Table 1. Federal obligations to universities and colleges for total research, by detailed field of science & engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1973-99
[Dollars in thousands] Department of Energy
Field of science & engineering
1973
1974
1975
1976
Total, all fields Life sciences, total Biol & agricultural, total Biol (excl environmental) Environmental biology Agricultural Medical sciences, total Clinical medical Other medical Life sciences, n.e.c. Psychology, total Biological aspects Social aspects Psychological sciences, n.e.c. Physical sciences, total Astronomy Chemistry Physics Physical sciences, n.e.c. Environmental sciences, total Atmospheric sciences Geological sciences Oceanography Environmental sciences, n.e.c. Math & computer sciences, total Mathematics Computer sciences Math & computer sciences, n.e.c. Engineering, total
78,709 23,683 21,008 NA NA NA 2,675 2,675 0 0 0 0 0 0 46,891 0 8,416 38,475 0 2,311 531 0 1,780 0 2,373 NA NA NA 3,451
85,660 25,696 22,935 NA NA NA 2,761 2,761 0 0 0 0 0 0 52,123 0 5,662 45,195 1,266 2,686 675 0 2,011 0 1,103 NA NA NA 4,052
112,121 33,901 32,376 NA NA NA 1,525 1,525 0 0 0 0 0 0 58,574 0 8,567 49,372 635 4,228 1,173 548 2,507 0 1,555 NA NA NA 13,863
116,323 23,213 20,985 NA NA NA 691 470 221 1,537 0 0 0 0 61,874 0 13,439 48,435 0 16,705 3,537 6,006 4,191 2,971 447 290 157 0 13,443
Aeronautical Astronautical Chemical Civil Electrical Mechanical Metallurgy & materials Engineering, n.e.c. Social sciences, total Anthropology Economics Political science Sociology Social sciences, n.e.c. History Linguistics Other social sciences Other sciences, n.e.c.
0 0 100 0 0 0 3,351 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 22 0 30 0 3,419 581 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1,889 0 184 300 6,781 4,709 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 2,896 0 0 419 9,734 394 641 0 641 0 0 0 NA NA NA 0
NOTES: This table shows obligations from the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, and Health and Human Services; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation; they represent approximately 96 percent of total Federal research obligations to universities and colleges in fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999. Data shown for fiscal years 1973-74 and 1975-76 represent obligations of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy Research & Development Administration, respectively. In addition, in fiscal year 1982, the KEY: Bonneville Power Administration became part of the Department of Energy. NA = Not applicable (indicates that the data collected for this table were not recorded at that level in that particular fiscal year, or that the agency or subagency did not exist as such or in that organization in that year) n.e.c. = Not elsewhere classified SOURCE: National Science Foundation/SRS, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1997, 1998, and 1999
or total research, ted agency:
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
133,930 25,519 21,952 NA NA NA 1,182 674 508 2,385 0 0 0 0 70,978 0 14,350 56,628 0 18,410 1,799 6,595 6,026 3,990 2,610 1,696 914 0 15,832
174,760 35,063 29,479 27,479 0 2,000 165 NA NA 5,419 0 0 0 0 84,955 0 12,666 72,289 0 16,740 1,306 6,587 6,282 2,565 3,000 1,950 1,050 0 33,177
203,754 31,103 25,167 24,134 0 1,033 66 NA NA 5,870 0 0 0 0 96,449 0 14,146 80,288 2,015 22,572 916 7,824 7,430 6,402 3,804 2,304 1,500 0 43,410
224,134 29,108 24,965 24,931 0 34 0 NA NA 4,143 0 0 0 0 120,337 0 14,968 101,872 3,497 25,008 628 8,131 8,654 7,595 4,397 2,921 1,170 306 41,429
248,069 33,974 25,466 25,466 0 0 5,018 NA NA 3,490 0 0 0 0 140,357 0 27,181 110,563 2,613 20,664 3,423 9,108 6,661 1,472 4,593 3,350 1,073 170 46,981
235,813 39,252 28,647 28,404 0 243 6,320 NA NA 4,285 0 0 0 0 159,616 3,414 18,866 132,893 4,443 2,958 246 2,548 0 164 4,556 3,163 1,276 117 27,883
273,375 36,747 27,035 26,323 0 712 6,461 NA NA 3,251 0 0 0 0 173,423 0 18,615 152,609 2,199 16,489 2,245 9,611 3,775 858 5,984 3,972 1,670 342 37,143
311,355 38,662 28,403 24,909 3,494 0 5,930 NA NA 4,329 0 0 0 0 193,700 0 26,272 166,970 458 17,520 3,013 10,813 3,190 504 5,924 3,393 2,531 0 54,335
0 0 4,219 0 98 695 9,489 1,331 331 0 331 0 0 0 NA NA NA 250
0 0 11,889 500 100 1,000 13,300 6,388 325 0 120 0 205 0 NA NA NA 1,500
