Table 124. Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 1997–2007

(Dollars in millions)

Field 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
All fields 14,941.9 15,613.0 17,443.7 19,569.8 21,958.1 23,668.3 24,751.4 26,120.7 27,140.3 26,584.6 26,865.8
Computer sciences and mathematics 661.4 705.5 734.9 798.3 957.8 998.7 1,120.2 1,239.1 1,228.4 1,208.2 1,293.5
Computer sciences 389.5 419.1 438.3 463.0 585.6 636.9 730.5 712.2 658.1 670.9 708.3
Mathematics 238.2 250.7 254.0 308.6 288.4 325.6 359.8 479.1 542.5 518.6 561.0
Other computer sciences and mathematics 33.6 35.6 42.6 26.6 83.9 36.2 30.0 47.9 27.8 18.7 24.2
Engineering 1,583.0 1,594.4 1,639.7 1,764.2 1,911.5 1,864.9 1,913.1 2,271.7 2,300.5 2,364.6 2,629.9
Aeronautical engineering 269.1 285.2 331.7 322.8 369.7 330.1 255.8 304.2 317.7 242.7 195.1
Astronautical engineering 69.8 68.0 66.2 88.7 33.9 68.1 59.5 67.1 72.9 57.8 43.8
Chemical engineering 68.1 52.3 55.2 52.6 60.2 62.3 71.5 68.6 66.8 67.6 109.0
Civil engineering 45.4 35.9 68.8 59.7 47.9 46.5 51.1 55.6 62.2 67.4 123.6
Electrical engineering 172.9 213.9 185.6 177.0 246.9 213.0 226.3 199.6 212.6 205.1 246.4
Mechanical engineering 104.9 106.7 99.6 93.4 128.8 89.2 96.3 89.6 76.7 70.5 77.6
Metallurgy and materials engineering 462.6 478.2 481.2 517.8 591.1 507.8 581.0 592.0 665.9 811.4 959.9
Other engineering 390.4 354.3 351.4 452.2 433.1 547.8 571.7 895.0 825.7 842.1 874.5
Environmental sciences 1,543.5 1,528.7 1,615.7 1,838.4 1,663.0 1,833.3 1,899.5 2,022.9 1,966.1 1,849.5 1,727.8
Atmospheric sciences 679.5 655.2 671.0 717.0 597.2 684.1 668.1 726.8 743.6 666.3 583.6
Geological sciences 388.3 391.2 412.1 429.6 400.6 426.0 461.9 482.0 470.3 444.6 426.8
Oceanography 303.5 286.0 383.9 364.9 402.4 427.0 442.2 452.6 431.1 416.5 436.9
Other environmental sciences 172.1 196.4 148.7 326.9 262.9 296.1 327.3 361.5 321.1 322.2 280.5
Life sciences 7,203.8 7,853.4 9,197.1 10,049.0 12,835.5 14,024.1 14,765.3 14,490.0 15,247.6 14,934.4 15,643.5
Agricultural sciences 348.1 372.5 424.5 445.7 511.7 530.6 528.3 503.7 511.2 514.3 532.9
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 3,391.0 3,653.0 4,236.9 6,851.1 7,952.3 8,379.7 10,471.5 7,222.8 7,608.0 7,699.8 8,075.5
Environmental biology 206.1 196.8 280.2 313.6 309.8 334.5 324.0 329.1 339.0 344.3 350.8
Medical sciences 3,035.2 3,392.4 3,956.5 1,923.8 2,808.6 3,361.0 2,919.1 5,477.2 5,702.7 5,454.4 5,504.0
Other life sciences 223.4 238.6 299.1 514.7 1,253.1 1,418.3 522.3 957.1 1,086.7 921.7 1,180.2
Physical sciences 2,976.4 2,941.4 3,089.8 3,470.6 3,327.1 3,405.9 3,454.0 3,662.6 3,738.7 3,515.5 3,544.5
Astronomy 754.2 706.9 718.4 794.0 650.2 603.3 696.0 765.4 778.4 686.9 592.6
Chemistry 517.8 517.5 554.6 765.8 736.8 748.8 748.6 776.0 764.0 720.7 732.8
Physics 1,561.7 1,579.8 1,693.8 1,764.4 1,762.3 1,861.7 1,820.6 1,904.5 1,995.9 1,910.8 2,012.3
Other physical sciences 142.6 137.1 122.9 146.4 177.9 192.0 188.8 216.7 200.4 197.1 206.8
Psychology 293.9 312.0 347.3 817.8 292.9 464.6 543.8 979.2 1,040.1 944.9 978.8
Biological aspects 30.2 27.3 12.2 5.7 10.4 7.8 10.6 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.5
Social aspects 13.0 12.9 9.9 14.3 5.5 4.8 4.1 5.0 4.3 4.9 5.4
Other psychological sciences 250.7 271.8 325.1 797.8 277.0 452.0 529.2 973.2 1,035.5 939.3 972.0
Social sciences 221.0 224.8 246.5 308.0 278.4 361.7 352.8 419.3 391.4 381.0 361.3
Anthropology 14.8 13.5 13.4 14.0 14.1 15.2 12.7 12.9 15.2 14.1 15.3
Economics 46.1 41.5 45.3 51.8 42.5 45.3 48.2 48.0 51.3 46.3 52.3
Political science 4.9 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.7 10.5 11.0 8.5
Sociology 8.2 23.5 9.2 11.8 17.9 19.5 48.7 48.6 17.9 19.2 40.8
Other social sciences 147.0 141.7 173.9 225.4 198.0 276.0 237.1 303.1 296.5 290.3 244.3
Other sciences nec 459.0 452.7 572.5 523.6 691.7 715.2 702.7 1,035.9 1,227.5 1,386.5 686.4