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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
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. Basic research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 99% of total federal basic 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.