Table 85. Federal obligations for applied 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	121,097.5	1,816.7	40,868.3	0.0	13,644.2	64,768.3
Departments
Department of Agriculture	52,292.2	0.0	37,508.4	0.0	13,644.2	1,139.7
Agricultural Research Service	91.4	0.0	91.4	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	2,825.3	0.0	1,314.4	0.0	371.3	1,139.7
National Institute of Food and Agriculture	46,131.7	0.0	32,858.7	0.0	13,273.0	0.0
Rural Business-Cooperative Service	750.0	0.0	750.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Department of Defense	1,820.3	1,780.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.9
Department of the Air Force	39.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.9
Department of the Navy	1,780.4	1,780.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Department of Health and Human Services	60,664.5	35.9	3,359.9	0.0	0.0	57,268.7
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
Health Resources and Services Administration	3,507.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,507.1
National Institutes of Health	43,105.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	43,105.7
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 Science Foundation	2,472.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2,471.9

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. Applied research obligations of these seven agencies represented over 95% of total federal applied 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.