Table C-107. Federal obligations for applied 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 .............| 3,787.6| 4,141.3| 4,851.9| 5,255.5| 5,908.2| 6,342.3| 6,923.2| 7,171.5| 7,540.6| 7,993.4| 7,911.4 | | | | | | | | | | | Life sciences, total ............| 1,233.0| 1,339.3| 1,427.7| 1,624.4| 1,838.7| 1,956.5| 2,137.9| 2,211.8| 2,219.5| 2,286.6| 2,348.3 Biol & agricultural, total ....| 624.3| 705.2| 717.4| 844.0| 945.3| 1,041.0| 1,168.1| 1,249.4| 1,137.0| 1,135.6| 1,150.3 Biol (excl environmental) ...| NA| NA| NA| NA| 614.0| 646.7| 730.8| 794.9| 678.1| 683.7| 727.3 Environmental biology .......| NA| NA| NA| NA| 120.5| 125.8| 143.6| 137.0| 100.4| 101.0| 129.2 Agricultural ................| NA| NA| NA| NA| 210.8| 268.6| 293.7| 317.4| 358.6| 351.0| 293.8 | | | | | | | | | | | Medical sciences, total .......| 593.3| 608.7| 668.6| 724.0| 819.8| 820.5| 879.9| 903.7| 979.6| 1,048.5| 1,097.5 Clinical medical ............| 532.7| 511.7| 545.1| 594.8| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Other medical ...............| 60.5| 97.0| 123.5| 129.2| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Life sciences, n.e.c. .........| 15.4| 25.4| 41.7| 56.4| 73.6| 95.0| 89.9| 58.7| 102.9| 102.4| 100.4 | | | | | | | | | | | Psychology, total ...............| 87.3| 80.6| 98.5| 100.5| 109.2| 122.3| 114.8| 117.9| 128.5| 147.9| 158.8 Biological aspects ............| 30.7| 19.2| 25.3| 35.1| 29.9| 30.4| 29.7| 27.0| 26.7| 31.8| 37.1 Social aspects ................| 33.9| 34.9| 38.8| 34.5| 40.1| 49.6| 63.5| 63.3| 64.4| 71.8| 74.3 Psychological sci, n.e.c. .....| 22.6| 26.5| 34.3| 30.9| 39.1| 42.3| 21.5| 27.7| 37.4| 44.3| 47.4 | | | | | | | | | | | Physical sciences, total ........| 366.5| 387.7| 537.5| 640.2| 704.2| 742.6| 780.0| 895.6| 1,106.5| 1,304.3| 1,241.0 Astronomy .....................| 2.7| 5.3| 3.1| 4.0| 3.8| 3.8| 6.3| 6.8| 4.7| 3.0| 2.7 Chemistry .....................| 131.1| 126.9| 160.2| 162.0| 201.7| 218.8| 197.6| 188.7| 169.2| 158.1| 203.0 Physics .......................| 196.3| 216.0| 320.8| 398.8| 423.6| 487.1| 514.4| 610.2| 819.8| 999.5| 915.0 Physical sciences, n.e.c. .....| 36.3| 39.5| 53.3| 75.3| 75.1| 32.8| 61.8| 89.9| 112.9| 143.7| 120.3 | | | | | | | | | | | Environmental sciences, total ...| 344.7| 446.5| 475.0| 518.5| 573.3| 643.7| 738.6| 588.2| 628.3| 671.2| 619.2 Atmospheric sciences ..........| 149.8| 191.2| 175.3| 174.9| 155.9| 179.5| 230.5| 199.6| 262.6| 288.1| 242.0 Geological sciences ...........| 76.2| 103.1| 131.5| 140.7| 171.2| 201.1| 203.4| 201.9| 180.1| 155.2| 161.0 Oceanography ..................| 57.1| 70.6| 87.4| 91.3| 103.1| 101.4| 131.4| 118.4| 106.8| 147.9| 143.4 Environmental sci, n.e.c. .....| 61.6| 81.6| 80.8| 111.6| 143.0| 161.7| 173.3| 68.4| 78.7| 80.0| 72.9 | | | | | | | | | | | Math & computer sci, total ......| 61.5| 63.3| 76.0| 112.5| 118.5| 106.1| 124.7| 138.6| 185.0| 211.3| 199.5 Mathematics ...................| NA| NA| 26.7| 44.3| 37.5| 24.2| 24.1| 38.6| 37.3| 32.6| 37.1 Computer sciences .............| NA| NA| 47.0| 58.3| 67.0| 63.3| 82.4| 69.3| 103.5| 124.1| 109.7 Math & computer sci, n.e.c. ...| NA| NA| 2.3| 9.9| 14.1| 18.6| 18.2| 30.7| 44.3| 54.6| 52.7 | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering, total ..............| 1,348.9| 1,454.9| 1,795.9| 1,775.2| 2,028.6| 2,137.0| 2,364.9| 2,545.4| 2,776.1| 2,827.5| 2,779.1 Aeronautical ..................| 303.9| 314.9| 494.8| 359.3| 400.0| 536.5| 604.0| 596.3| 614.7| 679.9| 634.9 Astronautical .................| 86.4| 87.8| 167.5| 148.8| 150.2| 226.0| 275.1| 270.8| 245.9| 271.1| 344.4 Chemical ......................| 50.1| 67.5| 69.8| 80.8| 125.3| 89.7| 70.2| 116.3| 59.9| 94.6| 88.9 Civil .........................| 93.5| 117.9| 98.1| 107.0| 131.6| 110.8| 136.8| 135.8| 169.9| 156.0| 161.0 | | | | | | | | | | | Electrical ....................| 230.8| 239.2| 244.6| 327.6| 375.2| 355.8| 446.6| 478.2| 518.6| 519.1| 499.7 Mechanical ....................| 114.4| 144.8| 165.6| 169.5| 204.7| 160.0| 165.8| 157.3| 148.1| 205.7| 126.3 Metallurgy & materials ........| 116.0| 122.1| 171.6| 168.9| 151.4| 98.2| 114.8| 117.5| 153.2| 149.6| 153.7 Engineering, n.e.c. ...........| 353.7| 360.7| 383.7| 413.3| 490.2| 560.0| 551.6| 673.4| 865.7| 751.4| 770.1 | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences, total ..........| 217.4| 228.1| 306.0| 330.6| 365.1| 397.6| 376.6| 360.5| 265.7| 297.5| 303.8 Anthropology ..................| 4.6| 6.9| 7.2| 4.3| 7.6| 4.9| 2.9| 1.5| 1.5| 1.6| 1.7 Economics .....................| 92.9| 104.2| 111.9| 113.8| 129.6| 149.2| 152.8| 172.6| 118.2| 124.6| 117.6 Political science .............| 6.2| 10.1| 4.2| 5.9| 5.6| 9.8| 4.8| 4.5| 3.2| 6.6| 6.7 Sociology .....................| 49.9| 39.8| 37.0| 36.2| 41.7| 46.1| 46.1| 42.4| 33.3| 35.0| 36.3 | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences, n.e.c. .......| 63.8| 67.1| 145.6| 170.3| 180.6| 187.6| 170.1| 139.5| 109.6| 129.8| 141.4 History .....................| .3| 1.0| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Linguistics .................| 1.0| .9| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA Other social sciences .......| 62.5| 65.2| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA| NA | | | | | | | | | | | Other sciences, n.e.c. ..........| 128.4| 141.0| 135.4| 153.6| 170.4| 236.6| 285.7| 313.5| 231.0| 247.1| 261.7 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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