TABLE 33. Preliminary federal obligations for basic research, by agency and field of science and engineering: FY 2012
(Dollars in thousands)
Total
Environmental
sciences
Life
sciences
Mathematics
and computer
sciences
Physical
sciences
Psychology
Social
sciences
Other
sciences,
nec
30,664,782.9
1,922,064.6
16,191,959.5
1,849,284.5
Engineering
4,083,613.2
1,008,976.6
377,009.5
1,554,319.9
3,677,555.1
1,002,841.9
600,000.0
1,939.0
121.9
93,165.4
8,302.6
2,640.0
0.0
0.0
1,226.6
858,997.6
551,220.0
0.0
121.9
54,152.0
3,992.0
780.0
0.0
0.0
12.0
79,867.8
39,960.0
0.0
0.0
30,823.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
35,264.3
0.0
1,939.0
0.0
6,055.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
16,417.6
5,400.0
0.0
0.0
895.6
Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
6,690.6
3,200.0
297,725.0
0.0
0.0
4,436.0
6,690.6
0.0
246,813.0
0.0
3,200.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9,084.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
27,270.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10,122.0
Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
National Institute of Standards and Technology
187,847.3
1,500.0
186,347.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
10,732.6
0.0
10,732.6
33,127.6
0.0
33,127.6
119,382.8
0.0
119,382.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1,750.0
1,500.0
250.0
751.6
0.0
751.6
22,102.7
0.0
22,102.7
1,983,249.2
438,179.8
21,573.3
328,598.0
47,737.0
40,271.4
164,739.8
10,846.7
0.0
10,590.4
0.0
256.4
239,564.9
61,724.6
7,785.8
51,271.5
0.0
2,667.3
312,630.0
51,166.6
0.0
45,329.2
0.0
5,837.4
326,124.4
94,854.5
13,787.5
29,980.5
47,737.0
3,349.5
28,107.3
989.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
989.3
13,703.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
86,340.5
8,953.7
0.0
3,584.7
0.0
5,369.0
812,039.0
209,644.2
0.0
187,841.7
0.0
21,802.5
528,450.8
440,713.7
575,905.0
9,227.0
20,620.3
124,045.9
46,806.0
59,674.9
71,359.3
88,247.5
97,828.4
75,387.5
115,475.6
66,081.7
49,712.6
1,856.2
19,857.5
5,404.3
0.0
4,529.2
9,174.1
31,818.6
23,333.0
22,235.2
235,019.9
148,788.7
218,586.1
8,305.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
8,305.7
0.0
0.0
Department of Energy
Bonneville Power Administration
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Fossil Energy
4,207,237.1
9,201.8
11,077.3
7,953.0
2,965.0
353,405.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
402,114.7
0.0
0.0
1,829.2
0.0
445,353.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1,947,385.0
0.0
0.0
6,123.8
2,965.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
99,115.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
959,864.1
9,201.8
11,077.3
0.0
0.0
National Nuclear Security Administration
Nonproliferation and Verification
Office of Science
39,787.1
39,787.1
4,136,253.0
5,350.0
5,350.0
348,055.0
242.5
242.5
400,043.0
4,753.4
4,753.4
440,600.0
24,090.2
24,090.2
1,914,206.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
25.0
25.0
99,090.0
5,326.0
5,326.0
934,259.0
16,585,189.8
83,081.8
2,486.0
16,499,622.0
200,776.4
9,695.2
0.0
191,081.2
13,502,003.7
27,934.8
2,486.0
13,471,582.9
59,732.8
0.0
0.0
59,732.8
122,421.0
0.0
0.0
122,421.0
922,958.4
1,769.9
0.0
921,188.5
90,972.6
0.0
0.0
90,972.6
711,079.8
43,681.8
0.0
667,398.0
975,245.1
0.0
0.0
975,245.1
106,526.2
106,526.2
0.0
0.0
31,006.2
31,006.2
14,224.2
14,224.2
3,731.8
3,731.8
10,235.1
10,235.1
6,386.2
6,386.2
13,092.9
13,092.9
27,849.8
27,849.8
Agency
All agencies
Departments
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Economic Research Service
Foreign Agricultural Service
Forest Service
Department of Defense
Defense agencies and activities
Chemical and Biological Defense
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Department of the Air Force
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Ctrs. for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Institutes of Health
Department of Homeland Security
Science and Technology Directorate
TABLE 33. Preliminary federal obligations for basic research, by agency and field of science and engineering: FY 2012
(Dollars in thousands)
Total
Environmental
sciences
Life
sciences
Mathematics
and computer
sciences
Physical
sciences
Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
57,214.0
57,214.0
36,789.0
36,789.0
15,780.0
15,780.0
0.0
0.0
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
11,000.0
11,000.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
18,000.0
18,000.0
0.0
0.0
171.8
171.8
Agency
Department of the Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Department of Veterans Affairs
Other agencies
Agency for International Development
Environmental Protection Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian Institution
nec = not elsewhere classified.
Psychology
Social
sciences
Other
sciences,
nec
Engineering
3,849.0
3,849.0
0.0
0.0
796.0
796.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11,000.0
11,000.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
18,000.0
18,000.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
171.8
171.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
201,000.0
0.0
180,900.0
0.0
0.0
14,070.0
0.0
0.0
6,030.0
737.6
89,136.0
940,456.3
5,095,870.0
170,000.0
0.0
13,381.8
267,098.3
870,160.6
7,411.0
0.0
65,439.4
41,722.0
769,824.4
73,874.0
0.0
3,109.8
9,330.6
967,784.0
0.0
0.0
3,715.9
370,180.5
1,046,757.2
60,026.0
0.0
0.0
1,655.8
31,950.0
0.0
737.6
0.0
289.4
180,657.5
27,147.0
0.0
0.0
76,192.7
548,205.4
1,542.0
0.0
3,489.0
173,987.0
680,530.8
0.0
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in table. See appendix C for additional notes associated
with agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development: FYs 2010–12.