Table C-106. Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering: fiscal years 1974-84 [Dollars in millions] ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Field of science and engineering | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | Total, all fields .............| 2,387.7| 2,588.4| 2,767.5| 3,258.6| 3,698.6| 4,192.7| 4,674.2| 5,041.3| 5,481.6| 6,260.1| 7,067.4 | | | | | | | | | | | Life sciences, total ............| 1,032.2| 1,115.9| 1,222.0| 1,383.4| 1,588.4| 1,891.8| 2,054.4| 2,223.8| 2,526.0| 2,891.3| 3,287.6 Biol & agricultural, total ....| 691.9| 747.0| 818.4| 933.6| 1,078.7| 1,279.3| 1,339.4| 1,462.4| 1,674.8| 1,928.8| 2,174.7 Biol (excl environmental) ...| NA| NA| NA| NA| 874.5| 1,055.5| 1,099.9| 1,201.7| 1,401.2| 1,621.9| 1,835.8 Environmental biology .......| NA| NA| NA| NA| 64.3| 90.8| 86.1| 83.3| 83.2| 92.7| 120.8 Agricultural ................| NA| NA| NA| NA| 139.8| 133.0| 153.5| 177.4| 190.4| 214.2| 218.1 | | | | | | | | | | | Medical sciences, total .......| 317.6| 342.4| 374.4| 414.8| 467.7| 560.1| 657.0| 706.2| 793.4| 878.9| 1,015.3 Clinical medical ............| 32.9| 38.8| 41.6| 39.6| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Other medical ...............| 284.7| 303.5| 332.8| 375.2| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Life sciences, n.e.c. .........| 22.7| 26.6| 29.2| 35.0| 42.0| 52.4| 58.0| 55.3| 57.8| 83.6| 97.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology, total ...............| 46.1| 58.6| 45.5| 55.7| 67.5| 75.1| 84.2| 91.0| 89.9| 92.9| 107.9 Biological aspects ............| 18.6| 18.2| 18.5| 22.5| 23.5| 26.4| 30.2| 30.5| 32.9| 31.4| 43.7 Social aspects ................| 18.0| 22.2| 16.1| 20.0| 25.3| 34.0| 31.3| 30.2| 33.7| 32.8| 33.4 Psychological sci, n.e.c. .....| 9.5| 18.2| 11.0| 13.1| 18.7| 14.7| 22.8| 30.2| 23.3| 28.7| 30.8 | | | | | | | | | | | Physical sciences, total ........| 649.6| 709.0| 721.4| 890.0| 941.4| 1,050.0| 1,220.6| 1,324.9| 1,393.8| 1,587.2| 1,728.0 Astronomy .....................| 133.3| 163.0| 160.0| 193.3| 209.8| 280.6| 279.4| 274.2| 271.1| 354.5| 379.6 Chemistry .....................| 149.3| 158.6| 168.3| 208.7| 203.3| 224.8| 256.9| 298.2| 312.0| 362.2| 403.4 Physics .......................| 360.3| 379.0| 388.4| 467.4| 518.8| 535.6| 668.2| 735.4| 790.7| 855.1| 921.4 Physical sciences, n.e.c. .....| 6.7| 8.3| 4.8| 20.6| 9.5| 8.9| 16.1| 17.1| 20.0| 15.4| 23.6 | | | | | | | | | | | Environmental sciences, total ...| 291.6| 280.8| 294.3| 387.5| 451.3| 457.3| 522.4| 532.8| 520.0| 580.1| 656.7 Atmospheric sciences ..........| 138.5| 111.0| 114.0| 143.5| 163.3| 169.2| 179.0| 173.8| 163.2| 172.6| 192.2 Geological sciences ...........| 80.9| 88.6| 95.7| 128.7| 145.1| 157.6| 198.3| 194.2| 177.5| 178.3| 198.0 Oceanography ..................| 62.9| 73.2| 76.6| 104.6| 120.7| 119.1| 130.7| 143.3| 154.5| 195.6| 220.1 Environmental sci, n.e.c. .....| 9.4| 7.9| 8.0| 10.7| 22.2| 11.4| 14.3| 21.5| 24.9| 33.5| 46.4 | | | | | | | | | | | Math & computer sci, total ......| 52.7| 62.0| 81.8| 83.4| 97.7| 104.2| 116.3| 140.4| 165.1| 208.1| 240.8 Mathematics ...................| NA| NA| 43.2| 52.1| 55.9| 60.0| 66.8| 79.2| 90.9| 100.9| 113.9 Computer sciences .............| NA| NA| 26.6| 31.0| 40.3| 43.0| 46.2| 52.2| 67.4| 90.4| 104.8 Math & computer sci, n.e.c. ...| NA| NA| 12.0| .3| 1.6| 1.2| 3.2| 9.0| 6.8| 16.8| 22.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering, total ..............| 214.9| 262.8| 272.8| 337.7| 392.6| 434.7| 465.2| 526.0| 610.5| 689.5| 845.0 Aeronautical ..................| 32.2| 30.2| 32.0| 49.5| 82.8| 88.4| 104.2| 113.3| 126.5| 140.7| 225.5 Astronautical .................| 11.1| 11.3| 11.9| 10.2| 14.9| 25.2| 27.2| 33.2| 44.8| 50.4| 52.4 Chemical ......................| 11.3| 16.4| 18.4| 24.0| 24.1| 24.6| 26.1| 31.3| 35.2| 50.4| 55.5 Civil .........................| 10.1| 7.7| 7.8| 10.4| 10.8| 14.2| 22.0| 23.4| 32.0| 32.4| 41.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Electrical ....................| 38.4| 47.8| 53.1| 55.1| 57.4| 62.0| 70.6| 78.5| 93.6| 95.8| 130.4 Mechanical ....................| 17.3| 17.6| 20.1| 29.6| 29.5| 35.9| 42.2| 47.4| 53.1| 60.7| 64.1 Metallurgy & materials ........| 74.6| 99.7| 103.3| 124.9| 134.5| 151.1| 121.3| 138.5| 155.9| 182.9| 187.3 Engineering, n.e.c. ...........| 19.8| 32.2| 26.3| 33.9| 38.4| 33.2| 51.6| 60.5| 69.4| 76.2| 87.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences, total ..........| 74.8| 73.8| 86.4| 95.5| 124.3| 129.7| 147.2| 137.0| 120.2| 137.7| 132.6 Anthropology ..................| 8.8| 7.0| 6.4| 8.0| 12.0| 12.5| 14.2| 13.1| 13.1| 11.2| 16.8 Economics .....................| 25.1| 22.1| 25.6| 29.1| 33.6| 32.7| 40.0| 34.1| 39.0| 41.0| 29.7 Political science .............| 2.2| 1.6| 3.0| 2.5| 3.2| 4.1| 7.4| 6.3| 4.4| 4.6| 4.1 Sociology .....................| 14.4| 15.1| 16.6| 15.9| 18.6| 18.4| 25.4| 22.6| 18.7| 32.8| 33.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences, n.e.c. .......| 24.3| 28.0| 34.8| 39.9| 57.0| 62.0| 60.2| 60.9| 45.1| 48.2| 48.1 History .....................| 5.9| 6.0| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Linguistics .................| 2.1| 2.1| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Other social sciences .......| 16.3| 19.9| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA | | | | | | | | | | | Other sciences, n.e.c. ..........| 25.7| 25.5| 43.1| 25.5| 35.4| 50.0| 63.9| 65.4| 56.1| 73.3| 68.8 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Because of rounding, detail may not add to totals. KEY: NA = Not applicable (indicates that the data collected for this table was 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 1993, 1994, and 1995