Table 2. Federal obligations to universities and colleges for basic research, by detailed field of science & engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1973-98
[Dollars in thousands] Department of Defense
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 Aeronautical Astronautical Chemical
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
106,279 8,018 4,184 NA NA NA 3,834 1,713 2,121 0 7,428 901 6,091 436 20,107 232 5,579 13,932 364 21,286 2,174 1,735 17,377 0 13,587 NA NA NA 35,627 4,852 1,860 909
105,530 12,176 4,246 NA NA NA 7,930 6,785 1,145 0 4,598 1,032 3,489 77 20,954 229 6,203 14,144 378 22,788 2,456 2,189 18,143 0 14,041 NA NA NA 30,611 4,694 1,832 860
112,003 10,842 3,795 NA NA NA 7,047 5,564 1,483 0 5,454 1,528 3,832 94 21,488 283 6,824 13,832 549 23,989 2,128 1,896 19,555 410 14,540 8,913 5,627 0 35,572 6,231 2,266 0
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.
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
0 9,459 3,449 15,098 0 226 0 0 0 226 0 0 0 0 0
0 8,252 2,729 12,244 0 272 0 0 0 32 240 0 0 240 90
18 12,435 3,562 11,060 0 118 0 0 0 118 0 NA NA NA 0
NOTE:
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 99 percent of total Federal basic research obligations to universities and colleges in fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998.
KEY:
NA
= Not applicable (indicates that the data collected for this table were not recorded at that level in that particular fiscal year)
n.e.c. = Not elsewhere classified SOURCE: National Science Foundation/SRS, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, and 1998
es for basic research, elected agency:
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
141,754 12,728 5,030 NA NA NA 7,698 6,707 991 0 6,636 605 5,428 603 25,656 2,120 9,536 12,948 1,052 30,053 3,730 3,114 19,212 3,997 17,501 11,656 5,815 30 49,068 7,140 1,425 648
167,865 11,601 7,010 5,487 1,523 0 4,195 NA NA 396 8,517 462 6,666 1,389 29,288 2,793 10,830 15,665 0 42,367 6,098 5,314 27,518 3,437 22,462 11,872 9,553 1,037 53,205 9,165 1,700 486
178,902 12,855 8,561 7,533 1,028 0 4,294 NA NA 0 9,034 464 8,570 0 31,901 3,322 12,182 16,397 0 42,664 6,448 4,998 26,864 4,354 26,359 12,947 12,618 794 55,904 9,910 0 0
208,336 15,543 9,197 7,951 1,246 0 6,346 NA NA 0 9,294 114 9,180 0 37,880 3,513 15,045 19,279 43 46,050 5,902 5,071 28,380 6,697 28,272 15,279 10,781 2,212 70,550 10,467 0 3,393
244,405 14,300 11,489 10,334 1,155 0 2,811 NA NA 0 10,652 53 10,431 168 49,892 4,558 20,725 24,415 194 44,842 5,210 1,906 33,224 4,502 43,222 20,009 18,059 5,154 81,241 10,673 0 2,424
305,365 25,304 13,501 11,234 2,267 0 11,803 NA NA 0 11,268 0 11,268 0 61,460 4,022 25,939 31,337 162 56,725 8,265 3,628 38,794 6,038 53,180 23,844 25,279 4,057 97,418 13,278 2,099 1,469
360,432 25,831 18,345 15,528 2,817 0 7,486 NA NA 0 13,009 0 13,009 0 60,801 3,057 29,102 28,465 177 63,790 10,689 5,095 39,699 8,307 71,026 27,000 33,252 10,774 115,781 14,390 5,991 255
405,373 33,201 22,615 16,753 5,862 0 10,556 NA NA 30 15,981 3,617 12,185 179 68,940 3,727 32,053 32,382 778 70,480 13,228 6,218 42,928 8,106 73,365 29,798 27,819 15,748 133,406 16,899 2,434 1,215
10 17,559 7,275 14,604 407 112 0 0 0 112 0 NA NA NA 0
374 18,995 8,364 14,007 114 138 0 0 0 138 0 NA NA NA 287
132 19,135 9,563 17,146 18 185 0 0 0 173 12 NA NA NA 0
72 26,021 10,833 19,751 13 747 0 0 168 27 552 NA NA NA 0
751 28,399 13,785 25,205 4 256 0 0 236 20 0 NA NA NA 0
966 34,740 14,278 30,528 60 10 0 0 0 0 10 NA NA NA 0
1,433 34,965 23,150 35,217 380 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 10,194
2,081 50,312 23,170 37,170 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 10,000
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
