NA
Mechanical engineering 31,052.5 NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 76,456.0 NA
Other engineering 670,580.6 NA
Environmental sciences 179,159.9 171,686.2
Atmospheric sciences 21,600.6 NA
Geological sciences 1,712.3 NA
Oceanography 21,667.2 NA
Other environmental sciences 134,179.8 NA
Life sciences 8,033,698.0 8,025,371.2
Agricultural sciences 194,507.1 NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 4,039,485.5 NA
Environmental biology 81,846.5 NA
Medical sciences 2,856,049.3 NA
Other life sciences 861,809.6 NA
Physical sciences 129,777.2 190,636.4
Astronomy 10,037.5 NA
Chemistry 63,287.3 NA
Physics 37,504.0 NA
Other physical sciences 18,948.3 NA
Psychology 570,949.9 565,205.5
Biological aspects 2,486.9 NA
Social aspects 893.9 NA
Other psychological sciences 567,569.1 NA
Social sciences 112,885.3 125,076.1
Anthropology 102.8 NA
Economics 38,954.7 NA
Political science 0.0 NA
Sociology 12,707.5 NA
Other social sciences 61,120.4 NA
Other sciences nec 352,080.5 353,235.1
NA = not available; data were not collected at that level for that fiscal year.
nec = not elsewhere classified.
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. Applied research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 95% of total federal applied research obligations to universities and colleges in FYs 2016–17.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2016–17.