Table C-55. Federal obligations for research performed at universities and colleges, by detailed field of science and engineering: fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 [Dollars in thousands] _____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Estimates Field of science and engineering | 1993 | _______________________________ | | | | | 1994 | 1995 | | | _____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Total, all fields .........................| 9,496,051 | 10,236,713 | 10,467,757 | | | Life sciences, total ........................| 5,452,244 | 5,862,718 | 6,024,415 Biological (excluding environmental) ......| 2,742,373 | 2,913,789 | 3,061,339 Environmental biology .....................| 160,458 | 204,513 | 175,211 Agricultural ..............................| 152,304 | 161,905 | 152,618 Medical ...................................| 2,288,228 | 2,465,051 | 2,515,528 Life sciences, n.e.c ......................| 108,881 | 117,460 | 119,719 | | | Psychology, total ...........................| 287,486 | 303,023 | 317,697 Biological aspects ........................| 13,384 | 13,735 | 15,599 Social aspects ............................| 16,761 | 16,341 | 16,855 Psychological sciences, n.e.c. ............| 257,341 | 272,947 | 285,243 | | | Physical sciences, total ....................| 1,172,630 | 1,266,690 | 1,298,593 Astronomy .................................| 120,137 | 146,450 | 142,338 Chemistry .................................| 347,925 | 365,870 | 386,871 Physics ...................................| 607,988 | 658,785 | 669,755 Physical sciences, n.e.c. .................| 96,580 | 95,585 | 99,629 | | | Environmental sciences, total ...............| 590,370 | 653,606 | 650,825 Atmospheric ...............................| 159,562 | 176,064 | 172,633 Geological ................................| 188,506 | 206,307 | 204,155 Oceanography ..............................| 146,706 | 156,524 | 162,991 Environmental sciences, n.e.c. ............| 95,596 | 114,711 | 111,046 | | | Mathematics & computer sciences, total ......| 490,134 | 580,271 | 629,284 Mathematics ...............................| 135,887 | 148,116 | 157,106 Computer sciences .........................| 337,829 | 416,914 | 456,798 Mathematics & computer sciences, n.e.c. ...| 16,418 | 15,241 | 15,380 | | | Engineering, total ..........................| 887,988 | 946,926 | 931,402 Aeronautical ..............................| 52,135 | 60,524 | 63,521 Astronautical .............................| 20,447 | 21,092 | 23,197 Chemical ..................................| 65,369 | 71,986 | 69,963 Civil .....................................| 37,734 | 40,192 | 41,238 | | | Electrical ................................| 195,695 | 218,014 | 173,550 Mechanical ................................| 117,327 | 126,309 | 134,004 Metallurgy & materials ....................| 200,562 | 193,801 | 201,054 Engineering, n.e.c. .......................| 198,719 | 215,008 | 224,875 | | | Social sciences, total ......................| 216,015 | 218,944 | 213,752 Anthropology ..............................| 6,965 | 7,650 | 8,379 Economics .................................| 58,844 | 60,472 | 54,674 Political science .........................| 4,494 | 4,733 | 5,333 Sociology .................................| 34,091 | 39,885 | 34,044 Social sciences, n.e.c. ...................| 111,621 | 106,204 | 111,322 | | | Other sciences, n.e.c. ......................| 399,184 | 404,535 | 401,789 | | | _____________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTES: Only the following six agencies are required to report to this section of the survey: the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, and Health and Human Services; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation. The research obligations of the six agencies included in this table represent approximately 97 percent of total Federal research obligations to universities and colleges in fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995. Only those agencies that had obligations in the variables represented by this table appear in the table. For a complete list agencies that have been included in the Federal Funds Survey, refer to appendix A. 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