0 222 3,456 0 829 592 13,090 25,221 1,412 0 0 454 0 958 NA NA NA 5,004
0 0 2,770 43 1,744 2,086 9,642 25,144 891 0 0 0 0 891 NA NA NA 2,964
0 792 1,504 529 2,578 2,837 13,080 25,661 1,000 0 0 0 0 1,000 NA NA NA 500
0 234 173 1,548 1,559 2,314 11,910 10,145 434 0 0 0 0 434 NA NA NA 1,114
0 0 3,153 0 655 2,696 13,305 17,334 509 0 0 0 0 509 NA NA NA 3,080
0 0 24,626 1,425 1,905 4,674 15,149 6,556 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 1,214
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
335,882 39,507 29,892 28,924 968 0 7,514 NA NA 2,101 0 0 0 0 207,151 0 26,018 180,721 412 19,269 4,094 8,989 5,066 1,120 17,359 11,384 5,975 0 52,479
334,269 35,062 25,805 24,642 833 330 8,004 NA NA 1,253 0 0 0 0 202,198 0 27,594 174,373 231 17,834 3,816 10,627 2,963 428 19,433 12,812 6,547 74 58,000
371,691 41,980 31,959 31,637 322 0 8,021 NA NA 2,000 0 0 0 0 214,489 0 28,486 186,003 0 20,807 3,158 12,496 3,661 1,492 21,762 17,051 4,632 79 66,726
384,196 47,208 34,950 34,335 220 395 9,975 NA NA 2,283 0 0 0 0 229,799 0 33,771 195,301 727 18,823 3,672 10,389 3,843 919 21,005 15,958 5,047 0 63,281
437,020 52,597 39,748 39,249 449 50 11,459 NA NA 1,390 0 0 0 0 265,702 0 43,706 221,546 450 27,736 4,275 18,925 3,889 647 18,557 13,727 4,830 0 67,212
478,937 51,391 37,984 37,604 330 50 11,590 NA NA 1,817 0 0 0 0 274,194 0 44,676 228,154 1,364 45,871 17,821 24,219 3,318 513 20,397 17,155 3,242 0 81,306
595,528 121,238 46,821 46,305 288 228 72,598 NA NA 1,819 0 0 0 0 304,696 0 39,903 262,128 2,665 46,737 22,511 20,162 2,610 1,454 20,155 16,280 3,875 0 98,127
605,233 106,589 52,369 51,920 100 349 52,268 NA NA 1,952 0 0 0 0 291,447 0 44,333 245,996 1,118 46,173 22,709 17,915 3,606 1,943 19,105 15,122 3,983 0 134,395
0 0 15,182 693 600 8,464 15,746 11,794 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 117
31 0 17,892 768 1,662 8,167 20,028 9,452 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 1,742
0 47 17,454 3,077 2,602 11,372 20,907 11,267 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 5,927
0 0 18,312 1,628 1,395 10,375 21,872 9,699 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 4,080
0 0 709 2,982 2,397 9,279 22,546 29,299 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 5,216
0 0 22,897 2,398 1,942 9,384 20,989 23,696 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 5,778
0 0 26,116 3,070 2,388 10,857 21,708 33,988 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 4,575
0 0 24,576 2,518 1,883 9,798 20,416 75,204 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 7,524
Preliminary 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
547,392 72,429 57,227 55,864 1,313 50 13,679 NA NA 1,523 0 0 0 0 310,304 0 50,763 258,848 693 60,136 28,498 26,650 3,447 1,541 12,170 7,575 4,595 0 86,691
528,693 83,884 55,325 55,150 125 50 27,519 NA NA 1,040 0 0 0 0 308,940 0 44,673 259,426 4,841 51,383 28,529 16,820 3,725 2,309 13,880 9,070 2,310 2,500 69,198
558,061 84,108 56,573 56,548 25 0 25,124 NA NA 2,411 0 0 0 0 316,844 0 43,044 271,144 2,656 58,149 28,034 24,053 4,472 1,590 13,272 0 4,364 8,908 81,438
566,423 74,411 56,236 56,186 50 0 17,179 NA NA 996 0 0 0 0 312,379 0 47,749 263,969 661 98,404 20,629 25,305 3,350 49,120 13,525 0 4,106 9,419 67,491
552,213 72,570 42,145 42,145 0 0 29,968 NA NA 457 0 0 0 0 323,158 0 45,523 276,898 737 69,850 19,373 20,857 4,137 25,483 9,681 7,297 2,384 0 70,684
549,541 77,108 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA 320,740 NA NA NA NA 77,651 NA NA NA NA 10,855 NA NA NA 61,623
552,825 83,348 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA 316,166 NA NA NA NA 73,039 NA NA NA NA 11,141 NA NA NA 69,131
0 0 22,055 3,047 2,373 10,252 21,451 27,513 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 5,662
0 0 20,531 1,597 1,361 8,517 19,577 17,615 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 1,408
0 0 19,844 4,437 3,028 8,463 18,263 27,403 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 4,250
0 0 14,237 3,433 2,169 11,232 20,719 15,701 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 213
0 0 16,259 3,152 2,035 9,967 24,884 14,387 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 6,270
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1,564
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0