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Table 111. Federal obligations for basic research, by agency: FYs 2008–17

(Dollars in millions)

Agency 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Preliminary
2017
All agencies 27,154.0 32,879.4 31,795.3 29,313.6 30,958.9 29,779.4 31,587.9 31,527.1 32,286.6 32,331.7
Departments
Department of Agriculture 883.4 930.2 982.2 963.3 851.4 844.2 907.7 924.5 934.9 980.1
Agricultural Research Service 550.1 570.6 589.1 566.5 544.9 507.2 560.9 565.8 572.2 570.8
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.7 19.0 19.5 19.6 18.9
Economic Research Service 4.4 8.0 1.9 7.6 6.9 6.5 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign Agricultural Service 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 * *
Forest Service 82.7 105.4 99.2 89.9 84.9 96.5 89.7 84.6 90.5 82.7
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Agricultural Statistics Service 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculturea 237.0 236.6 282.4 289.1 211.0 212.7 231.0 254.5 252.4 307.6
Department of Commerce 110.9 138.3 202.3 165.5 174.2 190.6 214.5 232.4 247.3 248.4
Economic Development Administration 0.9 1.6 5.5 0.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA
National Institute of Standards and Technology 110.0 136.7 196.7 165.1 174.2 190.6 214.5 232.4 247.3 248.4
Department of Defense 1,616.4 1,730.3 1,853.5 1,885.4 2,035.8 1,862.8 2,073.5 2,133.4 2,238.7 2,313.3
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencyb NA NA NA 254.2 345.0 284.7 347.3 359.8 378.1 434.8
Defense agencies and activitiesb 311.3 343.0 414.7 na na na na na na na
Department of the Air Force 399.9 432.1 475.7 470.7 502.7 447.6 501.3 501.4 522.3 515.9
Department of the Army 392.1 431.2 414.3 415.0 418.1 397.9 435.8 448.9 461.8 505.9
Department of the Navy 513.2 524.0 548.8 547.0 587.8 555.6 610.9 620.4 636.9 634.4
Other defense agenciesb NA NA NA 198.4 182.1 177.2 178.2 202.9 239.8 222.3
Department of Educationc 4.5 4.2 7.1 7.5 6.8 24.4 25.0 22.4 23.2 42.1
Department of Energy 3,180.4 4,061.0 3,969.5 3,961.7 3,957.4 3,851.1 4,075.1 4,460.4 4,579.4 4,554.0
Bonneville Power Administration 0.1 1.0 7.9 4.0 4.6 9.0 4.8 4.3 4.3 5.5
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 0.0 0.0 7.3 6.4 6.3 3.6 4.2 6.5 2.7 6.8
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 12.2 2.3 20.7 1.6 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 4.0 4.4 4.8 4.1 3.7 3.4 4.3 5.2 * *
National Nuclear Security Administration 26.8 22.1 33.7 42.1 45.6 49.3 55.8 67.6 82.9 88.8
Defense Programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Nonproliferation 26.8 22.1 33.7 42.1 45.6 42.7 55.8 67.6 82.9 88.8
Nuclear Energy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.6 34.6 23.9
Office of Science 3,137.3 4,031.2 3,895.1 3,903.5 3,890.5 3,785.7 4,006.0 4,334.2 4,454.9 4,429.1
Department of Health and Human Services 16,030.8 18,772.2 18,649.7 16,066.3 15,977.4 15,288.3 16,005.2 15,076.9 15,645.3 15,865.7
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 122.3 108.7 85.4 64.8 73.6 57.6 70.6 95.2 84.8 72.2
Health Resources and Services Administration 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.5
National Institutes of Health 15,906.0 18,661.0 18,561.9 15,998.9 15,901.2 15,228.4 15,932.4 14,979.0 15,558.0 15,791.0
Department of Homeland Security 245.7 101.3 100.3 113.8 84.3 0.0 41.6 11.7 13.1 11.6
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office NA NA NA NA NA NA 41.6 11.7 13.1 11.6
Science and Technology Directorate 245.6 101.3 100.3 113.8 84.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Secret Service 0.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Department of the Interior 43.1 47.1 49.9 48.9 54.2 51.4 52.2 53.3 53.8 54.3
U.S. Geological Survey 43.1 47.1 49.9 48.9 54.2 51.4 52.2 53.3 53.8 54.3
Department of Justice 0.0 9.3 13.0 17.5 15.3 20.7 8.1 5.3 12.9 12.0
Federal Bureau of Investigation 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Justice Programs 0.0 9.3 13.0 17.5 15.3 16.5 8.1 5.3 12.9 12.0
Department of Labor 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Labor Statistics 14.3 0.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Department of Transportation 0.0 0.0 4.6 4.4 8.4 7.2 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Highway Administration 0.0 0.0 4.6 4.4 8.4 7.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Transit Administration 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Treasury 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.9
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.9
Department of Veterans Affairs 211.0 203.3 232.0 250.6 251.3 249.0 232.0 227.2 219.4 209.0
Other agencies
Agency for International Development 2.9 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Environmental Protection Agency 78.4 83.7 86.9 88.0 86.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 874.5 1,021.6 809.3 856.8 2,606.0 2,824.2 3,022.9 3,209.7 3,280.8 2,926.0
National Science Foundation 3,715.5 5,623.9 4,667.2 4,690.6 4,652.4 4,361.5 4,725.2 4,973.9 4,829.3 4,900.0
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4
Smithsonian Institution 142.0 152.0 167.0 193.1 197.0 195.0 194.9 195.7 206.2 211.9
* = 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 The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service changed its name to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in FY 2008.
b 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.
c Prior to FY 2012, data reported for the Administration for Community Living (ACL) was for the Administration on Aging, which was transferred to ACL when ACL was established on 18 April 2012. Several programs that serve older adults and people with disabilities were transferred from other agencies to ACL, including a number of programs from the Department of Education due to the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act.
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.