Table 127. Federal obligations for applied research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 2009–18

(Dollars in millions)

Field 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Preliminary
2018
All fields 30,812.5 31,932.6 28,751.2 31,027.4 29,753.2 31,603.5 32,298.4 34,587.0 36,376.4 37,550.8
Computer sciences and mathematics 1,750.3 1,748.6 1,585.9 1,732.6 1,736.2 1,965.5 1,878.2 2,113.1 2,016.9 2,221.4
Computer sciences 1,444.1 1,488.4 1,255.2 1,469.7 1,501.7 1,654.0 1,621.1 1,818.5 1,736.0 NA
Mathematics 123.6 118.9 150.3 119.1 106.5 154.9 131.8 140.7 117.7 NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 182.7 141.4 180.4 143.8 128.0 156.6 125.4 153.9 163.2 NA
Engineering 6,878.8 7,590.0 6,889.2 7,944.5 7,540.7 8,343.0 8,289.7 9,147.2 9,298.3 10,970.1
Aeronautical engineering 722.5 678.8 691.9 1,413.0 1,433.2 1,386.2 1,356.4 1,357.5 1,442.2 NA
Astronautical engineering 334.9 358.3 377.2 610.8 652.3 575.9 561.9 551.4 550.4 NA
Chemical engineering 279.4 366.9 291.8 255.2 334.8 431.7 314.1 150.2 121.7 NA
Civil engineering 493.4 544.6 467.9 478.3 418.7 417.3 403.3 410.5 514.4 NA
Electrical engineering 956.6 1,065.9 954.4 1,025.9 903.9 992.4 669.0 835.2 823.4 NA
Mechanical engineering 230.1 283.3 227.5 215.7 401.7 374.1 198.1 251.3 325.9 NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 609.0 667.4 544.0 513.1 528.2 536.0 467.0 696.1 634.6 NA
Other engineering 3,252.9 3,624.7 3,334.4 3,432.4 2,867.8 3,629.4 4,320.0 4,895.0 4,885.7 NA
Environmental sciences 1,608.2 1,551.5 1,410.7 1,625.6 1,645.2 1,612.9 1,675.4 1,662.9 1,782.8 1,762.4
Atmospheric sciences 367.6 356.9 341.4 516.9 547.6 530.9 516.5 516.6 563.5 NA
Geological sciences 324.3 197.7 201.4 224.1 215.4 143.2 210.6 129.3 141.3 NA
Oceanography 285.0 272.1 240.7 319.1 331.1 365.3 294.2 331.3 389.7 NA
Other environmental sciences 631.3 724.8 627.2 565.5 551.1 573.5 654.2 685.7 688.3 NA
Life sciences 15,679.9 16,160.8 14,076.3 14,990.3 14,345.5 14,931.8 15,415.4 16,468.4 17,515.8 16,808.6
Agricultural sciences 589.0 560.4 538.0 462.3 440.7 490.5 766.1 717.0 769.3 NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 7,776.7 7,796.5 6,901.2 7,141.0 6,669.3 7,027.0 7,081.3 7,896.5 7,982.4 NA
Environmental biology 497.0 380.9 420.3 390.0 397.6 425.8 420.5 407.5 411.5 NA
Medical sciences 5,645.1 5,890.1 5,116.7 5,550.5 5,591.5 5,721.1 5,816.3 6,021.3 6,931.4 NA
Other life sciences 1,172.1 1,532.9 1,100.1 1,446.5 1,246.5 1,267.4 1,331.2 1,426.0 1,421.1 NA
Physical sciences 1,700.1 1,886.7 1,611.6 1,850.8 1,849.7 1,845.6 1,889.5 1,962.9 1,864.1 1,869.4
Astronomy 53.8 55.7 56.6 174.4 173.1 155.6 156.7 153.7 152.9 NA
Chemistry 438.6 482.9 332.0 326.7 267.4 290.6 295.3 275.1 274.8 NA
Physics 985.7 1,093.0 993.6 1,140.3 1,013.0 989.2 471.0 1,138.7 1,078.7 NA
Other physical sciences 222.0 255.1 229.4 209.3 396.1 410.3 966.4 395.4 357.7 NA
Psychology 985.9 1,026.4 908.1 998.8 919.2 930.5 995.0 1,031.6 1,053.9 1,060.1
Biological aspects 0.2 3.5 3.0 1.1 0.5 1.4 4.9 4.1 0.5 NA
Social aspects 32.3 56.2 37.6 48.4 48.5 46.2 44.9 44.3 42.9 NA
Other psychological sciences 953.3 966.6 867.5 949.3 870.2 882.8 945.2 983.2 1,010.6 NA
Social sciences 724.5 838.4 891.4 743.1 863.4 1,049.0 791.6 848.6 667.9 696.0
Anthropology 1.6 0.4 0.3 3.4 2.3 2.4 1.7 2.1 3.1 NA
Economics 178.1 229.6 344.1 289.0 274.6 286.1 289.5 320.4 237.8 NA
Political science 11.6 4.7 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.3 3.6 1.0 5.4 NA
Sociology 105.5 102.8 97.0 116.0 112.8 126.9 101.5 173.2 154.8 NA
Other social sciences 427.7 500.9 447.3 332.2 471.7 632.2 395.2 352.0 266.7 NA
Other sciences nec 1,484.8 1,130.2 1,377.9 1,141.7 853.5 925.4 1,363.7 1,352.3 2,176.5 2,162.9