Table 124. Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 1998–2008

(Dollars in millions)

Field 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
All fields 15,613.0 17,443.7 19,569.8 21,958.1 23,668.3 24,751.4 26,120.7 27,140.3 26,584.6 26,865.8 27,154.0
Computer sciences and mathematics 705.5 734.9 798.3 957.8 998.7 1,120.2 1,239.1 1,228.4 1,208.2 1,293.5 1,407.4
Computer sciences 419.1 438.3 463.0 585.6 636.9 730.5 712.2 658.1 670.9 708.3 733.8
Mathematics 250.7 254.0 308.6 288.4 325.6 359.8 479.1 542.5 518.6 561.0 645.0
Other computer sciences and mathematics 35.6 42.6 26.6 83.9 36.2 30.0 47.9 27.8 18.7 24.2 28.6
Engineering 1,594.4 1,639.7 1,764.2 1,911.5 1,864.9 1,913.1 2,271.7 2,300.5 2,364.6 2,629.9 2,736.0
Aeronautical engineering 285.2 331.7 322.8 369.7 330.1 255.8 304.2 317.7 242.7 195.1 149.5
Astronautical engineering 68.0 66.2 88.7 33.9 68.1 59.5 67.1 72.9 57.8 43.8 32.0
Chemical engineering 52.3 55.2 52.6 60.2 62.3 71.5 68.6 66.8 67.6 109.0 111.6
Civil engineering 35.9 68.8 59.7 47.9 46.5 51.1 55.6 62.2 67.4 123.6 126.2
Electrical engineering 213.9 185.6 177.0 246.9 213.0 226.3 199.6 212.6 205.1 246.4 221.4
Mechanical engineering 106.7 99.6 93.4 128.8 89.2 96.3 89.6 76.7 70.5 77.6 65.8
Metallurgy and materials engineering 478.2 481.2 517.8 591.1 507.8 581.0 592.0 665.9 811.4 959.9 993.2
Other engineering 354.3 351.4 452.2 433.1 547.8 571.7 895.0 825.7 842.1 874.5 1,036.2
Environmental sciences 1,528.7 1,615.7 1,838.4 1,663.0 1,833.3 1,899.5 2,022.9 1,966.1 1,849.5 1,727.8 1,593.1
Atmospheric sciences 655.2 671.0 717.0 597.2 684.1 668.1 726.8 743.6 666.3 583.6 523.2
Geological sciences 391.2 412.1 429.6 400.6 426.0 461.9 482.0 470.3 444.6 426.8 303.0
Oceanography 286.0 383.9 364.9 402.4 427.0 442.2 452.6 431.1 416.5 436.9 433.6
Other environmental sciences 196.4 148.7 326.9 262.9 296.1 327.3 361.5 321.1 322.2 280.5 333.3
Life sciences 7,853.4 9,197.1 10,049.0 12,835.5 14,024.1 14,765.3 14,490.0 15,247.6 14,934.4 15,643.5 15,557.4
Agricultural sciences 372.5 424.5 445.7 511.7 530.6 528.3 503.7 511.2 514.3 532.9 494.7
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 3,653.0 4,236.9 6,851.1 7,952.3 8,379.7 10,471.5 7,222.8 7,608.0 7,699.8 8,075.5 8,258.7
Environmental biology 196.8 280.2 313.6 309.8 334.5 324.0 329.1 339.0 344.3 350.8 368.2
Medical sciences 3,392.4 3,956.5 1,923.8 2,808.6 3,361.0 2,919.1 5,477.2 5,702.7 5,454.4 5,504.0 5,314.3
Other life sciences 238.6 299.1 514.7 1,253.1 1,418.3 522.3 957.1 1,086.7 921.7 1,180.2 1,121.5
Physical sciences 2,941.4 3,089.8 3,470.6 3,327.1 3,405.9 3,454.0 3,662.6 3,738.7 3,515.5 3,544.5 3,403.1
Astronomy 706.9 718.4 794.0 650.2 603.3 696.0 765.4 778.4 686.9 592.6 482.5
Chemistry 517.5 554.6 765.8 736.8 748.8 748.6 776.0 764.0 720.7 732.8 725.8
Physics 1,579.8 1,693.8 1,764.4 1,762.3 1,861.7 1,820.6 1,904.5 1,995.9 1,910.8 2,012.3 1,986.6
Other physical sciences 137.1 122.9 146.4 177.9 192.0 188.8 216.7 200.4 197.1 206.8 208.2
Psychology 312.0 347.3 817.8 292.9 464.6 543.8 979.2 1,040.1 944.9 978.8 936.0
Biological aspects 27.3 12.2 5.7 10.4 7.8 10.6 0.9 0.3 0.7 1.5 0.5
Social aspects 12.9 9.9 14.3 5.5 4.8 4.1 5.0 4.3 4.9 5.4 6.6
Other psychological sciences 271.8 325.1 797.8 277.0 452.0 529.2 973.2 1,035.5 939.3 972.0 928.9
Social sciences 224.8 246.5 308.0 278.4 361.7 352.8 419.3 391.4 381.0 361.3 330.0
Anthropology 13.5 13.4 14.0 14.1 15.2 12.7 12.9 15.2 14.1 15.3 15.2
Economics 41.5 45.3 51.8 42.5 45.3 48.2 48.0 51.3 46.3 52.3 43.7
Political science 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.7 10.5 11.0 8.5 16.5
Sociology 23.5 9.2 11.8 17.9 19.5 48.7 48.6 17.9 19.2 40.8 14.0
Other social sciences 141.7 173.9 225.4 198.0 276.0 237.1 303.1 296.5 290.3 244.3 240.6
Other sciences nec 452.7 572.5 523.6 691.7 715.2 702.7 1,035.9 1,227.5 1,386.5 686.4 1,190.9