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Table 76. Federal obligations for applied research performed at universities and colleges for selected agencies, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 2018–19

(Dollars in thousands)

Field 2018 Preliminary
2019
All fields 11,970,235.8 12,839,701.1
Computer sciences and mathematics 295,519.7 323,522.7
Computer sciences 248,778.6 NA
Mathematics 31,766.5 NA
Other computer sciences and mathematics 14,974.5 NA
Engineering 1,309,310.0 1,561,675.6
Aeronautical engineering 68,479.5 NA
Astronautical engineering 51,884.6 NA
Chemical engineering 52,817.5 NA
Civil engineering 1,336.9 NA
Electrical engineering 122,700.3 NA
Mechanical engineering 54,877.1 NA
Metallurgy and materials engineering 94,778.2 NA
Other engineering 862,435.9 NA
Environmental sciences 200,388.7 203,723.2
Atmospheric sciences 7,468.3 NA
Geological sciences 915.6 NA
Oceanography 28,379.4 NA
Other environmental sciences 163,625.3 NA
Life sciences 8,787,471.3 9,223,938.1
Agricultural sciences 235,164.6 NA
Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) 4,532,542.5 NA
Environmental biology 89,788.7 NA
Medical sciences 2,975,850.4 NA
Other life sciences 954,125.1 NA
Physical sciences 127,620.1 200,643.6
Astronomy 1,314.5 NA
Chemistry 81,616.3 NA
Physics 21,647.2 NA
Other physical sciences 23,042.1 NA
Psychology 629,219.0 661,057.4
Biological aspects 0.0 NA
Social aspects 3,229.1 NA
Other psychological sciences 625,990.0 NA
Social sciences 114,493.9 118,497.4
Anthropology 385.4 NA
Economics 41,099.4 NA
Political science 0.0 NA
Sociology 13,795.1 NA
Other social sciences 59,214.1 NA
Other sciences nec 506,213.1 546,643.0
NA = not available; data were not collected at that level for that fiscal year.
nec = not elsewhere classified.
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 FYs 2018–19.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2018–19.