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Table 12. Preliminary federal obligations for research and development and for R&D plant to federally funded research and development centers, by agency: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency R&D R&D plant
Total Industry-administered FFRDCs University-administered FFRDCs Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs Total Industry-administered FFRDCs University-administered FFRDCs Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs
All agencies 13,350,166.8 5,077,267.8 5,041,060.2 3,231,838.7 1,331,969.8 111,341.9 733,937.5 486,690.5
Departments
Department of Commerce 4,987.7 0.0 3,810.8 1,176.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology 1,176.9 0.0 0.0 1,176.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3,810.8 0.0 3,810.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 1,715,832.2 459,307.3 418,395.4 838,129.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 105,034.2 18,506.8 53,671.2 32,856.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Air Force 544,245.0 257,479.5 33,114.2 253,651.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Army 134,008.1 4,893.9 33,635.2 95,479.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 292,761.2 15,290.9 65,903.4 211,567.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other defense agencies 639,783.7 163,136.2 232,071.5 244,575.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Energy 8,243,383.5 3,896,278.8 2,169,440.0 2,177,664.7 1,312,592.1 111,341.9 723,559.7 477,690.5
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 39,444.5 8,282.7 16,327.6 14,834.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 2,756.1 785.2 0.0 1,971.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 113,364.6 36,732.9 15,777.9 60,853.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 1,218,427.8 230,481.6 264,405.8 723,540.4 3,600.0 0.0 0.0 3,600.0
Environmental Management 5,770.0 3,528.0 75.0 2,167.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 58.2 42.8 6.7 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 3,311,285.3 3,250,298.2 12,329.5 48,657.7 106,601.1 106,580.9 0.7 19.5
Defense Programs 3,000,839.0 2,999,404.0 1,435.0 0.0 106,601.1 106,580.9 0.7 19.5
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program 86,360.5 86,145.5 125.0 90.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 224,085.8 164,748.7 10,769.5 48,567.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Energy 228,136.0 193,575.0 34,561.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 3,324,141.0 172,552.5 1,825,956.5 1,325,631.9 1,202,391.0 4,761.0 723,559.0 474,071.0
Department of Health and Human Services 709,457.2 659,465.3 26,129.3 23,862.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 602.8 0.0 0.0 602.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institutes of Health 703,854.4 659,465.3 21,129.3 23,259.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 5,000.0 0.0 5,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 5,000.0 0.0 5,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 104,705.5 50,055.1 3,767.6 50,882.7 9,000.0 0.0 0.0 9,000.0
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 27,974.2 21,052.2 3,552.9 3,369.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 76,731.3 29,002.9 214.8 47,513.6 9,000.0 0.0 0.0 9,000.0
Department of the Interior 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Reclamation 200.0 0.0 200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 111,596.0 676.9 676.9 110,242.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Aviation Administration 109,375.8 0.0 0.0 109,375.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Highway Administration 2,220.2 676.9 676.9 866.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 6,758.7 0.0 0.0 6,758.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2,236,350.1 850.7 2,220,756.7 14,742.6 729.5 0.0 729.5 0.0
National Science Foundation 194,356.2 197.3 193,911.5 247.5 9,648.2 0.0 9,648.2 0.0
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 22,539.7 10,436.5 3,972.0 8,131.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
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. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2017–18.