Table 2. Summary of federal obligations and outlays for research, development, and R&D plant, by type of R&D, performer, and field of science and engineering: FYs 2016–18
(Dollars in millions)
Type of R&D, performer, and field
2016
2017
Preliminary
2018
% change 2017–18
Outlays for R&D and R&D plant
111,156.0
112,587.3
123,936.0
10.1
R&D
108,927.9
109,380.5
118,733.8
8.6
R&D plant
2,228.1
3,206.8
5,202.2
62.2
Obligations for R&D and R&D plant
117,665.7
121,002.5
124,762.9
3.1
R&D
115,224.7
118,366.4
121,535.3
2.7
Performer
Intramurala
32,019.6
30,802.5
33,217.7
7.8
Industry
35,660.4
37,729.9
37,442.5
-0.8
Industry-administered FFRDCs
4,119.4
4,042.8
5,077.3
25.6
Universities and colleges
28,193.3
28,888.3
28,899.3
*
University-administered FFRDCs
4,034.1
4,419.8
5,041.1
14.1
Other nonprofit institutions
6,580.7
8,054.8
7,474.0
-7.2
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
3,250.4
3,143.0
3,231.8
2.8
State and local governments
542.5
532.0
552.1
3.8
Foreign
824.3
753.5
599.6
-20.4
Research
66,873.6
69,641.8
71,262.7
2.3
Performer
Intramurala
15,931.0
15,835.9
17,445.0
10.2
Industry
8,370.3
8,917.6
8,178.9
-8.3
Industry-administered FFRDCs
3,533.6
3,526.7
4,313.0
22.3
Universities and colleges
26,857.6
27,595.1
27,655.7
0.2
University-administered FFRDCs
3,224.1
3,496.0
3,895.9
11.4
Other nonprofit institutions
6,169.2
7,544.7
6,893.2
-8.6
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
1,891.8
1,908.3
2,086.6
9.3
State and local governments
420.2
445.2
406.6
-8.7
Foreign
475.8
372.3
387.8
4.2
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics
4,222.8
3,894.2
4,183.5
7.4
Engineering
12,798.8
12,977.9
14,725.6
13.5
Environmental sciences
4,427.9
4,469.6
4,291.2
-4.0
Life sciences
32,045.4
34,089.6
33,458.9
-1.9
Physical sciences
6,669.8
6,581.5
6,931.3
5.3
Psychology
2,021.4
2,081.2
2,092.2
0.5
Social sciences
1,226.7
1,027.2
1,043.7
1.6
Other sciences nec
3,460.8
4,520.6
4,536.3
0.3
Basic research
32,286.6
33,265.4
33,711.9
1.3
Performer
Intramurala
6,120.5
6,116.1
6,884.3
12.6
Industry
2,446.5
2,692.3
2,130.4
-20.9
Industry-administered FFRDCs
472.0
600.3
577.4
-3.8
Universities and colleges
15,544.5
15,841.1
15,791.2
-0.3
University-administered FFRDCs
2,845.0
3,078.3
3,236.5
5.1
Other nonprofit institutions
3,179.4
3,359.1
3,441.0
2.4
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
1,393.3
1,315.2
1,388.7
5.6
State and local governments
81.4
66.3
61.7
-7.0
Foreign
203.9
196.6
200.7
2.1
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics
2,109.7
1,877.3
1,962.1
4.5
Engineering
3,651.6
3,679.6
3,755.6
2.1
Environmental sciences
2,765.0
2,686.8
2,528.8
-5.9
Life sciences
15,577.0
16,573.8
16,650.3
0.5
Physical sciences
4,706.9
4,717.4
5,061.8
7.3
Psychology
989.8
1,027.3
1,032.1
0.5
Social sciences
378.1
359.3
347.8
-3.2
Other sciences nec
2,108.5
2,344.2
2,373.4
1.2
Applied research
34,587.0
36,376.4
37,550.8
3.2
Performer
Intramurala
9,810.4
9,719.8
10,560.7
8.7
Industry
5,923.8
6,225.3
6,048.5
-2.8
Industry-administered FFRDCs
3,061.6
2,926.4
3,735.6
27.7
Universities and colleges
11,313.1
11,754.1
11,864.5
0.9
University-administered FFRDCs
379.1
417.7
659.5
57.9
Other nonprofit institutions
2,989.8
4,185.6
3,452.1
-17.5
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
498.5
593.0
698.0
17.7
State and local governments
338.8
378.9
345.0
-9.0
Foreign
271.9
175.6
187.1
6.5
Field of science and engineering
Computer sciences and mathematics
2,113.1
2,016.9
2,221.4
10.1
Engineering
9,147.2
9,298.3
10,970.1
18.0
Environmental sciences
1,662.9
1,782.8
1,762.4
-1.1
Life sciences
16,468.4
17,515.8
16,808.6
-4.0
Physical sciences
1,962.9
1,864.1
1,869.4
0.3
Psychology
1,031.6
1,053.9
1,060.1
0.6
Social sciences
848.6
667.9
696.0
4.2
Other sciences nec
1,352.3
2,176.5
2,162.9
-0.6
Development
48,351.1
48,724.6
50,272.6
3.2
Performer
Intramurala
16,088.7
14,966.6
15,772.7
5.4
Industry
27,290.0
28,812.2
29,263.6
1.6
Industry-administered FFRDCs
585.8
516.2
764.2
48.1
Universities and colleges
1,335.7
1,293.1
1,243.6
-3.8
University-administered FFRDCs
810.0
923.8
1,145.1
24.0
Other nonprofit institutions
411.5
510.1
580.8
13.9
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
1,358.5
1,234.7
1,145.2
-7.3
State and local governments
122.4
86.7
145.4
67.7
Foreign
348.5
381.2
211.8
-44.4
R&D plant
2,441.0
2,636.0
3,227.6
22.4
Performer
Intramurala
646.2
829.5
1,007.4
21.4
Industry
344.9
318.1
420.4
32.2
Industry-administered FFRDCs
71.3
82.4
111.3
35.2
Universities and colleges
284.1
350.0
318.5
-9.0
University-administered FFRDCs
591.2
585.7
733.9
25.3
Other nonprofit institutions
289.8
157.8
138.6
-12.2
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
202.4
287.7
486.7
69.2
State and local governments
0.6
0.0
0.0
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Foreign
10.5
25.0
10.8
-56.7
