Table C-106a. Federal obligations for basic 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 .............| 7,818.7| 8,153.1| 8,942.4| 9,473.6|10,602.0|11,285.6|12,170.8|12,489.9|13,399.1|14,043.4|14,201.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Life sciences, total ............| 3,786.6| 3,858.8| 4,361.9| 4,501.8| 4,915.7| 5,177.5| 5,433.6| 5,841.7| 6,288.8| 6,673.7| 6,898.5 Biol & agricultural, total ....| 2,515.5| 2,543.0| 2,870.4| 2,855.3| 3,102.9| 3,219.0| 3,374.9| 3,517.6| 3,787.8| 4,010.4| 4,158.4 Biol (excl environmental) ...| 2,106.3| 2,151.5| 2,461.5| 2,414.9| 2,647.2| 2,742.2| 2,868.5| 2,981.8| 3,222.5| 3,373.8| 3,532.7 Environmental biology .......| 125.7| 125.7| 141.0| 146.8| 157.3| 168.3| 186.9| 201.6| 223.2| 279.8| 261.0 Agricultural ................| 283.5| 265.7| 267.9| 293.7| 298.4| 308.5| 319.4| 334.2| 342.2| 356.8| 364.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Medical sciences, total .......| 1,145.4| 1,196.6| 1,341.0| 1,573.2| 1,708.4| 1,849.6| 1,857.7| 2,131.0| 2,380.9| 2,537.4| 2,609.8 Life sciences, n.e.c. .........| 125.7| 119.2| 150.6| 73.2| 104.4| 108.9| 201.0| 193.1| 120.1| 125.9| 130.2 | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology, total ...............| 132.8| 133.0| 147.1| 177.8| 187.1| 215.1| 225.5| 122.6| 246.8| 256.3| 268.7 Biological aspects ............| 48.0| 47.0| 49.3| 52.4| 61.0| 65.3| 68.2| 14.3| 18.1| 18.0| 19.8 Social aspects ................| 46.9| 45.3| 45.5| 40.9| 38.1| 60.9| 69.2| 16.9| 16.0| 15.3| 16.0 Psychological sci, n.e.c. .....| 38.0| 40.7| 52.3| 84.5| 88.0| 88.8| 88.1| 91.4| 212.7| 222.9| 232.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Physical sciences, total ........| 1,815.2| 1,914.4| 2,096.0| 2,199.6| 2,506.5| 2,661.5| 2,881.5| 2,951.4| 2,907.1| 2,947.0| 2,900.3 Astronomy .....................| 400.7| 453.1| 504.5| 458.5| 524.6| 579.9| 612.3| 729.7| 663.4| 681.3| 677.4 Chemistry .....................| 425.0| 433.4| 445.1| 470.8| 504.6| 502.1| 538.7| 556.6| 543.7| 570.2| 590.5 Physics .......................| 959.9| 1,003.4| 1,072.3| 1,205.5| 1,395.3| 1,474.3| 1,644.9| 1,607.5| 1,600.6| 1,545.3| 1,494.7 Physical sciences, n.e.c. .....| 29.7| 24.7| 74.2| 64.8| 81.9| 105.1| 85.5| 57.6| 99.4| 150.2| 137.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Environmental sciences, total ...| 699.7| 749.1| 781.0| 872.7| 1,016.9| 1,274.8| 1,263.5| 1,303.6| 1,533.5| 1,574.9| 1,526.0 Atmospheric sciences ..........| 209.2| 240.4| 243.8| 280.7| 316.4| 443.7| 449.0| 435.2| 635.1| 650.3| 632.7 Geological sciences ...........| 250.0| 265.5| 266.2| 267.3| 334.9| 439.7| 499.0| 526.5| 555.3| 562.8| 528.4 Oceanography ..................| 219.3| 224.3| 249.8| 269.4| 293.5| 299.7| 197.5| 210.0| 207.2| 215.7| 214.0 Environmental sci, n.e.c. .....| 21.2| 18.9| 21.2| 55.2| 72.1| 91.6| 118.0| 131.9| 135.9| 146.1| 150.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Math & computer sci, total ......| 260.0| 293.4| 306.4| 313.2| 345.8| 406.9| 426.1| 481.4| 511.3| 563.6| 582.9 Mathematics ...................| 130.3| 142.4| 158.4| 165.4| 167.8| 176.3| 164.4| 228.2| 221.8| 247.5| 261.5 Computer sciences .............| 116.1| 131.4| 128.5| 125.5| 159.5| 225.2| 223.5| 247.7| 284.3| 309.9| 313.9 Math & computer sci, n.e.c. ...| 13.6| 19.6| 19.5| 22.4| 18.4| 5.3| 38.2| 5.5| 5.1| 6.2| 7.5 | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering, total ..............| 884.2| 968.5| 989.5| 1,006.2| 1,183.7| 1,101.5| 1,233.7| 1,249.8| 1,207.4| 1,325.1| 1,286.4 Aeronautical ..................| 191.5| 226.3| 237.4| 231.0| 327.9| 269.6| 256.2| 245.1| 246.2| 245.0| 215.2 Astronautical .................| 41.6| 52.5| 48.8| 48.4| 58.9| 62.3| 69.7| 94.4| 53.6| 55.8| 46.4 Chemical ......................| 74.4| 73.0| 77.5| 88.6| 50.1| 75.8| 101.7| 105.0| 72.8| 88.9| 83.7 Civil .........................| 43.6| 45.2| 45.7| 46.1| 51.7| 47.3| 59.3| 53.4| 38.7| 45.5| 46.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Electrical ....................| 144.9| 156.3| 175.4| 154.0| 173.8| 146.9| 142.5| 165.4| 203.1| 245.2| 215.5 Mechanical ....................| 88.2| 83.6| 87.2| 83.5| 100.8| 91.4| 115.6| 113.9| 142.6| 150.5| 167.6 Metallurgy & materials ........| 211.9| 228.5| 209.8| 230.1| 254.8| 260.2| 294.6| 273.6| 241.3| 288.1| 288.7 Engineering, n.e.c. ...........| 88.2| 103.2| 107.8| 124.4| 165.7| 147.9| 194.3| 199.2| 209.1| 206.1| 223.4 | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences, total ..........| 140.7| 113.5| 129.5| 146.8| 154.6| 146.0| 161.3| 139.9| 194.1| 192.1| 206.3 Anthropology ..................| 15.8| 11.2| 12.3| 12.1| 12.1| 12.5| 12.7| 11.0| 10.0| 10.4| 11.4 Economics .....................| 34.3| 26.3| 29.0| 34.7| 37.7| 37.1| 37.3| 39.3| 46.0| 46.0| 52.4 Political science .............| 5.8| 4.1| 5.5| 5.1| 5.4| 6.4| 7.1| 6.4| 6.4| 4.7| 5.1 Sociology .....................| 32.4| 30.0| 34.3| 36.8| 38.2| 24.2| 28.2| 10.2| 11.1| 9.4| 10.4 Social sciences, n.e.c. .......| 52.4| 41.9| 48.4| 58.1| 61.2| 65.8| 75.9| 72.9| 120.6| 121.7| 127.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Other sciences, n.e.c. ..........| 99.4| 122.5| 130.9| 255.5| 291.7| 302.3| 545.6| 399.4| 510.1| 510.7| 532.0 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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