Table 35. Federal obligations for basic research in life sciences, by agency and detailed field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Agricultural sciences Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) Environmental biology Medical sciences Other life sciences
All agencies 16,573,800.3 584,157.4 8,573,281.0 371,851.4 5,717,288.7 1,327,221.6
Departments
Department of Agriculture 844,940.5 575,613.3 101,423.1 156,523.9 11,250.3 130.0
Agricultural Research Service 537,610.2 417,647.1 37,451.9 72,972.7 9,538.5 0.0
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 18,815.6 18,815.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign Agricultural Service 38.4 38.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 66,217.6 19,466.8 7,364.0 39,256.7 0.0 130.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 222,258.9 119,645.4 56,607.1 44,294.5 1,711.8 0.0
Department of Commerce 10,363.0 0.0 10,363.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology 10,363.0 0.0 10,363.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 198,015.6 7,608.6 111,912.2 1,733.1 63,504.5 13,257.1
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 79,567.4 0.0 48,646.0 0.0 30,921.4 0.0
Department of the Air Force 30,125.2 6,231.4 11,015.2 780.2 108.0 11,990.3
Department of the Army 38,254.1 0.0 8,771.7 0.0 29,482.4 0.0
Department of the Navy 12,680.3 0.0 9,495.3 0.0 2,992.6 192.3
Other defense agencies 37,388.6 1,377.3 33,984.0 952.9 0.0 1,074.4
Department of Energy 360,839.8 0.0 359,689.9 1,149.9 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 435.0 0.0 435.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 435.0 0.0 435.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 360,404.8 0.0 359,254.9 1,149.9 0.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 13,994,753.4 0.0 7,331,206.8 0.0 5,374,986.1 1,288,560.5
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 19,208.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 18,742.2 466.2
Health Resources and Services Administration 2,988.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,988.7 0.0
National Institutes of Health 13,972,556.2 0.0 7,331,206.8 0.0 5,353,255.2 1,288,094.3
Department of the Interior 13,972.1 0.0 8,218.3 5,570.9 0.0 183.0
U.S. Geological Survey 13,972.1 0.0 8,218.3 5,570.9 0.0 183.0
Department of Veterans Affairs 246,716.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 246,716.9 0.0
Other agencies
Agency for International Development 150.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 150.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 151,981.2 935.6 97,719.3 7,554.4 20,680.9 25,091.1
National Science Foundation 659,294.7 0.0 505,665.5 153,629.2 0.0 0.0
Smithsonian Institution 92,773.0 0.0 47,083.0 45,690.0 0.0 0.0