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Table 107. Federal obligations for R&D plant, by agency: FYs 2008–17

(Dollars in millions)

Agency 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Preliminary
2017
All agencies 1,943.9 3,668.0 6,613.3 4,170.7 2,145.7 1,905.1 2,217.6 2,825.1 2,441.0 3,016.0
Departments
Department of Agriculture 43.9 77.5 251.2 35.5 16.3 12.1 10.8 10.9 22.6 158.6
Agricultural Research Service 23.0 46.0 181.3 18.6 4.9 2.6 1.4 1.0 7.5 156.5
Forest Service 20.9 31.5 69.8 17.0 9.8 7.9 7.5 7.9 13.0 *
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
Department of Commerce 151.6 386.4 408.8 241.7 175.9 201.7 192.7 188.1 284.7 409.4
Economic Development Administration 18.5 25.4 12.1 14.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA
National Institute of Standards and Technology 86.9 105.3 237.3 90.1 35.4 73.6 63.4 39.7 121.2 146.1
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 46.2 255.8 159.3 136.7 140.6 128.1 129.3 148.4 163.5 263.3
Department of Defense 163.4 117.2 152.8 170.3 169.5 97.0 148.1 169.5 178.1 272.7
Defense agencies and activitiesa 41.1 0.9 0.3 na na na na na na na
Department of the Air Force 106.6 101.0 127.2 141.4 143.1 75.5 120.6 123.0 119.5 208.6
Department of the Army 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 6.4
Department of the Navy 15.6 15.3 25.3 21.5 24.8 20.5 23.5 35.7 38.0 38.8
Other defense agenciesa NA NA NA 7.4 1.6 1.0 4.0 10.7 19.4 19.0
Department of Energy 751.6 1,672.3 959.3 734.6 683.2 556.1 770.5 952.0 1,134.7 1,221.6
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 64.9 207.1 102.9 39.3 0.0 4.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
Fossil Energy 13.1 19.0 19.0 19.0 16.0 15.2 16.0 15.8 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 263.1 168.3 190.0 128.0 92.8 74.8 115.5 256.3 250.7 304.5
Defense Programs 232.0 132.0 159.2 95.5 52.9 74.7 93.8 101.2 90.9 104.4
Naval Reactors 31.1 36.3 30.8 32.5 39.9 0.1 21.8 155.1 159.8 200.1
Office of Science 410.5 1,277.9 647.4 548.3 574.5 461.7 635.3 676.4 880.3 913.4
Department of Health and Human Services 147.4 151.9 1,682.4 79.2 140.2 130.3 143.0 153.4 151.0 150.8
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Food and Drug Administration 5.1 4.8 12.6 8.5 6.3 3.7 6.0 6.7 5.4 5.1
Health Resources and Services Administration 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
National Institutes of Health 135.1 146.5 1,669.1 70.1 133.2 126.0 136.3 146.0 145.0 145.0
Department of Homeland Security 219.6 311.1 457.7 568.5 230.4 327.9 361.1 902.9 117.0 118.3
Science and Technology Directorate 219.1 309.6 456.6 567.2 229.3 326.8 359.8 901.7 115.8 117.0
U.S. Coast Guard 0.5 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Department of the Interior 9.1 6.4 6.3 10.5 4.9 8.0 4.8 8.6 3.3 8.0
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcementb 2.8 1.9 2.7 6.9 na na na na na na
Bureau of Reclamation 6.3 4.6 3.6 3.7 2.1 3.0 2.2 2.9 1.2 1.2
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcementb na na na na 2.9 5.0 2.7 5.7 2.2 6.8
Department of Justice 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Justice Programs 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 19.1 20.3 21.1 20.4 37.7 20.9 19.6 28.9 24.7 42.6
Federal Aviation Administration 17.2 18.4 18.4 17.7 31.2 18.7 16.5 26.3 22.5 39.2
Federal Railroad Administration 1.9 1.9 2.7 2.7 6.5 2.2 3.1 2.6 2.2 3.4
Department of Veterans Affairs 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Environmental Protection Agency 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 4.9 7.0 7.1 5.1 5.3 4.8
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 19.7 20.6 1,570.1 1,858.5 97.8 126.2 127.0 52.4 57.9 139.0
National Science Foundation 371.1 829.6 1,057.7 391.0 535.6 372.6 396.9 320.0 432.9 455.9
Smithsonian Institution 46.0 74.7 46.0 55.7 49.2 45.3 36.0 33.2 28.8 34.4
* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50,000. na = not applicable; agency or subagency did not exist as such or in that organization in that year. NA = not available; data were not collected at that level for that fiscal year.
a In FY 2011, excepting the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of the Secretary of Defense began reporting for the agencies that had been presented under Department of Defense (DOD) agencies and activities and Operational Test and Evaluation, Director. These are now reported under Other defense agencies.
b The Minerals Management Service changed its name to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) in FY 2010. BOEMRE was split into the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in FY 2012.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. In FY 2010, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) resumed reporting International Space Station (ISS) obligations as R&D plant. In FY 2012, NASA began reporting ISS obligations as research rather than R&D plant. In FY 2013, NASA revamped its reporting process so that the data for FY 2012 forward are not directly comparable with totals reported in previous years. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table. FYs 2009 and 2010 obligations include additional funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development.