Table 80. Federal obligations for applied research performed at universities and colleges in engineering, by selected agency and detailed field: FY 2018
(Dollars in thousands)
Agency
Total
Aeronautical engineering
Astronautical engineering
Chemical engineering
Civil engineering
Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Metallurgy and materials engineering
Other engineering
All agencies surveyed
1,309,310.0
68,479.5
51,884.6
52,817.5
1,336.9
122,700.3
54,877.1
94,778.2
862,435.9
Departments
Department of Agriculture
28,465.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28,465.3
Agricultural Research Service
409.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
409.4
Forest Service
10.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.0
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
28,045.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28,045.9
Department of Defense
264,037.3
31,419.0
1,383.1
8,137.1
0.0
72,479.8
37,599.4
51,358.1
61,660.7
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
72,217.5
2,432.6
0.0
6,222.3
0.0
45,844.5
0.0
3,344.7
14,373.4
Department of the Air Force
49,505.8
21,481.0
1,265.0
1,914.9
0.0
8,607.1
0.0
15,682.2
555.7
Department of the Army
180.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
180.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Department of the Navy
135,658.3
7,505.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
17,848.2
37,599.4
32,331.2
40,374.0
Other defense agencies
6,475.7
0.0
118.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6,357.6
Department of Energy
303,023.4
0.0
0.0
34,432.6
0.0
27,531.0
575.9
2,743.4
237,740.5
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy
30,387.0
0.0
0.0
9,375.4
0.0
17,862.3
575.9
2,573.4
0.0
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
9,668.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9,668.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
199,972.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
199,972.7
Fossil Energy
25,057.3
0.0
0.0
25,057.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration
1,562.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
170.0
1,392.0
Defense Programs
312.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
170.0
142.0
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
1,250.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1,250.0
Nuclear Energy
36,375.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
36,375.7
Department of Health and Human Services
460,361.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6,761.6
453,599.9
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
433.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
433.0
National Institutes of Health
459,928.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
6,761.6
453,166.9
Other agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
110,600.8
37,060.4
50,501.5
0.0
0.0
293.4
0.0
625.3
22,120.1
National Science Foundation
142,821.7
0.0
0.0
10,247.7
1,336.9
22,396.1
16,701.8
33,289.8
58,849.3
