nsf.gov - Table 9 - NCSES Higher Education Research and Development: Fiscal Year 2013

Field	All federal R&D expenditures	DOD	DOE	HHS	NASA	NSF	USDA	Other^a
All R&D fields	39,470,157	5,037,554	1,873,818	21,222,929	1,332,307	5,395,972	1,091,575	3,516,002
Science	31,801,289	2,509,296	1,076,463	20,369,120	896,973	3,931,339	1,017,936	2,000,162
Computer sciences	1,552,070	546,717	50,412	80,408	16,796	706,428	3,486	147,823
Environmental sciences	2,097,153	208,006	143,967	79,135	299,909	768,294	56,657	541,185
Atmospheric sciences	398,386	45,741	32,543	2,601	99,156	96,102	8,859	113,384
Earth sciences	768,129	62,563	74,297	11,270	162,568	291,440	26,097	139,894
Oceanography	662,173	88,241	7,662	9,599	21,877	311,163	3,383	220,248
Environmental sciences, nec	268,465	11,461	29,465	55,665	16,308	69,589	18,318	67,659
Life sciences	22,250,416	913,123	216,176	18,662,583	84,659	770,373	875,931	727,571
Agricultural sciences	1,111,845	25,277	69,117	90,989	7,711	117,923	606,230	194,598
Biological sciences	7,640,435	279,100	112,332	6,208,337	43,306	571,163	216,125	210,072
Medical sciences	12,271,622	555,003	20,824	11,324,943	32,673	61,472	27,218	249,489
Life sciences, nec	1,226,514	53,743	13,903	1,038,314	969	19,815	26,358	73,412
Mathematical sciences	464,500	93,531	15,110	47,345	3,903	266,914	4,084	33,613
Physical sciences	3,309,274	509,648	610,976	530,525	455,111	1,058,359	7,413	137,242
Astronomy	400,368	17,182	9,623	1,765	260,385	103,052	5	8,356
Chemistry	1,136,073	133,378	153,214	439,044	16,555	349,196	4,244	40,442
Physics	1,563,842	320,317	425,143	54,213	152,758	541,413	1,316	68,682
Physical sciences, nec	208,991	38,771	22,996	35,503	25,413	64,698	1,848	19,762
Psychology	789,164	56,854	574	531,696	17,564	77,097	6,168	99,211
Social sciences	897,076	94,522	11,032	304,843	15,241	148,895	55,695	266,848
Economics	137,220	9,642	3,403	36,796	149	25,741	28,402	33,087
Political sciences	143,516	18,786	2,524	37,343	778	27,420	4,071	52,594
Sociology	237,434	9,634	1,290	108,296	307	40,820	8,976	68,111
Social sciences, nec	378,906	56,460	3,815	122,408	14,007	54,914	14,246	113,056
Sciences, nec	441,636	86,895	28,216	132,585	3,790	134,979	8,502	46,669
Engineering	6,493,109	2,457,102	785,430	632,635	421,946	1,246,149	57,796	892,051
Aeronautical and astronautical engineering	513,134	285,557	15,097	2,316	124,562	23,927	0	61,675
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	557,169	98,739	21,285	347,460	3,283	61,435	9,170	15,797
Chemical engineering	478,509	91,472	129,488	87,079	7,908	129,255	7,087	26,220
Civil engineering	577,440	56,701	53,550	15,366	13,594	151,497	9,323	277,409
Electrical engineering	1,642,293	865,665	120,449	66,757	61,611	371,610	1,404	154,797
Mechanical engineering	1,060,876	464,596	191,923	43,552	65,898	180,972	1,305	112,630
Metallurgical and materials engineering	465,297	191,168	105,216	21,636	5,984	114,352	2,530	24,411
Engineering, nec	1,198,391	403,204	148,422	48,469	139,106	213,101	26,977	219,112
Non-S&E	1,175,759	71,156	11,925	221,174	13,388	218,484	15,843	623,789
Business and management	95,311	26,733	1,797	5,056	579	13,893	1,842	45,411
Communications, journalism, and library science	51,099	4,833	112	17,714	0	9,249	524	18,667
Education	664,712	12,958	1,656	64,417	4,340	156,070	6,389	418,882
Humanities	77,142	6,523	493	9,409	254	15,255	92	45,116
Law	22,586	876	122	3,238	769	1,330	25	16,226
Social work	111,673	5,350	8	94,240	217	487	1,049	10,322
Visual and performing arts	7,056	888	746	619	20	2,099	141	2,543
Non-S&E, nec	146,180	12,995	6,991	26,481	7,209	20,101	5,781	66,622

DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; nec = not elsewhere classified; NSF = National Science Foundation; S&E = science and engineering; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture.

^a Includes all other agencies reported.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2013.

Data from survey cycle FY 2013, as of 31 July 2014.