Table 65. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges in social sciences, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2017

(Dollars in thousands)

Agency	Total	Anthropology	Economics	Political science	Sociology	Other social sciences
All agencies surveyed	374,426.7	23,937.0	81,448.6	11,463.9	27,723.3	229,854.0
Departments
Department of Agriculture	77,576.3	0.0	55,480.8	0.0	20,799.6	1,295.9
Agricultural Research Service	205.7	0.0	205.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Economic Research Service	2,493.8	0.0	2,493.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Forest Service	3,154.9	0.0	1,479.3	0.0	379.7	1,295.9
National Institute of Food and Agriculture	70,971.8	0.0	50,551.9	0.0	20,419.9	0.0
Rural Business-Cooperative Service	750.0	0.0	750.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Department of Defense	15,819.3	5,039.1	0.0	642.5	0.0	10,137.6
Department of the Air Force	39.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.9
Department of the Army	3,513.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,513.8
Department of the Navy	5,039.1	5,039.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other defense agencies	7,226.5	0.0	0.0	642.5	0.0	6,584.0
Department of Health and Human Services	105,681.9	35.9	3,359.9	0.0	0.0	102,286.1
Administration for Children and Families	1,000.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1,000.0
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	9,951.7	35.9	3,359.9	0.0	0.0	6,556.0
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	152.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	152.4
Health Resources and Services Administration	3,507.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,507.1
National Institutes of Health	87,970.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	87,970.8
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services	3,100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,100.0
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation	3,100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,100.0
Department of Homeland Security	3,848.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,848.2
Science and Technology Directorate	3,848.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,848.2
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	187.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	67.6	119.7
National Science Foundation	171,313.8	18,862.0	22,607.9	10,821.3	6,856.0	112,166.4

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.