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| Table 402.10. | Federal obligations for research, development, and R&D plant, by category of obligation, performers, and fields of science: Fiscal years 2006 through 2014 |
| [In millions] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category of obligation, performers, and fields of science | Actual | Estimated | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | Percent change, 2013 to 2014 | ||
| 2012 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Current dollars | ||||||||||
| Total obligations for research, development, and R&D plant |
$112,270.7 | $129,431.1 | $129,049.4 | $144,760.5 | $146,967.8 | $139,661.5 | $140,635.8 | $134,546.5 | $134,042.3 | -0.4 |
| Research and development obligations | 110,145.8 | 127,262.7 | 127,105.6 | 141,092.5 | 140,354.5 | 135,490.8 | 138,485.1 | 132,435.7 | 130,846.5 | -1.2 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 25,563.2 | 29,932.5 | 29,637.9 | 31,546.4 | 30,911.8 | 35,144.7 | 34,367.8 | 32,677.6 | 32,513.8 | -0.5 |
| Industrial firms | 44,152.9 | 55,342.3 | 56,337.6 | 59,749.3 | 59,867.8 | 53,550.2 | 58,910.1 | 55,175.7 | 53,152.0 | -3.7 |
| Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) administered by industrial firms |
1,421.9 | 2,691.6 | 4,119.9 | 4,067.1 | 3,946.2 | 4,424.5 | 3,611.7 | 3,647.2 | 3,184.6 | -12.7 |
| Universities and colleges | 24,336.3 | 25,547.8 | 26,026.5 | 31,557.7 | 31,192.3 | 27,680.3 | 27,509.5 | 27,394.7 | 28,159.9 | 2.8 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 5,439.1 | 4,171.2 | 1,988.6 | 3,402.7 | 3,370.5 | 3,437.8 | 3,694.2 | 3,350.8 | 3,581.4 | 6.9 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 6,000.1 | 5,984.4 | 5,965.0 | 7,049.7 | 7,245.3 | 6,636.6 | 6,347.0 | 6,316.6 | 6,351.2 | 0.5 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,816.0 | 2,520.3 | 2,083.0 | 2,730.7 | 2,784.1 | 2,923.7 | 2,752.2 | 2,614.3 | 2,696.9 | 3.2 |
| State and local governments | 619.6 | 362.0 | 389.0 | 392.0 | 426.7 | 716.2 | 453.2 | 483.9 | 450.3 | -6.9 |
| Foreign | 796.7 | 710.6 | 558.1 | 596.9 | 609.9 | 976.8 | 839.5 | 774.7 | 756.5 | -2.4 |
| Research obligations | 53,535.7 | 54,093.5 | 53,893.6 | 63,694.3 | 63,728.0 | 58,023.7 | 61,946.9 | 61,616.7 | 64,199.4 | 4.2 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 12,261.6 | 11,816.4 | 11,921.7 | 13,321.2 | 13,280.9 | 12,663.4 | 14,295.0 | 14,561.5 | 14,900.0 | 2.3 |
| Industrial firms | 6,436.3 | 6,074.2 | 5,782.4 | 6,280.2 | 6,625.5 | 6,037.4 | 7,794.0 | 7,164.0 | 7,864.8 | 9.8 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 947.9 | 1,863.0 | 2,929.7 | 3,070.5 | 2,960.1 | 2,984.4 | 2,678.7 | 2,644.1 | 2,787.6 | 5.4 |
