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Table 60. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges in engineering, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency Total Aeronautical engineering Astronautical engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Metallurgy and materials engineering Other engineering
All agencies surveyed 2,459,281.2 181,806.4 49,828.8 77,270.5 16,559.2 229,716.9 153,701.2 428,510.0 1,321,888.3
Departments
Department of Agriculture 43,082.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 43,082.8
Agricultural Research Service 771.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 771.5
Forest Service 796.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 796.9
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 41,514.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41,514.4
Department of Defense 418,842.2 50,022.8 1,397.2 19,426.8 2,728.1 101,724.2 47,748.9 88,010.5 107,783.8
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 92,991.3 443.5 0.0 9,606.1 0.0 37,801.5 0.0 8,414.1 36,726.1
Department of the Air Force 102,758.1 41,210.7 994.2 7,559.4 26.4 5,712.6 698.7 33,597.7 12,958.5
Department of the Army 21,282.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,428.4 7,184.0 7,670.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 174,545.5 7,765.6 0.0 0.0 165.5 44,045.6 32,932.6 34,328.4 55,307.8
Other defense agencies 27,264.8 603.0 403.0 2,261.3 2,536.2 7,736.2 6,933.6 4,000.2 2,791.3
Department of Energy 187,772.3 0.0 0.0 7,719.4 7.6 10,158.1 18,443.0 52,008.4 99,435.7
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy 54,603.4 0.0 0.0 7,697.7 0.0 0.0 18,443.0 24,934.4 3,528.3
Bonneville Power Administration 625.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 625.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 9,530.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9,530.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 56,921.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 56,921.1
Fossil Energy 31.0 0.0 0.0 21.7 7.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 2,699.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 2,599.7
Defense Programs 199.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 99.6
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 2,500.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,500.1
Nuclear Energy 36,386.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36,386.6
Office of Science 26,974.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26,974.0 0.0
Department of Health and Human Services 794,280.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16,001.9 778,278.7
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 425.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 425.0
National Institutes of Health 793,855.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16,001.9 777,853.6
Department of Homeland Security 12,008.1 0.0 0.0 67.6 215.1 5,258.9 0.0 0.0 6,466.6
Science and Technology Directorate 12,008.1 0.0 0.0 67.6 215.1 5,258.9 0.0 0.0 6,466.6
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 207,986.3 131,783.6 48,431.6 811.4 71.5 4,284.9 2,968.1 4,181.5 15,453.8
National Science Foundation 795,308.9 0.0 0.0 49,245.4 13,536.8 108,290.7 84,541.3 268,307.6 271,387.1
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.