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Table 35. Federal obligations for science and engineering to consortia of institutions: FYs 2009–17

(Dollars in thousands)

Consortium 2009a 2010a 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
All consortia 594,894.5 518,035.4 392,352.1 459,428.5 478,046.5 500,015.3 452,152.7 456,589.9 420,499.4
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium 0.0 0.0 895.6 821.3 244.4 918.8 249.9 291.1 211.6
AMDeC Foundation Inc. 0.0 99.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
American Indian Higher Education Consortium 13.7 242.1 216.1 88.4 1,536.7 291.3 1,047.9 3,146.6 1,234.6
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States 2,381.4 1,578.4 2,083.9 3,021.9 1,108.7 2,362.3 800.0 2,217.8 2,447.2
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy 120,389.1 245,216.6 92,624.7 150,249.7 187,721.3 215,535.0 267,457.1 290,663.9 279,176.7
Astrophysical Research Consortium 1,430.6 1,473.6 3,072.8 1,473.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Atlanta U. Center Consortium 0.0 2,233.9 3,723.2 2,234.8 744.9 744.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Barrow Arctic Science Consortium 1,491.1 0.0 5.6 20.3 34.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Black Rock Forest Consortium 0.0 40.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cancer Alliance of Nebraska 946.3 791.2 814.8 759.9 554.2 711.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chesapeake Research Consortium 0.0 24.0 68.0 5.8 0.0 8.0 0.0 17.8 0.0
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 220.7 384.2 225.0 236.6
Consortium for Energy Efficiency Inc. 460.0 460.0 400.0 400.0 34.5 575.6 339.6 300.0 0.0
Consortium for Ocean Leadership 202,973.4 94,855.6 140,715.1 188,772.8 156,734.1 134,188.7 55,863.6 52,676.0 1,910.2
Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials 400.0 400.0 163.0 442.0 678.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Consortium of Organizations for Strong Motion Observation Systems 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc. 1,145.2 1,770.0 1,550.3 2,278.1 1,784.5 2,094.1 2,192.0 2,317.2 2,342.8
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area 2,016.1 2,748.5 2,961.4 3,331.9 3,246.2 2,897.6 4,427.4 1,880.0 3,493.7
Copper River Watershed Project 0.0 13.5 13.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Environmental Resources Coalition 138.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Five Colleges 1,050.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association 70.0 66.0 69.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gulf of Maine Association 0.0 57.0 307.0 210.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 104.0 0.0
Gulf of Mexico Alliance 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0
High Desert Ecological Research Institute 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Human Relations Area Files 72.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 999.5 0.0 0.0 46.4
Innovative Solutions Consortium 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0
Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium 0.0 0.0 641.1 874.5 977.2 1,213.1 1,109.1 1,085.6 1,060.8
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium 164.3 278.0 300.0 867.0 399.9 458.6 369.0 941.8 1,314.6
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium 0.0 485.4 35.0 125.0 649.4 125.0 173.7 789.4 448.9
Midwest Pesticide Action Center 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 95.0
National Grazing Lands Coalition 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
National Physical Science Consortium 0.0 0.0 0.0 264.0 204.0 332.8 440.0 455.4 776.0
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Consortium 19,095.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium 990.0 429.2 444.2 1,225.5 426.4 707.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
New Mexico Consortium 726.3 5,492.6 2,431.9 2,780.9 2,896.8 1,729.2 2,507.6 494.5 790.3
New York Structural Biology Center 4,025.7 9,296.2 5,036.7 6,201.8 5,338.5 10,976.7 3,547.3 2,753.8 5,280.8
North Texas Asthma Consortium 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Northeast Radio Observatory Corp. 2,387.7 1,463.3 3,564.4 3,123.6 945.7 938.0 901.3 495.3 698.3
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 40,731.4 31,787.4 24,504.4 31,513.5 45,144.4 55,612.4 51,859.9 34,448.1 35,734.8
Physiology Education Research Consortium 0.0 0.0 54.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Science and Engineering Alliance 0.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Southeastern Universities Research Association 0.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 880.9 1,257.2 30.0 0.0 1,050.0
Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education 1,877.0 1,078.0 1,653.5 2,417.1 312.2 613.7 1,524.6 1,952.9 1,559.9
Tamarisk Coalition 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tri-C. U. 150.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNAVCO Inc. 20,561.6 22,365.0 15,391.3 15,800.6 15,761.7 13,986.6 13,712.8 14,577.7 14,659.2
Universities Research Association 251.4 163.2 170.4 202.4 215.3 217.1 170.0 170.0 163.7
U. Consortium for Geographic Information Science 39.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U. Corp. for Atmospheric Research 165,272.5 89,057.0 85,994.9 36,734.8 46,916.2 48,673.7 41,723.0 43,898.3 65,006.3
Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation 3,612.0 3,927.6 2,446.4 3,040.9 2,546.3 1,625.8 1,322.5 617.7 691.1
Western States Seismic Policy Council 10.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
a Includes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 obligations.
NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. As of FY 2017, 19 nonprofit consortia were reclassified as nonprofit institutions, 4 nonprofit consortia were reclassified as academic consortia, 3 nonprofit institutions were reclassified as academic consortia, and 1 academic consortium was reclassified as an academic institution; these changes were applied retroactively. See the FY 2017 Technical Notes for full details.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions.