Table 125. Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 2008–17

(Dollars in millions)

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Preliminary
2017
All fields 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
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,407.4 1,861.4 1,663.2 1,788.5 1,794.9 1,690.8 1,917.7 1,984.5 2,109.7 1,995.4
Computer sciences 733.8 978.1 873.6 936.4 922.4 859.9 958.9 1,024.5 996.9 NA
Mathematics 645.0 804.3 716.6 741.3 806.2 757.5 824.4 874.1 1,019.3 NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 28.6 79.0 73.0 110.7 66.3 73.4 134.4 85.8 93.4 NA
Engineering 2,736.0 3,406.2 3,491.1 3,168.0 3,458.9 3,407.5 3,544.6 3,694.0 3,651.6 3,631.8
Aeronautical engineering 149.5 185.3 151.3 153.2 401.9 408.9 446.9 468.7 478.6 NA
Astronautical engineering 32.0 35.3 31.6 32.9 79.4 85.0 92.8 98.8 99.3 NA
Chemical engineering 111.6 167.6 142.7 182.7 94.4 84.2 103.7 60.5 66.6 NA
Civil engineering 126.2 185.5 155.2 149.2 35.3 28.2 27.8 54.3 38.0 NA
Electrical engineering 221.4 297.4 295.0 281.0 298.7 259.4 247.8 228.2 227.7 NA
Mechanical engineering 65.8 84.3 80.3 82.3 156.4 146.9 128.6 125.5 122.9 NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 993.2 1,112.6 1,091.4 1,077.2 1,186.1 1,201.1 1,232.8 1,289.9 1,276.3 NA
Other engineering 1,036.2 1,338.3 1,543.7 1,209.5 1,206.7 1,193.9 1,264.2 1,368.0 1,342.3 NA
Environmental sciences 1,593.1 2,142.9 1,787.4 1,796.4 2,258.7 2,395.8 2,753.0 2,738.4 2,765.0 2,660.9
Atmospheric sciences 523.2 650.5 596.9 612.5 952.3 994.8 1,036.6 1,051.4 1,080.4 NA
Geological sciences 303.0 429.7 332.6 396.4 501.5 411.2 417.8 432.7 433.1 NA
Oceanography 433.6 549.2 471.6 483.0 494.4 456.5 482.7 431.8 441.7 NA
Other environmental sciences 333.3 513.5 386.3 304.5 310.3 533.2 815.8 822.4 809.8 NA
Life sciences 15,557.4 17,587.2 17,748.3 15,373.4 16,015.8 15,317.3 16,019.0 15,209.7 15,577.0 15,864.6
Agricultural sciences 494.7 531.4 571.4 547.0 480.4 462.4 513.7 554.2 566.1 NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 8,258.7 9,600.1 9,417.4 8,277.1 8,317.4 7,918.8 8,283.6 7,758.4 8,026.1 NA
Environmental biology 368.2 466.6 435.4 434.6 406.6 384.4 394.8 398.6 380.5 NA
Medical sciences 5,314.3 5,747.6 5,786.9 5,085.5 5,528.0 5,325.9 5,564.2 5,270.5 5,337.2 NA
Other life sciences 1,121.5 1,241.5 1,537.1 1,029.2 1,283.4 1,225.8 1,262.7 1,228.0 1,267.1 NA
Physical sciences 3,403.1 4,121.0 3,984.1 3,815.0 4,556.7 4,432.2 4,637.5 4,620.8 4,706.9 4,671.4
Astronomy 482.5 617.7 504.2 498.8 925.0 973.9 1,036.0 1,073.5 1,093.0 NA
Chemistry 725.8 835.4 827.7 774.3 776.3 714.7 722.1 672.4 688.0 NA
Physics 1,986.6 2,370.4 2,377.0 2,275.2 2,568.0 2,468.8 2,576.0 2,569.2 2,593.2 NA
Other physical sciences 208.2 297.5 275.1 266.7 287.4 274.8 303.4 305.7 332.7 NA
Psychology 936.0 1,100.5 1,129.2 978.8 1,087.8 1,016.0 1,037.6 999.9 989.8 1,000.7
Biological aspects 0.5 1.9 10.1 13.4 13.1 13.8 13.7 14.2 15.7 NA
Social aspects 6.6 18.5 18.4 16.9 13.3 16.4 13.2 13.6 11.7 NA
Other psychological sciences 928.9 1,080.0 1,100.8 948.5 1,061.5 985.8 1,010.7 972.1 962.4 NA
Social sciences 330.0 432.2 358.9 371.0 381.4 373.8 386.1 344.7 378.1 392.8
Anthropology 15.2 27.7 24.3 25.8 26.8 24.1 24.1 28.2 29.4 NA
Economics 43.7 52.0 44.4 54.5 54.6 58.4 58.2 47.3 50.5 NA
Political science 16.5 13.0 9.6 9.3 10.3 8.9 12.1 12.4 13.7 NA
Sociology 14.0 33.3 29.5 35.5 38.7 24.4 30.8 26.7 24.2 NA
Other social sciences 240.6 306.1 251.1 245.9 251.0 258.1 260.9 230.1 260.2 NA
Other sciences nec 1,190.9 2,227.9 1,633.0 2,022.6 1,404.6 1,145.8 1,292.5 1,935.1 2,108.5 2,114.0