Table C-29.  Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of                              

                                    science and engineering: fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995                                      

                                                                                                                                    

                                                      [Dollars in thousands]                                                        

                                                                                                                                    

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                         Field of science and engineering       |     1993      |                                                   

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                     Total, all fields .........................|  13,399,121   |  14,043,351   |  14,201,008                       

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                   Life sciences, total ........................|   6,288,812   |   6,673,746   |   6,898,465                       

                     Biological (excluding environmental) ......|   3,222,473   |   3,373,813   |   3,532,744                       

                     Environmental biology .....................|     223,156   |     279,799   |     261,003                       

                     Agricultural ..............................|     342,165   |     356,807   |     364,678                       

                     Medical ...................................|   2,380,887   |   2,537,411   |   2,609,792                       

                     Life sciences, n.e.c ......................|     120,131   |     125,916   |     130,248                       

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                   Psychology, total ...........................|     246,785   |     256,317   |     268,673                       

                     Biological aspects ........................|      18,085   |      18,041   |      19,816                       

                     Social aspects ............................|      16,016   |      15,328   |      15,981                       

                     Psychological sciences, n.e.c. ............|     212,684   |     222,948   |     232,876                       

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                   Physical sciences, total ....................|   2,907,135   |   2,946,950   |   2,900,323                       

                     Astronomy .................................|     663,436   |     681,319   |     677,416                       

                     Chemistry .................................|     543,688   |     570,152   |     590,484                       

                     Physics ...................................|   1,600,628   |   1,545,273   |   1,494,674                       

                     Physical sciences, n.e.c. .................|      99,383   |     150,206   |     137,749                       

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                   Environmental sciences, total ...............|   1,533,470   |   1,574,902   |   1,525,958                       

                     Atmospheric ...............................|     635,122   |     650,285   |     632,713                       

                     Geological ................................|     555,302   |     562,843   |     528,362                       

                     Oceanography ..............................|     207,154   |     215,656   |     213,963                       

                     Environmental sciences, n.e.c. ............|     135,892   |     146,118   |     150,920                       

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                   Mathematics & computer sciences, total ......|     511,278   |     563,595   |     582,911                       

                     Mathematics ...............................|     221,841   |     247,477   |     261,528                       

                     Computer sciences .........................|     284,334   |     309,888   |     313,891                       

                     Mathematics & computer sciences, n.e.c. ...|       5,103   |       6,230   |       7,492                       

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                   Engineering, total ..........................|   1,207,405   |   1,325,080   |   1,286,374                       

                     Aeronautical ..............................|     246,181   |     244,989   |     215,159                       

                     Astronautical .............................|      53,585   |      55,790   |      46,374                       

                     Chemical ..................................|      72,784   |      88,909   |      83,666                       

                     Civil .....................................|      38,671   |      45,532   |      45,990                       

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                     Electrical ................................|     203,086   |     245,228   |     215,528                       

                     Mechanical ................................|     142,614   |     150,461   |     167,558                       

                     Metallurgy & materials ....................|     241,347   |     288,111   |     288,732                       

                     Engineering, n.e.c. .......................|     209,137   |     206,060   |     223,367                       

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                   Social sciences, total ......................|     194,101   |     192,075   |     206,312                       

                     Anthropology ..............................|      10,025   |      10,403   |      11,403                       

                     Economics .................................|      45,993   |      45,989   |      52,408                       

                     Political science .........................|       6,391   |       4,650   |       5,122                       

                     Sociology .................................|      11,080   |       9,380   |      10,388                       

                     Social sciences, n.e.c. ...................|     120,612   |     121,653   |     126,991                       

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                   Other sciences, n.e.c. ......................|     510,135   |     510,686   |     531,992                       

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                      NOTE:     Only those agencies that had obligations in the variables represented by this                       

                                table appear in the table.  For a complete list of the Federal 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