| Universities and colleges | 22,809.4 | 23,966.9 | 24,323.2 | 30,168.8 | 29,607.8 | 26,253.2 | 26,289.9 | 26,308.6 | 27,203.2 | 3.4 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 3,783.0 | 2,942.4 | 1,623.1 | 2,148.1 | 2,151.6 | 2,224.4 | 2,856.9 | 2,831.6 | 3,007.9 | 6.2 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 5,448.9 | 5,416.7 | 5,397.5 | 6,500.7 | 6,687.0 | 5,760.8 | 5,812.9 | 5,918.1 | 6,015.7 | 1.7 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,028.6 | 1,283.0 | 1,205.7 | 1,462.0 | 1,633.6 | 1,447.7 | 1,457.0 | 1,422.0 | 1,657.8 | 16.6 |
| State and local governments | 417.9 | 297.6 | 338.8 | 343.6 | 352.8 | 282.2 | 352.2 | 388.3 | 380.5 | -2.0 |
| Foreign | 402.1 | 433.3 | 371.5 | 399.3 | 428.6 | 370.2 | 410.3 | 378.6 | 381.9 | 0.9 |
| Fields of science | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 27,927.7 | 29,463.6 | 28,918.8 | 33,267.1 | 33,909.1 | 29,408.6 | 30,966.7 | 31,162.4 | 31,458.2 | 0.9 |
| Psychology | 1,747.3 | 1,837.9 | 1,740.8 | 2,086.3 | 2,155.6 | 1,886.8 | 2,086.6 | 2,101.9 | 2,144.5 | 2.0 |
| Physical sciences | 5,351.1 | 5,136.1 | 5,072.6 | 5,821.1 | 5,870.8 | 5,426.6 | 6,407.5 | 6,478.2 | 6,791.0 | 4.8 |
| Environmental sciences | 3,430.6 | 3,170.5 | 2,984.6 | 3,751.1 | 3,338.9 | 3,207.2 | 3,884.3 | 3,946.7 | 4,100.7 | 3.9 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 2,814.9 | 2,945.7 | 3,047.3 | 3,611.8 | 3,411.8 | 3,374.3 | 3,527.5 | 3,643.1 | 3,931.8 | 7.9 |
| Engineering | 8,678.7 | 8,989.7 | 8,975.5 | 10,285.0 | 11,081.2 | 10,057.2 | 11,403.4 | 10,635.6 | 11,274.5 | 6.0 |
| Social sciences | 1,123.9 | 1,147.1 | 977.0 | 1,159.2 | 1,197.3 | 1,262.4 | 1,124.5 | 1,031.7 | 1,212.6 | 17.5 |
| Other sciences | 2,461.3 | 1,403.1 | 2,177.1 | 3,712.7 | 2,763.2 | 3,400.5 | 2,546.3 | 2,617.0 | 3,286.2 | 25.6 |
| Development obligations | 56,610.1 | 73,169.2 | 73,211.9 | 77,398.2 | 76,626.5 | 77,467.1 | 76,538.3 | 70,819.0 | 66,647.1 | -5.9 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 13,301.6 | 18,116.1 | 17,716.1 | 18,225.2 | 17,630.9 | 22,481.3 | 20,072.8 | 18,116.1 | 17,613.9 | -2.8 |
| Industrial firms | 37,716.6 | 49,268.1 | 50,555.2 | 53,467.0 | 53,242.3 | 47,512.8 | 51,116.1 | 48,011.7 | 45,287.1 | -5.7 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 474.0 | 828.6 | 1,190.2 | 996.6 | 986.1 | 1,440.1 | 933.0 | 1,003.1 | 397.0 | -60.4 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,526.9 | 1,580.9 | 1,703.3 | 1,389.0 | 1,584.5 | 1,427.1 | 1,219.6 | 1,086.1 | 956.6 | -11.9 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 1,656.1 | 1,228.8 | 365.5 | 1,254.6 | 1,218.9 | 1,213.3 | 837.3 | 519.2 | 573.5 | 10.5 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 551.2 | 567.7 | 567.5 | 549.0 | 558.3 | 875.8 | 534.1 | 398.6 | 335.4 | -15.8 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 787.4 | 1,237.3 | 877.3 | 1,268.7 | 1,150.4 | 1,476.0 | 1,295.2 | 1,192.3 | 1,039.1 | -12.8 |
| State and local governments | 201.7 | 64.4 | 50.2 | 48.4 | 73.9 | 434.0 | 101.0 | 95.7 | 69.8 | -27.0 |
