Table 124. Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering: FYs 1999–2009
(Dollars in millions)
| Field |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| All fields |
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 |
32,879.4 |
| Computer sciences and mathematics |
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 |
1,861.4 |
| Computer sciences |
438.3 |
463.0 |
585.6 |
636.9 |
730.5 |
712.2 |
658.1 |
670.9 |
708.3 |
733.8 |
978.1 |
| Mathematics |
254.0 |
308.6 |
288.4 |
325.6 |
359.8 |
479.1 |
542.5 |
518.6 |
561.0 |
645.0 |
804.3 |
| Other computer sciences and mathematics |
42.6 |
26.6 |
83.9 |
36.2 |
30.0 |
47.9 |
27.8 |
18.7 |
24.2 |
28.6 |
79.0 |
| Engineering |
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 |
3,406.2 |
| Aeronautical engineering |
331.7 |
322.8 |
369.7 |
330.1 |
255.8 |
304.2 |
317.7 |
242.7 |
195.1 |
149.5 |
185.3 |
| Astronautical engineering |
66.2 |
88.7 |
33.9 |
68.1 |
59.5 |
67.1 |
72.9 |
57.8 |
43.8 |
32.0 |
35.3 |
| Chemical engineering |
55.2 |
52.6 |
60.2 |
62.3 |
71.5 |
68.6 |
66.8 |
67.6 |
109.0 |
111.6 |
167.6 |
| Civil engineering |
68.8 |
59.7 |
47.9 |
46.5 |
51.1 |
55.6 |
62.2 |
67.4 |
123.6 |
126.2 |
185.5 |
| Electrical engineering |
185.6 |
177.0 |
246.9 |
213.0 |
226.3 |
199.6 |
212.6 |
205.1 |
246.4 |
221.4 |
297.4 |
| Mechanical engineering |
99.6 |
93.4 |
128.8 |
89.2 |
96.3 |
89.6 |
76.7 |
70.5 |
77.6 |
65.8 |
84.3 |
| Metallurgy and materials engineering |
481.2 |
517.8 |
591.1 |
507.8 |
581.0 |
592.0 |
665.9 |
811.4 |
959.9 |
993.2 |
1,112.6 |
| Other engineering |
351.4 |
452.2 |
433.1 |
547.8 |
571.7 |
895.0 |
825.7 |
842.1 |
874.5 |
1,036.2 |
1,338.3 |
| Environmental sciences |
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 |
2,142.9 |
| Atmospheric sciences |
671.0 |
717.0 |
597.2 |
684.1 |
668.1 |
726.8 |
743.6 |
666.3 |
583.6 |
523.2 |
650.5 |
| Geological sciences |
412.1 |
429.6 |
400.6 |
426.0 |
461.9 |
482.0 |
470.3 |
444.6 |
426.8 |
303.0 |
429.7 |
| Oceanography |
383.9 |
364.9 |
402.4 |
427.0 |
442.2 |
452.6 |
431.1 |
416.5 |
436.9 |
433.6 |
549.2 |
| Other environmental sciences |
148.7 |
326.9 |
262.9 |
296.1 |
327.3 |
361.5 |
321.1 |
322.2 |
280.5 |
333.3 |
513.5 |
| Life sciences |
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 |
17,587.2 |
| Agricultural sciences |
424.5 |
445.7 |
511.7 |
530.6 |
528.3 |
503.7 |
511.2 |
514.3 |
532.9 |
494.7 |
531.4 |
| Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) |
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 |
9,600.1 |
| Environmental biology |
280.2 |
313.6 |
309.8 |
334.5 |
324.0 |
329.1 |
339.0 |
344.3 |
350.8 |
368.2 |
466.6 |
| Medical sciences |
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 |
5,747.6 |
| Other life sciences |
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 |
1,241.5 |
| Physical sciences |
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 |
4,121.0 |
| Astronomy |
718.4 |
794.0 |
650.2 |
603.3 |
696.0 |
765.4 |
778.4 |
686.9 |
592.6 |
482.5 |
617.7 |
| Chemistry |
554.6 |
765.8 |
736.8 |
748.8 |
748.6 |
776.0 |
764.0 |
720.7 |
732.8 |
725.8 |
835.4 |
| Physics |
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 |
2,370.4 |
| Other physical sciences |
122.9 |
146.4 |
177.9 |
192.0 |
188.8 |
216.7 |
200.4 |
197.1 |
206.8 |
208.2 |
297.5 |
| Psychology |
347.3 |
817.8 |
292.9 |
464.6 |
543.8 |
979.2 |
1,040.1 |
944.9 |
978.8 |
936.0 |
1,100.5 |
| Biological aspects |
12.2 |
5.7 |
10.4 |
7.8 |
10.6 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
| Social aspects |
9.9 |
14.3 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
6.6 |
18.5 |
| Other psychological sciences |
325.1 |
797.8 |
277.0 |
452.0 |
529.2 |
973.2 |
1,035.5 |
939.3 |
972.0 |
928.9 |
1,080.0 |
| Social sciences |
246.5 |
308.0 |
278.4 |
361.7 |
352.8 |
419.3 |
391.4 |
381.0 |
361.3 |
330.0 |
432.2 |
| Anthropology |
13.4 |
14.0 |
14.1 |
15.2 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
15.2 |
14.1 |
15.3 |
15.2 |
27.7 |
| Economics |
45.3 |
51.8 |
42.5 |
45.3 |
48.2 |
48.0 |
51.3 |
46.3 |
52.3 |
43.7 |
52.0 |
| Political science |
4.8 |
5.1 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
6.7 |
10.5 |
11.0 |
8.5 |
16.5 |
13.0 |
| Sociology |
9.2 |
11.8 |
17.9 |
19.5 |
48.7 |
48.6 |
17.9 |
19.2 |
40.8 |
14.0 |
33.3 |
| Other social sciences |
173.9 |
225.4 |
198.0 |
276.0 |
237.1 |
303.1 |
296.5 |
290.3 |
244.3 |
240.6 |
306.1 |
| Other sciences nec |
572.5 |
523.6 |
691.7 |
715.2 |
702.7 |
1,035.9 |
1,227.5 |
1,386.5 |
686.4 |
1,190.9 |
2,227.9 |
