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Table 55. Preliminary federal obligations for R&D plant, by agency and R&D performer: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Intramurala Extramural
United States and U.S. territories Foreign
Industry Industry-administered FFRDCs Universities and colleges University-administered FFRDCs Other nonprofits Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs State, local governments
All agencies 3,227,587.9 1,007,411.6 420,367.1 111,341.9 318,462.5 733,937.5 138,554.4 486,690.5 0.0 10,822.5
Departments
Department of Agriculture 112,901.2 112,901.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 109,000.0 109,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 3,901.2 3,901.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Commerce 338,680.0 338,680.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology 154,982.0 154,982.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 183,698.0 183,698.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Defense 280,480.8 270,193.4 10,287.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Air Force 217,960.1 208,730.8 9,229.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 49,409.0 49,409.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other defense agencies 13,111.8 12,053.7 1,058.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Energy 1,789,479.4 77,570.1 302,116.6 111,341.9 97,200.6 723,559.7 0.0 477,690.5 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 3,600.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,600.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 13.8 0.0 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 403,478.6 1,074.1 295,802.8 106,580.9 0.6 0.7 0.0 19.5 0.0 0.0
Defense Programs 142,778.6 1,074.1 35,102.8 106,580.9 0.6 0.7 0.0 19.5 0.0 0.0
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program 260,700.0 0.0 260,700.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 1,382,387.0 76,496.0 6,300.0 4,761.0 97,200.0 723,559.0 0.0 474,071.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 163,814.3 157,520.0 0.0 0.0 6,294.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Food and Drug Administration 5,814.3 5,814.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institutes of Health 158,000.0 151,705.7 0.0 0.0 6,294.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 11,296.0 2,296.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,000.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Technology Directorate 10,000.0 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,000.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. Coast Guard 1,296.0 1,296.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of the Interior 6,478.1 2,327.1 4,150.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Reclamation 1,150.0 1,150.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 5,328.1 1,177.1 4,150.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Transportation 45,002.9 66.0 44,608.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 328.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Aviation Administration 41,501.9 66.0 41,107.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 328.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal Railroad Administration 3,501.0 0.0 3,501.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other agencies
Environmental Protection Agency 4,749.0 0.0 4,749.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 22,400.0 0.0 11,028.4 0.0 0.0 729.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,642.1
National Science Foundation 419,650.0 13,201.7 43,426.7 0.0 214,967.6 9,648.2 138,225.5 0.0 0.0 180.3
Smithsonian Institution 32,656.0 32,656.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.
a Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural R&D programs and extramural R&D procurements by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.
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.