| Foreign | 394.6 | 277.3 | 186.6 | 197.6 | 181.3 | 606.6 | 429.2 | 396.2 | 374.6 | -5.4 |
| R&D plant obligations | 2,124.9 | 2,168.4 | 1,943.8 | 3,668.0 | 6,613.3 | 4,170.7 | 2,150.7 | 2,110.8 | 3,195.8 | 51.4 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 662.8 | 593.4 | 494.0 | 804.7 | 1,953.3 | 846.5 | 486.2 | 631.0 | 936.5 | 48.4 |
| Industrial firms | 265.8 | 401.4 | 449.0 | 396.3 | 1,751.2 | 2,030.0 | 460.5 | 429.4 | 878.6 | 104.6 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 82.7 | 27.6 | 175.6 | 127.7 | 167.7 | 118.3 | 51.8 | 44.4 | 34.7 | -21.8 |
| Universities and colleges | 262.5 | 265.6 | 210.2 | 607.0 | 1,532.6 | 286.0 | 372.5 | 338.6 | 398.9 | 17.8 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 519.3 | 498.4 | 334.4 | 706.5 | 491.4 | 242.9 | 248.1 | 264.6 | 348.0 | 31.5 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 127.3 | 79.7 | 23.7 | 154.4 | 245.9 | 141.3 | 200.8 | 209.8 | 281.2 | 34.0 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 201.6 | 296.2 | 253.8 | 868.2 | 465.3 | 491.0 | 323.1 | 184.5 | 309.7 | 67.8 |
| State and local governments | 2.6 | # | # | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # |
| Foreign | 0.3 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 14.6 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.2 | -2.1 |
| Constant fiscal year 2014 dollars3 | ||||||||||
| Total obligations for research, development, and | ||||||||||
| R&D plant | $129,564.3 | $145,511.0 | $140,182.8 | $156,934.9 | $157,469.7 | $146,754.9 | $145,051.2 | $136,549.2 | $134,042.3 | -1.8 |
| Research and development obligations | 127,112.1 | 143,073.2 | 138,071.3 | 152,958.4 | 150,383.8 | 142,372.4 | 142,832.9 | 134,407.0 | 130,846.5 | -2.6 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 29,500.8 | 33,651.2 | 32,194.8 | 34,199.5 | 33,120.7 | 36,929.7 | 35,446.8 | 33,164.0 | 32,513.8 | -2.0 |
| Industrial firms | 50,954.0 | 62,217.8 | 61,198.0 | 64,774.2 | 64,145.8 | 56,270.0 | 60,759.6 | 55,997.0 | 53,152.0 | -5.1 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 1,640.9 | 3,026.0 | 4,475.3 | 4,409.1 | 4,228.2 | 4,649.2 | 3,725.1 | 3,701.5 | 3,184.6 | -14.0 |
| Universities and colleges | 28,084.9 | 28,721.7 | 28,271.9 | 34,211.7 | 33,421.2 | 29,086.2 | 28,373.2 | 27,802.5 | 28,159.9 | 1.3 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 6,276.9 | 4,689.4 | 2,160.2 | 3,688.9 | 3,611.3 | 3,612.4 | 3,810.2 | 3,400.7 | 3,581.4 | 5.3 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 6,924.3 | 6,727.9 | 6,479.6 | 7,642.6 | 7,763.0 | 6,973.7 | 6,546.3 | 6,410.6 | 6,351.2 | -0.9 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 2,095.7 | 2,833.4 | 2,262.7 | 2,960.4 | 2,983.0 | 3,072.2 | 2,838.6 | 2,653.2 | 2,696.9 | 1.6 |
| State and local governments | 715.0 | 407.0 | 422.6 | 425.0 | 457.2 | 752.6 | 467.4 | 491.1 | 450.3 | -8.3 |
