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Table 95. Federal obligations for research and development to intramural performers for personnel costs, by agency: FYs 2016–17

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total intramural R&D (2016) Personnel costs (2016) Preliminary
Total intramural R&D (2017) Personnel costs (2017)
Amount % of total Amount % of total
All agencies 32,019,641.3 10,432,352.3 32.6 32,900,704.4 11,344,680.9 34.5
Departments
Department of Agriculture 1,538,284.0 958,387.2 62.3 1,522,833.4 956,423.2 62.8
Agricultural Marketing Service 6,666.0 4,999.5 75.0 7,210.0 5,407.5 75.0
Agricultural Research Service 1,050,405.7 651,426.5 62.0 1,071,118.8 649,834.0 60.7
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 23,917.9 11,480.6 48.0 23,141.5 11,434.4 49.4
Economic Research Service 75,900.7 48,945.1 64.5 73,607.0 49,872.0 67.8
Forest Service 291,000.0 201,000.0 69.1 256,046.7 201,000.0 78.5
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration 6,024.9 4,518.7 75.0 6,193.9 2,056.3 33.2
National Agricultural Statistics Service 8,531.6 7,768.9 91.1 8,400.0 7,500.0 89.3
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 75,837.4 28,248.0 37.2 77,115.5 29,319.0 38.0
Department of Commerce 1,055,227.7 587,237.1 55.7 1,114,111.4 608,943.5 54.7
National Institute of Standards and Technology 539,566.1 332,272.7 61.6 547,453.5 341,155.1 62.3
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 305,509.0 171,042.7 56.0 350,710.0 177,598.4 50.6
National Telecommunications and Information Administration 10,558.7 4,731.8 44.8 6,820.4 3,486.4 51.1
U.S. Census Bureau 199,593.9 79,189.9 39.7 209,127.5 86,703.6 41.5
Department of Defense 16,864,112.9 3,662,629.0 21.7 16,786,858.3 3,984,663.8 23.7
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 230,748.9 155,148.9 67.2 223,320.1 166,918.6 74.7
Department of the Air Force 2,000,022.8 971,318.1 48.6 2,043,358.0 1,017,594.6 49.8
Department of the Army 3,265,089.6 1,565,084.3 47.9 3,927,529.3 1,706,270.2 43.4
Department of the Navy 6,552,235.2 99,966.0 1.5 6,149,575.5 113,417.8 1.8
Other defense agencies 4,816,016.4 871,111.6 18.1 4,443,075.5 980,462.7 22.1
Department of Education 10,970.3 7,779.5 70.9 10,980.0 7,788.4 70.9
Department of Energy 939,311.1 184,282.9 19.6 1,147,998.3 182,531.6 15.9
Bonneville Power Administration 8,797.5 1,916.1 21.8 2,714.6 1,000.0 36.8
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 3,692.0 110.8 3.0 4,318.8 129.6 3.0
Environmental Management 0.0 0.0 - 400.0 * **
Fossil Energy 331.4 190.6 57.5 329.2 193.0 58.6
National Nuclear Security Administration 218,318.7 40,003.0 18.3 273,675.7 41,003.0 15.0
Defense Programs 160,164.6 * ** 216,755.0 * **
Naval Reactors 54,362.8 40,000.0 73.6 55,829.3 41,000.0 73.4
Nuclear Nonproliferation 3,791.3 3.0 0.1 1,091.4 3.0 0.3
Nuclear Energy 446,854.3 3.0 ** 453,544.0 3.0 **
Office of Science 261,317.2 142,059.4 54.4 413,016.0 140,203.0 33.9
Department of Health and Human Services 7,122,456.5 2,321,920.4 32.6 7,107,988.6 2,374,043.4 33.4
Administration for Children and Families 880.0 3.1 0.4 355.0 3.1 0.9
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 75,995.1 41,308.2 54.4 66,531.0 36,975.0 55.6
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 170,911.9 116,726.5 68.3 168,459.8 116,595.5 69.2
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 40.0 5.0 12.5 40.0 10.0 25.0
Food and Drug Administration 278,206.9 715.2 0.3 266,272.7 684.6 0.3
Health Resources and Services Administration 3,639.1 3,447.5 94.7 3,642.6 3,408.5 93.6
National Institutes of Health 6,588,183.4 2,159,702.0 32.8 6,599,687.5 2,216,354.0 33.6
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 4,600.0 12.8 0.3 3,000.0 12.8 0.4
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 4,600.0 12.8 0.3 3,000.0 12.8 0.4
Department of Homeland Security 186,333.0 57,683.2 31.0 234,091.6 40,910.3 17.5
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 1,095.0 1,095.0 100.0 2,818.0 2,818.0 100.0
