Table 126. Federal obligations for applied 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 14,423.4 15,309.3 16,083.9 18,900.8 22,755.6 24,338.4 26,320.4 27,237.1 26,597.9 26,951.1 27,227.8
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,010.5 1,131.4 1,245.7 1,407.3 1,652.8 1,632.0 1,552.2 1,710.3 1,754.9 1,606.7 1,652.1
Computer sciences 875.1 979.6 1,077.8 1,196.6 1,437.2 1,406.3 1,322.3 1,432.7 1,499.0 1,316.9 1,369.4
Mathematics 63.4 83.3 91.3 124.3 108.0 76.4 93.2 138.7 144.1 150.5 147.5
Other computer sciences and mathematics 71.9 68.4 76.6 86.5 107.6 149.3 136.7 138.9 111.9 139.3 135.2
Engineering 4,107.3 4,301.0 4,623.7 4,582.2 6,285.5 6,410.0 6,492.0 6,594.7 6,252.5 6,314.2 6,359.8
Aeronautical engineering 1,083.7 1,311.2 1,278.0 1,141.1 2,060.3 1,827.0 1,476.5 1,336.6 958.6 986.5 734.0
Astronautical engineering 526.5 563.2 554.4 426.3 718.9 692.6 643.0 597.8 421.2 418.6 297.2
Chemical engineering 166.9 137.9 148.0 143.9 138.9 139.2 256.4 250.2 217.0 227.0 244.8
Civil engineering 230.2 208.3 259.7 179.5 240.5 256.1 288.5 274.7 217.1 285.2 337.9
Electrical engineering 449.3 425.4 513.1 567.7 642.8 595.6 723.7 691.3 820.9 830.3 781.1
Mechanical engineering 149.7 142.9 140.8 195.9 190.4 176.7 202.2 212.3 247.0 227.7 259.5
Metallurgy and materials engineering 398.1 310.9 306.9 400.3 489.7 492.8 502.7 445.2 518.2 438.6 519.9
Other engineering 1,102.8 1,201.3 1,422.9 1,527.4 1,803.9 2,229.9 2,399.1 2,786.6 2,852.5 2,900.2 3,185.3
Environmental sciences 1,502.2 1,533.2 1,479.5 1,490.3 1,588.6 1,585.0 1,841.4 1,718.7 1,536.5 1,581.1 1,442.7
Atmospheric sciences 484.8 519.2 505.5 387.3 516.4 479.4 591.3 532.9 441.5 500.7 380.9
Geological sciences 303.5 212.1 248.1 209.6 273.2 248.9 263.1 222.5 203.2 209.3 211.2
Oceanography 294.2 273.8 272.7 308.1 278.7 357.6 403.9 356.5 340.4 329.4 350.9
Other environmental sciences 419.7 528.1 453.3 585.3 520.4 499.1 583.0 606.9 551.4 541.8 499.6
Life sciences 5,457.6 5,704.2 6,225.3 7,915.7 10,221.8 11,452.7 13,007.0 13,238.5 12,880.2 12,993.3 13,820.1
Agricultural sciences 293.2 390.3 424.9 449.2 496.0 517.1 517.7 583.1 583.0 593.9 606.5
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 1,929.2 2,053.6 2,240.7 3,888.9 4,427.7 6,118.8 8,172.0 5,869.1 5,743.6 5,991.1 6,354.2
Environmental biology 376.4 407.6 440.4 426.4 419.0 444.4 393.8 340.8 360.0 342.3 406.4
Medical sciences 2,497.6 2,603.9 2,844.7 2,540.0 3,776.6 3,066.4 3,241.2 5,421.5 5,159.4 5,137.8 5,286.7
Other life sciences 361.1 248.8 274.6 611.2 1,102.6 1,306.0 682.3 1,023.9 1,034.2 928.2 1,166.3
Physical sciences 1,172.8 1,268.3 976.4 1,317.3 1,273.6 1,577.4 1,567.6 1,548.6 1,755.0 1,835.6 1,591.6
Astronomy 20.6 25.2 39.4 86.3 109.0 148.2 175.8 155.4 106.5 105.5 63.3
Chemistry 327.9 301.5 260.3 459.8 288.1 432.9 389.3 415.0 433.5 405.7 417.1
Physics 505.9 552.0 528.1 641.0 699.5 759.6 679.6 694.0 1,045.4 1,091.0 926.9
Other physical sciences 318.4 389.6 148.5 130.3 177.0 236.6 322.9 284.1 169.6 233.4 184.3
Psychology 251.5 279.0 285.3 808.9 449.0 441.3 560.6 875.6 851.6 802.4 859.1
Biological aspects 27.6 14.3 5.8 2.5 3.2 2.8 12.7 5.0 2.0 2.3 2.3
Social aspects 83.7 84.6 56.7 41.7 54.3 47.7 46.5 46.6 42.3 36.0 31.4
Other psychological sciences 140.2 180.1 222.8 764.7 391.5 390.8 501.5 824.0 807.3 764.1 825.3
Social sciences 475.3 581.3 608.3 742.4 730.2 621.3 673.0 670.3 705.8 742.9 785.9
Anthropology 6.2 4.7 4.9 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.8 2.1 2.8 1.0 0.8
Economics 159.1 188.9 171.2 197.7 191.5 182.1 186.2 156.7 164.6 156.3 197.7
Political science 9.2 15.6 15.4 17.5 13.6 12.7 12.5 12.0 22.2 33.6 32.7
Sociology 17.7 77.4 74.7 78.8 77.6 76.6 76.0 71.5 52.2 124.9 176.8
Other social sciences 283.2 294.8 342.1 446.5 446.0 348.7 396.5 428.0 463.9 427.1 377.9
Other sciences nec 446.3 510.9 639.6 636.6 554.1 618.8 626.6 880.5 861.4 1,074.9 716.7