Table C-105a. Federal obligations for total research, by detailed field of science and engineering: fiscal years 1985-95 [Dollars in millions] ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Estimates Field of science and engineering | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | _________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1994 | 1995 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Total, all fields .............|16,133.4|16,502.2|17,940.5|18,650.1|20,765.5|21,622.4|23,968.4|24,490.6|26,890.5|28,033.5|28,161.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Life sciences, total ............| 6,362.5| 6,464.3| 7,341.4| 7,724.5| 8,495.1| 8,829.8| 9,622.0| 9,910.5|10,772.1|11,350.2|11,609.2 Biol & agricultural, total ....| 3,755.3| 3,861.3| 4,358.5| 4,573.4| 5,020.0| 5,178.4| 5,597.9| 5,633.6| 6,059.3| 6,362.7| 6,630.8 Biol (excl environmental) ...| 2,885.7| 2,993.4| 3,502.0| 3,681.7| 3,983.2| 4,144.6| 4,411.9| 4,380.3| 4,730.6| 4,963.3| 5,243.9 Environmental biology .......| 260.3| 264.1| 289.6| 301.0| 367.8| 342.3| 459.7| 511.0| 556.5| 628.4| 613.3 Agricultural ................| 609.3| 603.8| 566.9| 590.7| 669.0| 691.4| 726.2| 742.3| 772.2| 771.0| 773.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Medical sciences, total .......| 2,368.5| 2,360.4| 2,664.8| 2,941.0| 3,222.5| 3,382.4| 3,460.3| 3,909.9| 4,404.4| 4,651.0| 4,652.0 Life sciences, n.e.c. .........| 238.7| 242.6| 318.2| 210.1| 252.6| 269.1| 563.8| 367.0| 308.3| 336.4| 326.5 | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology, total ...............| 327.1| 334.0| 369.5| 389.8| 421.7| 448.6| 482.4| 298.1| 550.7| 569.4| 573.7 Biological aspects ............| 91.2| 90.1| 98.3| 105.3| 121.8| 130.6| 140.2| 34.6| 37.2| 39.2| 37.5 Social aspects ................| 142.9| 143.5| 154.5| 149.4| 149.9| 177.5| 197.5| 100.9| 134.7| 132.6| 121.5 Psychological sci, n.e.c. .....| 93.1| 100.4| 116.7| 135.2| 149.9| 140.5| 144.8| 162.6| 378.7| 397.7| 414.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Physical sciences, total ........| 3,046.0| 3,069.1| 3,252.6| 3,317.3| 3,705.2| 3,808.7| 4,235.3| 4,439.2| 4,427.0| 4,449.0| 4,379.1 Astronomy .....................| 414.7| 468.2| 522.2| 470.8| 541.9| 597.2| 631.7| 739.1| 686.3| 707.2| 697.9 Chemistry .....................| 650.4| 662.4| 680.3| 703.1| 782.6| 761.7| 828.4| 896.2| 843.2| 915.9| 955.4 Physics .......................| 1,816.0| 1,805.9| 1,853.6| 1,975.3| 2,190.8| 2,254.9| 2,460.9| 2,578.2| 2,638.4| 2,476.7| 2,455.9 Physical sciences, n.e.c. .....| 164.8| 132.6| 196.6| 168.1| 189.9| 195.0| 314.3| 225.7| 259.2| 349.2| 269.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Environmental sciences, total ...| 1,403.7| 1,481.7| 1,511.6| 1,607.0| 1,773.2| 2,174.1| 2,149.8| 2,207.6| 2,608.5| 2,831.7| 2,690.3 Atmospheric sciences ..........| 486.0| 521.3| 552.9| 587.8| 588.0| 773.4| 802.7| 767.3| 984.1| 1,071.1| 986.2 Geological sciences ...........