Table 70. Federal obligations for basic 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 1,422,410.5 98,956.5 17,710.6 53,267.4 13,607.0 125,851.0 91,419.5 345,058.1 676,540.3
Departments
Department of Agriculture 15,069.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15,069.6
Agricultural Research Service 428.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 428.6
Forest Service 110.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 110.9
National Institute of Food and Agriculture 14,530.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14,530.0
Department of Defense 210,330.7 27,610.2 638.3 12,619.9 2,703.1 34,284.1 21,362.0 65,493.4 45,619.7
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 29,517.6 0.0 0.0 4,518.0 0.0 12,255.3 0.0 760.0 11,984.3
Department of the Air Force 68,772.9 24,116.3 235.3 5,840.5 26.4 1,094.1 698.7 25,300.4 11,461.1
Department of the Army 21,085.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6,231.9 7,184.0 7,670.0 0.0
Department of the Navy 66,072.8 3,090.9 0.0 0.0 140.5 7,445.1 6,545.8 27,762.7 21,087.9
Other defense agencies 24,881.4 403.0 403.0 2,261.3 2,536.2 7,257.8 6,933.6 4,000.2 1,086.3
Department of Energy 29,225.3 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 995.2 0.0 26,974.0 1,250.0
Bonneville Power Administration 284.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 284.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability 710.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 710.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fossil Energy 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration 1,250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,250.0
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 1,250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,250.0
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 404,866.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8,161.0 396,705.3
National Institutes of Health 404,866.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8,161.0 396,705.3
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 112,622.5 71,346.3 17,072.3 785.3 69.9 3,449.4 2,409.4 3,986.7 13,503.3
National Science Foundation 650,296.1 0.0 0.0 39,859.2 10,831.1 87,122.4 67,648.0 240,443.1 204,392.4