Table C-63.  Federal obligations for basic research performed at universities and colleges,                      

                                           by detailed field of science and engineering:                                            

                                                fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995                                                   

                                                                                                                                    

                                                      [Dollars in thousands]                                                        

                                                                                                                                    

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                                                                |               |           Estimates                               

                         Field of science and engineering       |     1993      |                                                   

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                                                                |               |     1994      |     1995                          

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                     Total, all fields .........................|   6,741,248   |   7,266,663   |   7,450,413                       

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                   Life sciences, total ........................|   3,741,014   |   4,040,486   |   4,174,811                       

                     Biological (excluding environmental) ......|   2,023,749   |   2,151,404   |   2,268,470                       

                     Environmental biology .....................|     108,217   |     151,249   |     124,933                       

                     Agricultural ..............................|      73,603   |      78,707   |      78,151                       

                     Medical ...................................|   1,458,735   |   1,575,210   |   1,616,195                       

                     Life sciences, n.e.c ......................|      76,710   |      83,916   |      87,062                       

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                   Psychology, total ...........................|     166,637   |     175,298   |     184,805                       

                     Biological aspects ........................|      12,932   |      12,866   |      15,023                       

                     Social aspects ............................|      12,961   |      12,898   |      13,577                       

                     Psychological sciences, n.e.c. ............|     140,744   |     149,534   |     156,205                       

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                   Physical sciences, total ....................|     941,646   |   1,011,613   |   1,045,060                       

                     Astronomy .................................|     110,478   |     135,858   |     132,463                       

                     Chemistry .................................|     300,161   |     314,770   |     338,567                       

                     Physics ...................................|     445,221   |     482,406   |     490,220                       

                     Physical sciences, n.e.c. .................|      85,786   |      78,579   |      83,810                       

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                   Environmental sciences, total ...............|     559,028   |     612,778   |     623,983                       

                     Atmospheric ...............................|     151,516   |     166,772   |     165,341                       

                     Geological ................................|     174,416   |     192,807   |     193,428                       

                     Oceanography ..............................|     144,592   |     154,420   |     160,735                       

                     Environmental sciences, n.e.c. ............|      88,504   |      98,779   |     104,479                       

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                   Mathematics & computer sciences, total ......|     352,025   |     378,716   |     391,170                       

                     Mathematics ...............................|     130,379   |     138,384   |     145,680                       

                     Computer sciences .........................|     217,363   |     234,842   |     239,751                       

                     Mathematics & computer sciences, n.e.c. ...|       4,283   |       5,490   |       5,739                       

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                   Engineering, total ..........................|     580,032   |     645,839   |     630,623                       

                     Aeronautical ..............................|      39,736   |      48,375   |      51,534                       

                     Astronautical .............................|      11,857   |      13,515   |      14,250                       

                     Chemical ..................................|      37,726   |      41,302   |      41,580                       

                     Civil .....................................|      26,206   |      27,774   |      28,732                       

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                     Electrical ................................|     146,438   |     181,391   |     141,360                       

                     Mechanical ................................|      99,182   |     107,969   |     114,971                       

                     Metallurgy & materials ....................|     127,803   |     136,574   |     144,257                       

                     Engineering, n.e.c. .......................|      91,084   |      88,939   |      93,939                       

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                   Social sciences, total ......................|     109,399   |     107,785   |     113,743                       

                     Anthropology ..............................|       6,416   |       7,035   |       8,066                       

                     Economics .................................|      22,570   |      23,461   |      23,543                       

                     Political science .........................|       3,878   |       4,119   |       4,617                       

                     Sociology .................................|       7,271   |       7,626   |       8,291                       

                     Social sciences, n.e.c. ...................|      69,264   |      65,544   |      69,226                       

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                   Other sciences, n.e.c. ......................|     291,467   |     294,148   |     286,218                       

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                      NOTES:    Only the following six agencies are required to report to this section of                           

                                the survey: the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, and Health and                         

                                Human Services; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the                          

                                National Science Foundation. The basic research obligations of the six agencies                     

                                included in this table represent approximately 99 percent of total Federal                          

                                basic research obligations to universities and colleges in fiscal years 1993,                       

                                1994, and 1995.                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                    

                                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