Table 5-2
Federally financed academic R&D expenditures, by source of funds and S&E field: FY 2006
(Millions of current dollars)
 
Field   All
expenditures		   Federal
expenditures		   DOD   DOE   HHS   NASA   NSF   USDA   All other
agencies
 
All fields   47,760   30,033   2,718   1,118   17,052   1,047   3,567   869   2,922
Computer sciences   1,438   1,015   295   36   47   25   427   2   115
Environmental sciences   2,602   1,763   158   91   64   247   566   59   552
Life sciences   28,831   18,268   446   153   15,204   103   587   718   1,008
Agricultural sciences   2,794   881   16   20   66   13   100   483   181
Biological sciences   9,044   6,240   153   66   5,033   44   426   179   306
Medical sciences   15,808   10,434   255   48   9,546   41   46   38   449
Life sciences nec   1,186   713   22   19   559   5   16   18   73
Mathematical sciences   530   373   37   11   79   4   183   3   28
Physical sciences   3,823   2,705   324   393   490   326   805   8   241
Psychology   875   629   33   4   468   12   49   1   58
Social sciences   1,703   711   38   13   288   11   100   37   222
Engineering   7,076   4,236   1,325   406   357   306   771   37   615
 

nec = not elsewhere classified

DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration;NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture

NOTES: Not all fields reported in this table. Agency detail may not add to total because some institutions did not break out federal expenditures by agency.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2006.

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