Table C-40. Federal obligations for applied research, 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 .........................| 13,491,376 | 13,990,162 | 13,960,159 | | | Life sciences, total ........................| 4,483,283 | 4,676,410 | 4,710,755 Biological (excluding environmental) ......| 1,508,134 | 1,589,484 | 1,711,132 Environmental biology .....................| 333,336 | 348,633 | 352,278 Agricultural ..............................| 430,056 | 414,149 | 408,976 Medical ...................................| 2,023,548 | 2,113,635 | 2,042,167 Life sciences, n.e.c ......................| 188,209 | 210,509 | 196,202 | | | Psychology, total ...........................| 303,897 | 313,118 | 305,058 Biological aspects ........................| 19,115 | 21,122 | 17,677 Social aspects ............................| 118,723 | 117,247 | 105,515 Psychological sciences, n.e.c. ............| 166,059 | 174,749 | 181,866 | | | Physical sciences, total ....................| 1,519,826 | 1,502,073 | 1,478,785 Astronomy .................................| 22,845 | 25,905 | 20,484 Chemistry .................................| 299,467 | 345,737 | 364,930 Physics ...................................| 1,037,739 | 931,451 | 961,235 Physical sciences, n.e.c. .................| 159,775 | 198,980 | 132,136 | | | Environmental sciences, total ...............| 1,075,019 | 1,256,830 | 1,164,328 Atmospheric ...............................| 348,996 | 420,842 | 353,481 Geological ................................| 242,563 | 259,470 | 294,809 Oceanography ..............................| 260,196 | 307,564 | 275,321 Environmental sciences, n.e.c. ............| 223,264 | 268,954 | 240,717 | | | Mathematics & computer sciences, total ......| 714,138 | 846,365 | 943,122 Mathematics ...............................| 68,944 | 75,321 | 88,738 Computer sciences .........................| 541,751 | 630,515 | 684,679 Mathematics & computer sciences, n.e.c. ...| 103,443 | 140,529 | 169,705 | | | Engineering, total ..........................| 4,292,014 | 4,375,472 | 4,343,054 Aeronautical ..............................| 946,849 | 1,051,329 | 1,015,356 Astronautical .............................| 440,393 | 427,089 | 390,317 Chemical ..................................| 172,742 | 186,536 | 193,416 Civil .....................................| 213,323 | 329,265 | 293,563 | | | Electrical ................................| 678,376 | 537,684 | 608,186 Mechanical ................................| 324,254 | 234,851 | 253,064 Metallurgy & materials ....................| 454,344 | 517,553 | 516,849 Engineering, n.e.c. .......................| 1,061,733 | 1,091,165 | 1,072,303 | | | Social sciences, total ......................| 480,788 | 516,328 | 492,503 Anthropology ..............................| 3,714 | 5,248 | 5,337 Economics .................................| 158,723 | 167,044 | 160,327 Political science .........................| 22,829 | 8,519 | 16,280 Sociology .................................| 65,623 | 64,908 | 56,532 Social sciences, n.e.c. ...................| 229,899 | 270,609 | 254,027 | | | Other sciences, n.e.c. ......................| 622,411 | 503,566 | 522,554 | | | _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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