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Table 57. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges, by selected agency and field of science and engineering: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Computer sciences and mathematics Engineering Environmental sciences Life sciences Physical sciences Psychology Social sciences Other sciences nec
All agencies surveyed 27,002,728.3 1,414,704.8 2,459,281.2 1,244,893.9 17,302,255.5 1,733,936.7 1,223,881.9 374,426.7 1,249,347.6
Departments
Department of Agriculture 803,021.3 1,001.7 43,082.8 11,597.8 653,786.4 15,976.3 0.0 77,576.3 0.0
Agricultural Research Service 85,724.8 111.4 771.5 377.2 78,755.3 5,503.5 0.0 205.7 0.0
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 10,299.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,299.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Economic Research Service 2,493.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,493.8 0.0
Foreign Agricultural Service 239.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 239.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Forest Service 26,214.7 590.2 796.9 7,135.8 14,361.5 175.4 0.0 3,154.9 0.0
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration 169.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 169.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Agricultural Statistics Service 300.0 300.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 676,830.1 0.0 41,514.4 4,084.9 549,961.6 10,297.4 0.0 70,971.8 0.0
Rural Business-Cooperative Service 750.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 750.0 0.0
Department of Defense 1,661,991.2 293,834.9 418,842.2 94,176.3 220,364.5 217,468.8 18,099.5 15,819.3 383,385.9
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 403,767.8 130,738.1 92,991.3 0.0 130,254.2 16,493.0 0.0 0.0 33,291.1
Department of the Air Force 311,371.1 55,026.3 102,758.1 10,041.1 22,764.6 117,794.3 0.0 39.9 2,946.9
Department of the Army 282,563.5 27,954.0 21,282.4 2,095.7 28,346.4 20,534.3 0.0 3,513.8 178,836.9
Department of the Navy 506,002.4 52,349.3 174,545.5 78,475.0 12,188.7 25,235.3 15,227.3 5,039.1 142,942.1
Other defense agencies 158,286.5 27,767.3 27,264.8 3,564.5 26,810.6 37,411.8 2,872.2 7,226.5 25,368.8
Department of Energy 851,424.2 14,362.9 187,772.3 25,225.4 123,715.3 420,622.6 0.0 0.0 79,725.8
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 77,482.0 608.1 54,603.4 0.0 17,307.4 4,963.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bonneville Power Administration 925.6 300.0 625.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 9,530.9 0.0 9,530.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 56,921.1 0.0 56,921.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Environmental Management 4,517.8 0.0 0.0 4,517.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 31.0 0.0 31.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 11,659.8 3,613.3 2,699.7 0.0 0.0 5,346.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Defense Programs 1,796.4 0.0 199.6 0.0 0.0 1,596.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 9,863.4 3,613.3 2,500.1 0.0 0.0 3,750.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nuclear Energy 36,386.6 0.0 36,386.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Office of Science 653,969.5 9,841.5 26,974.0 20,707.6 106,407.9 410,312.7 0.0 0.0 79,725.8
Department of Health and Human Services 18,385,470.1 64,185.4 794,280.6 260,222.4 15,663,040.6 78,751.5 1,173,072.8 105,681.9 246,235.0
Administration for Children and Families 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,000.0 0.0
Administration for Community Living 66,305.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 66,305.9
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 97,635.8 1,795.0 425.0 0.0 75,929.5 0.0 0.0 9,951.7 9,534.5
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 145,674.5 0.0 0.0 37,568.6 93,928.8 0.0 0.0 152.4 14,024.7
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 813.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 813.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Food and Drug Administration 61,661.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 61,661.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Health Resources and Services Administration 20,357.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 10,178.4 0.0 0.0 3,507.1 6,672.4
National Institutes of Health 17,988,921.4 62,390.4 793,855.5 222,653.8 15,420,529.2 78,751.5 1,173,072.8 87,970.8 149,697.6
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 3,100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,100.0 0.0
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 3,100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,100.0 0.0
Department of Homeland Security 41,159.8 0.0 12,008.1 880.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,848.2 24,423.3
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 18,783.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18,783.0
Science and Technology Directorate 22,376.8 0.0 12,008.1 880.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,848.2 5,640.2
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 759,461.6 10,177.0 207,986.3 196,104.9 38,371.2 254,288.4 2,070.4 187.3 50,276.0
National Science Foundation 4,500,199.9 1,031,143.0 795,308.9 656,686.9 602,977.5 746,829.2 30,639.3 171,313.8 465,301.6
nec = not elsewhere classified.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Seven agencies are required to report data for this section of the survey: the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation. Research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 97% of total federal research obligations to universities and colleges in FY 2017. 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.