| Foreign | 919.4 | 798.9 | 606.2 | 647.1 | 653.5 | 1,026.4 | 865.9 | 786.2 | 756.5 | -3.8 |
| Research obligations | 61,782.0 | 60,813.8 | 58,543.1 | 69,051.0 | 68,281.8 | 60,970.7 | 63,891.8 | 62,533.9 | 64,199.4 | 2.7 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 14,150.3 | 13,284.4 | 12,950.2 | 14,441.5 | 14,229.9 | 13,306.6 | 14,743.8 | 14,778.2 | 14,900.0 | 0.8 |
| Industrial firms | 7,427.7 | 6,828.8 | 6,281.3 | 6,808.4 | 7,098.9 | 6,344.0 | 8,038.7 | 7,270.6 | 7,864.8 | 8.2 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 1,093.9 | 2,094.5 | 3,182.5 | 3,328.7 | 3,171.6 | 3,136.0 | 2,762.8 | 2,683.5 | 2,787.6 | 3.9 |
| Universities and colleges | 26,322.8 | 26,944.4 | 26,421.6 | 32,706.0 | 31,723.5 | 27,586.6 | 27,115.3 | 26,700.2 | 27,203.2 | 1.9 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 4,365.7 | 3,307.9 | 1,763.1 | 2,328.8 | 2,305.3 | 2,337.4 | 2,946.6 | 2,873.7 | 3,007.9 | 4.7 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 6,288.2 | 6,089.6 | 5,863.2 | 7,047.4 | 7,164.8 | 6,053.4 | 5,995.4 | 6,006.2 | 6,015.7 | 0.2 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,187.0 | 1,442.4 | 1,309.7 | 1,585.0 | 1,750.3 | 1,521.2 | 1,502.7 | 1,443.2 | 1,657.8 | 14.9 |
| State and local governments | 482.3 | 334.6 | 368.0 | 372.5 | 378.0 | 296.5 | 363.3 | 394.1 | 380.5 | -3.4 |
| Foreign | 464.0 | 487.1 | 403.6 | 432.9 | 459.2 | 389.0 | 423.2 | 384.2 | 381.9 | -0.6 |
| Fields of science | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 32,229.5 | 33,124.0 | 31,413.7 | 36,064.9 | 36,332.1 | 30,902.3 | 31,938.9 | 31,626.2 | 31,458.2 | -0.5 |
| Psychology | 2,016.4 | 2,066.2 | 1,891.0 | 2,261.8 | 2,309.6 | 1,982.6 | 2,152.1 | 2,133.2 | 2,144.5 | 0.5 |
| Physical sciences | 6,175.4 | 5,774.2 | 5,510.2 | 6,310.7 | 6,290.3 | 5,702.2 | 6,608.7 | 6,574.6 | 6,791.0 | 3.3 |
| Environmental sciences | 3,959.0 | 3,564.4 | 3,242.1 | 4,066.6 | 3,577.5 | 3,370.1 | 4,006.3 | 4,005.4 | 4,100.7 | 2.4 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 3,248.5 | 3,311.7 | 3,310.2 | 3,915.6 | 3,655.6 | 3,545.7 | 3,638.2 | 3,697.3 | 3,931.8 | 6.3 |
| Engineering | 10,015.5 | 10,106.5 | 9,749.8 | 11,150.0 | 11,873.0 | 10,568.0 | 11,761.4 | 10,793.9 | 11,274.5 | 4.5 |
| Social sciences | 1,297.0 | 1,289.6 | 1,061.3 | 1,256.7 | 1,282.9 | 1,326.5 | 1,159.8 | 1,047.1 | 1,212.6 | 15.8 |
| Other sciences | 2,840.4 | 1,577.4 | 2,364.9 | 4,024.9 | 2,960.6 | 3,573.2 | 2,626.2 | 2,656.0 | 3,286.2 | 23.7 |
| Development obligations | 65,330.0 | 82,259.4 | 79,528.1 | 83,907.4 | 82,102.0 | 81,401.7 | 78,941.3 | 71,873.1 | 66,647.1 | -7.3 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 15,350.5 | 20,366.8 | 19,244.5 | 19,757.9 | 18,890.7 | 23,623.1 | 20,703.0 | 18,385.8 | 17,613.9 | -4.2 |