408,777 38,787 26,840 24,077 2,763 0 11,947 NA NA 0 18,868 3,738 14,722 408 73,363 4,722 36,673 31,786 182 65,681 12,682 16,810 36,132 57 66,405 31,474 23,706 11,225 134,345 14,566 2,109 1,285
475,013 36,000 23,036 20,433 2,603 0 12,964 NA NA 0 18,123 3,976 13,982 165 83,914 5,960 38,563 39,310 81 80,511 20,208 30,358 29,815 130 70,251 34,708 24,157 11,386 176,365 22,763 4,431 1,556
476,160 35,517 23,288 20,146 3,142 0 12,229 NA NA 0 22,204 4,658 17,266 280 86,026 6,620 40,881 38,506 19 78,577 16,997 27,638 33,907 35 71,739 32,160 24,705 14,874 172,609 24,815 4,616 2,065
492,378 42,061 27,220 24,800 2,420 0 14,121 NA NA 720 21,719 5,441 3,661 12,617 81,535 4,241 37,149 40,115 30 79,472 18,394 23,123 37,894 61 76,895 31,829 27,219 17,847 188,528 19,320 3,591 1,529
511,857 39,953 28,447 26,033 2,414 0 11,506 NA NA 0 20,972 7,239 3,351 10,382 85,861 3,997 38,515 43,337 12 91,018 15,388 29,150 46,480 0 77,475 30,987 32,086 14,402 196,349 19,792 3,577 656
523,586 39,944 28,246 21,630 6,616 0 11,200 NA NA 498 23,387 6,033 8,778 8,576 81,591 2,261 37,511 41,804 15 84,365 9,763 29,917 44,021 664 89,205 35,706 53,317 182 204,849 26,602 926 84
545,946 48,413 36,480 27,889 8,591 0 11,933 NA NA 0 17,854 4,962 9,219 3,673 80,650 0 38,914 39,380 2,356 100,921 13,054 32,438 55,389 40 90,045 25,482 47,173 17,390 207,199 13,092 4,753 17
598,972 72,581 57,196 31,272 25,924 0 15,385 NA NA 0 17,008 6,082 9,262 1,664 95,288 506 48,295 45,286 1,201 98,737 15,199 26,298 55,290 1,950 97,884 38,805 57,936 1,143 210,862 18,839 6,636 1,824
1,985 51,618 25,909 36,840 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 11,328
5,826 55,447 26,949 58,969 424 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 9,849
6,202 59,194 24,925 50,770 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 9,488
7,525 55,094 21,584 71,427 8,458 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 2,168
8,544 55,984 27,409 78,357 2,030 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 229
7,537 55,691 24,714 87,115 2,180 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 245
12,248 49,775 32,358 92,468 2,488 823 0 0 0 0 823 NA NA NA 41
4,625 61,857 39,299 72,654 5,128 3,205 0 0 0 0 3,205 NA NA NA 3,407
Preliminary 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
763,675 84,759 49,684 32,579 16,935 170 31,013 NA NA 4,062 18,667 8,309 8,658 1,700 110,347 6,238 49,986 54,094 29 105,682 12,195 35,992 56,349 1,146 117,006 38,374 78,350 282 272,102 12,966 2,372 5,476
760,510 114,264 48,714 28,662 20,052 0 21,329 NA NA 44,221 15,914 4,846 6,855 4,213 109,231 6,597 50,755 45,422 6,457 119,778 11,449 54,351 44,929 9,049 101,183 39,975 47,856 13,352 299,010 38,035 3,242 118
713,637 79,234 44,954 24,882 20,072 0 33,966 NA NA 314 14,300 6,180 5,379 2,741 121,335 5,402 59,936 55,991 6 91,022 24,091 25,520 39,028 2,383 93,234 34,721 56,569 1,944 308,666 15,744 1,575 3,722
645,661 69,287 41,921 22,543 19,378 0 25,086 NA NA 2,280 17,741 13,785 1,658 2,298 90,642 1,453 51,005 32,290 5,894 90,661 24,441 14,789 42,020 9,411 85,671 32,088 49,652 3,931 291,373 18,890 4,325 4,526
580,866 43,023 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 17,370 NA NA NA 106,942 NA NA NA NA 75,103 NA NA NA NA 148,609 NA NA NA 189,819 NA NA NA
615,051 47,650 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 16,859 NA NA NA 99,010 NA NA NA NA 85,141 NA NA NA NA 107,556 NA NA NA 258,835 NA NA NA
4,046 97,864 56,809 76,353 16,216 17,066 0 0 0 0 17,066 NA NA NA 38,046
21,722 69,829 49,647 55,521 60,896 861 0 0 0 0 861 NA NA NA 269
4,472 102,464 64,428 79,824 36,437 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 5,846
3,183 83,381 55,455 76,870 44,743 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 286
NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0
NA NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0