Science and Technology Directorate 171,140.0 44,788.2 26.2 230,000.0 37,000.0 16.1
U.S. Coast Guard 14,098.1 11,800.0 83.7 1,273.6 1,092.3 85.8
Department of Housing and Urban Development 56,706.6 36,600.0 64.5 50,606.5 32,500.0 64.2
Department of the Interior 748,935.5 513,198.7 68.5 759,544.2 506,013.2 66.6
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 48,547.2 33,582.3 69.2 58,879.3 28,726.7 48.8
Bureau of Reclamation 16,222.0 12,562.2 77.4 20,833.2 15,833.2 76.0
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 19,497.6 3,197.7 16.4 5,501.7 3,272.8 59.5
National Park Service 1,133.1 1,133.1 100.0 1,241.0 1,241.0 100.0
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 32,476.0 13,639.9 42.0 32,434.0 13,622.3 42.0
U.S. Geological Survey 631,059.6 449,083.5 71.2 640,654.9 443,317.3 69.2
Department of Justice 31,816.4 3,432.5 10.8 28,447.8 3,409.7 12.0
Bureau of Prisons 2,694.0 2,532.4 94.0 2,764.0 2,617.6 94.7
Federal Bureau of Investigation 13,000.0 2.1 ** 12,092.5 2.1 **
Office of Justice Programs 16,122.4 898.1 5.6 13,591.3 790.0 5.8
Department of Labor 3,138.2 3,128.2 99.7 3,570.7 3,570.7 100.0
Employee Benefits Security Administration 1,575.2 1,565.2 99.4 1,505.7 1,505.7 100.0
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 732.0 732.0 100.0 1,141.0 1,141.0 100.0
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. 831.0 831.0 100.0 924.0 924.0 100.0
Department of State 2,000.0 1,000.0 50.0 2,000.0 1,000.0 50.0
Department of Transportation 253,182.4 80,273.8 31.7 291,822.6 87,394.4 29.9
Federal Aviation Administration 98,934.4 50,141.0 50.7 124,907.0 56,921.0 45.6
Federal Highway Administration 79,084.6 14,663.3 18.5 90,779.2 15,552.0 17.1
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 3,185.0 2,685.0 84.3 2,785.0 2,685.0 96.4
Federal Railroad Administration 10,772.9 3,314.7 30.8 10,591.6 4,660.3 44.0
Federal Transit Administration 4,150.0 13.0 0.3 2,900.0 13.0 0.4
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 34,630.0 1,412.5 4.1 36,013.0 1,468.9 4.1
Office of the Secretary of Transportation 16,699.6 6,867.6 41.1 17,137.8 4,185.2 24.4
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 5,725.9 1,176.7 20.6 6,709.0 1,909.0 28.5
Department of the Treasury 81,649.2 45,735.0 56.0 76,156.2 49,506.7 65.0
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 18,835.4 0.0 0.0 18,992.3 0.0 0.0
Internal Revenue Service 60,984.0 45,322.7 74.3 56,300.7 49,263.2 87.5
U.S. Mint 1,829.8 412.3 22.5 863.2 243.5 28.2
Department of Veterans Affairs 695,219.0 357,000.0 51.4 722,358.0 358,389.0 49.6
Other agencies
Agency for International Development 12,115.7 605.8 5.0 12,358.1 617.9 5.0
Consumer Product Safety Commission 2,045.9 46.8 2.3 2,000.0 46.8 2.3
Environmental Protection Agency 255,327.0 250,056.0 97.9 263,372.7 258,692.2 98.2
Federal Communications Commission 5,083.1 5,083.1 100.0 4,603.0 4,603.0 100.0
Federal Trade Commission 2,983.3 1,764.5 59.1 6,384.1 3,776.0 59.1
Library of Congress 1,734.7 892.8 51.5 1,925.7 1,008.6 52.4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1,785,121.2 1,183,259.1 66.3 2,378,138.1 1,689,401.1 71.0
National Archives and Records Administration 569.3 546.6 96.0 400.5 369.5 92.3
National Science Foundation 99,420.2 * ** 100,852.2 * **
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 30,967.8 7,043.2 22.7 25,239.4 17,192.1 68.1
Smithsonian Institution 206,180.0 134,017.0 65.0 211,933.0 137,755.8 65.0
Social Security Administration 28,750.0 28,750.0 100.0 34,130.0 34,130.0 100.0
* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50. ** = percentage greater than 0.00% but less than 0.05%. - = no value possible.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural R&D programs and extramural R&D procurements by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance. 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 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.