| Industrial firms | 43,526.3 | 55,388.9 | 54,916.7 | 57,963.6 | 57,046.8 | 49,926.0 | 52,720.9 | 48,726.3 | 45,287.1 | -7.1 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 547.0 | 931.5 | 1,292.9 | 1,080.4 | 1,056.6 | 1,513.2 | 962.3 | 1,018.0 | 397.0 | -61.0 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,762.1 | 1,777.3 | 1,850.2 | 1,505.8 | 1,697.7 | 1,499.6 | 1,257.9 | 1,102.3 | 956.6 | -13.2 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 1,911.2 | 1,381.5 | 397.0 | 1,360.1 | 1,306.0 | 1,274.9 | 863.6 | 526.9 | 573.5 | 8.8 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 636.1 | 638.2 | 616.5 | 595.2 | 598.2 | 920.3 | 550.9 | 404.5 | 335.4 | -17.1 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 908.7 | 1,391.0 | 953.0 | 1,375.4 | 1,232.6 | 1,551.0 | 1,335.9 | 1,210.0 | 1,039.1 | -14.1 |
| State and local governments | 232.8 | 72.4 | 54.5 | 52.5 | 79.2 | 456.0 | 104.2 | 97.1 | 69.8 | -28.1 |
| Foreign | 455.4 | 311.8 | 202.7 | 214.2 | 194.3 | 637.4 | 442.7 | 402.1 | 374.6 | -6.8 |
| R&D plant obligations | 2,452.2 | 2,437.8 | 2,111.5 | 3,976.5 | 7,085.9 | 4,382.5 | 2,218.2 | 2,142.2 | 3,195.8 | 49.2 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 764.9 | 667.1 | 536.6 | 872.4 | 2,092.9 | 889.5 | 501.5 | 640.4 | 936.5 | 46.2 |
| Industrial firms | 306.7 | 451.3 | 487.7 | 429.6 | 1,876.3 | 2,133.1 | 475.0 | 435.8 | 878.6 | 101.6 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms | 95.4 | 31.0 | 190.7 | 138.4 | 179.7 | 124.3 | 53.4 | 45.1 | 34.7 | -23.0 |
| Universities and colleges | 302.9 | 298.6 | 228.3 | 658.0 | 1,642.1 | 300.5 | 384.2 | 343.6 | 398.9 | 16.1 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges | 599.3 | 560.3 | 363.2 | 765.9 | 526.5 | 255.2 | 255.9 | 268.5 | 348.0 | 29.6 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 146.9 | 89.6 | 25.7 | 167.4 | 263.5 | 148.5 | 207.1 | 212.9 | 281.2 | 32.1 |
| FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions | 232.7 | 333.0 | 275.7 | 941.2 | 498.5 | 515.9 | 333.2 | 187.2 | 309.7 | 65.4 |
| State and local governments | 3.0 | # | # | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # |
| Foreign | 0.3 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 15.3 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | -3.8 |
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||
| 1 Includes costs associated with the administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance. | ||||||||||
| 2 Federally funded research and development centers. | ||||||||||
| 3 Data adjusted by the federal budget composite deflator reported in U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Historical Tables, Fiscal Year 2015. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Totals do not include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, 2006 through 2014, retrieved November 4, 2014, from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf14316/content.cfm?pub_id=4418&id=2. (This table was prepared November 2014.) |