| 429.0| 443.9| 441.7| 441.6| 542.8| 661.1| 728.7| 735.7| 797.9| 822.3| 823.2 Oceanography ..................| 398.5| 429.7| 427.4| 460.4| 491.9| 520.1| 398.6| 458.9| 467.4| 523.2| 489.3 Environmental sci, n.e.c. .....| 90.2| 86.8| 89.5| 117.1| 150.5| 219.5| 219.8| 245.8| 359.2| 415.1| 391.6 | | | | | | | | | | | Math & computer sci, total ......| 574.9| 615.4| 640.6| 642.9| 735.4| 840.7| 903.7| 1,160.3| 1,225.4| 1,410.0| 1,526.0 Mathematics ...................| 183.6| 184.5| 204.5| 217.9| 236.1| 241.3| 227.6| 318.7| 290.8| 322.8| 350.3 Computer sciences .............| 280.3| 302.4| 297.8| 292.7| 364.6| 562.1| 584.9| 771.8| 826.1| 940.4| 998.6 Math & computer sci, n.e.c. ...| 111.0| 128.5| 138.3| 132.3| 134.8| 37.3| 91.1| 69.9| 108.5| 146.8| 177.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering, total ..............| 3,617.6| 3,738.9| 3,906.3| 3,956.4| 4,442.2| 4,226.6| 4,944.5| 4,977.0| 5,499.4| 5,700.6| 5,629.4 Aeronautical ..................| 738.0| 775.6| 810.4| 801.8| 986.8| 927.1| 1,016.2| 874.6| 1,193.0| 1,296.3| 1,230.5 Astronautical .................| 424.7| 526.9| 624.6| 575.4| 677.4| 580.8| 653.1| 630.4| 494.0| 482.9| 436.7 Chemical ......................| 254.3| 245.8| 215.8| 258.1| 142.2| 241.9| 304.3| 297.5| 245.5| 275.4| 277.1 Civil .........................| 216.6| 202.9| 204.4| 214.9| 229.8| 317.7| 305.0| 330.2| 252.0| 374.8| 339.6 | | | | | | | | | | | Electrical ....................| 626.8| 674.4| 786.3| 731.1| 843.1| 640.0| 729.9| 759.0| 881.5| 782.9| 823.7 Mechanical ....................| 267.0| 236.5| 233.5| 240.8| 257.4| 268.3| 335.5| 337.2| 466.9| 385.3| 420.6 Metallurgy & materials ........| 439.2| 445.0| 362.0| 456.7| 521.0| 554.5| 710.7| 727.2| 695.7| 805.7| 805.6 Engineering, n.e.c. ...........| 651.0| 631.7| 669.3| 677.8| 784.5| 696.3| 889.8| 1,020.8| 1,270.9| 1,297.2| 1,295.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences, total ..........| 460.0| 415.5| 480.0| 485.8| 551.0| 630.0| 727.3| 689.7| 674.9| 708.4| 698.8 Anthropology ..................| 18.0| 13.6| 15.2| 14.3| 13.9| 14.4| 16.0| 14.1| 13.7| 15.7| 16.7 Economics .....................| 159.7| 131.3| 148.5| 159.5| 166.8| 197.2| 187.4| 211.6| 204.7| 213.0| 212.7 Political science .............| 14.6| 11.6| 11.3| 12.2| 13.5| 13.1| 17.0| 22.6| 29.2| 13.2| 21.4 Sociology .....................| 66.5| 67.0| 74.0| 81.8| 94.1| 116.2| 184.0| 80.7| 76.7| 74.3| 66.9 Social sciences, n.e.c. .......| 201.3| 192.0| 231.0| 218.0| 262.8| 289.1| 322.9| 360.8| 350.5| 392.3| 381.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Other sciences, n.e.c. ..........| 341.6| 383.3| 438.3| 526.5| 641.6| 663.7| 903.4| 808.3| 1,132.5| 1,014.3| 1,054.5 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Because of rounding, detail may not add to totals. KEY: n.e.c. = Not elsewhere classified SOURCE: National Science Foundation/SRS, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1993, 1994, and 1995