Table 75. Federal obligations for basic 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	253,329.3	22,120.3	40,580.3	11,463.9	14,079.1	165,085.7
Departments
Department of Agriculture	25,284.0	0.0	17,972.4	0.0	7,155.4	156.2
Agricultural Research Service	114.3	0.0	114.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Forest Service	329.6	0.0	164.9	0.0	8.4	156.2
National Institute of Food and Agriculture	24,840.1	0.0	17,693.2	0.0	7,147.0	0.0
Department of Defense	13,999.0	3,258.6	0.0	642.5	0.0	10,097.8
Department of the Army	3,513.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,513.8
Department of the Navy	3,258.6	3,258.6	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	45,017.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45,017.5
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	152.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	152.4
National Institutes of Health	44,865.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	44,865.1
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	187.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	67.6	119.7
National Science Foundation	168,841.5	18,861.7	22,607.9	10,821.3	6,856.0	109,694.5

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.