Table 63. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges in physical sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2017
(Dollars in thousands)
| Agency |
Total |
Astronomy |
Chemistry |
Physics |
Other physical sciences |
| All agencies surveyed |
1,733,936.7 |
242,701.1 |
478,703.8 |
824,662.2 |
187,869.6 |
| Departments |
|
|
|
|
|
| Department of Agriculture |
15,976.3 |
0.0 |
15,770.6 |
205.7 |
0.0 |
| Agricultural Research Service |
5,503.5 |
0.0 |
5,297.8 |
205.7 |
0.0 |
| Forest Service |
175.4 |
0.0 |
175.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
10,297.4 |
0.0 |
10,297.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Department of Defense |
217,468.8 |
0.0 |
51,003.5 |
148,839.2 |
17,626.1 |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
16,493.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
16,493.0 |
0.0 |
| Department of the Air Force |
117,794.3 |
0.0 |
15,950.6 |
90,446.7 |
11,396.9 |
| Department of the Army |
20,534.3 |
0.0 |
9,778.6 |
10,755.8 |
0.0 |
| Department of the Navy |
25,235.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
19,006.1 |
6,229.2 |
| Other defense agencies |
37,411.8 |
0.0 |
25,274.3 |
12,137.5 |
0.0 |
| Department of Energy |
420,622.6 |
0.0 |
86,834.3 |
330,038.3 |
3,750.0 |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy |
4,963.1 |
0.0 |
4,399.6 |
563.5 |
0.0 |
| National Nuclear Security Administration |
5,346.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,596.8 |
3,750.0 |
| Defense Programs |
1,596.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1,596.8 |
0.0 |
| Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation |
3,750.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3,750.0 |
| Office of Science |
410,312.7 |
0.0 |
82,434.7 |
327,878.0 |
0.0 |
| Department of Health and Human Services |
78,751.5 |
0.0 |
76,901.5 |
0.0 |
1,849.9 |
| National Institutes of Health |
78,751.5 |
0.0 |
76,901.5 |
0.0 |
1,849.9 |
| Other agencies |
|
|
|
|
|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
254,288.4 |
158,598.5 |
11,281.3 |
72,956.3 |
11,452.3 |
| National Science Foundation |
746,829.2 |
84,102.6 |
236,912.5 |
272,622.7 |
153,191.3 |
