Table 402.10.

Federal obligations for research, development, and R&D plant, by category of obligation, performers, and fields of science: Fiscal years 2005 through 2013

[In millions]
Category of obligation, performers, and fields of science	Actual							Estimated
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Percent change, 2012 to 2013
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Current dollars
Total obligations for research, development, and      R&D plant	$112,994.5	$112,270.7	$129,431.1	$129,049.4	$144,760.5	$146,967.8	$139,661.5	$139,158.9	$141,176.3	1.4
Research and development obligations	109,223.4	110,145.8	127,262.7	127,105.6	141,092.5	140,354.5	135,490.8	134,785.7	136,471.6	1.3
Performers
Federal intramural1	24,125.4	25,563.2	29,932.5	29,637.9	31,546.4	30,911.8	35,144.7	37,664.9	37,301.0	-1.0
Industrial firms	44,112.5	44,152.9	55,342.3	56,337.6	59,749.3	59,867.8	53,550.2	51,053.7	52,286.3	2.4
Federally funded research and development centers    (FFRDCs) administered by industrial firms	1,612.1	1,421.9	2,691.6	4,119.9	4,067.1	3,946.2	4,424.5	4,301.0	4,936.7	14.8
Universities and colleges	24,841.5	24,336.3	25,547.8	26,026.5	31,557.7	31,192.3	27,680.3	27,410.8	27,785.9	1.4
FFRDCs2 administered by universities and colleges	5,686.1	5,439.1	4,171.2	1,988.6	3,402.7	3,370.5	3,437.8	3,487.2	3,395.9	-2.6
Other nonprofit institutions	5,910.0	6,000.1	5,984.4	5,965.0	7,049.7	7,245.3	6,636.6	6,303.0	6,309.4	0.1
FFRDCs2 administered by nonprofit institutions	1,649.2	1,816.0	2,520.3	2,083.0	2,730.7	2,784.1	2,923.7	2,802.0	2,828.7	1.0
State and local governments	660.8	619.6	362.0	389.0	392.0	426.7	716.2	1,115.9	1,038.2	-7.0
Foreign	625.8	796.7	710.6	558.1	596.9	609.9	976.8	647.2	589.4	-8.9
Research obligations	53,738.3	53,535.7	54,093.5	53,893.6	63,694.3	63,728.0	58,023.7	58,049.8	59,969.2	3.3
Performers
Federal intramural1	12,349.9	12,261.6	11,816.4	11,921.7	13,321.2	13,280.9	12,663.4	13,049.3	13,533.0	3.7
Industrial firms	6,456.4	6,436.3	6,074.2	5,782.4	6,280.2	6,625.5	6,037.4	5,839.0	6,365.2	9.0
FFRDCs2 administered by industrial firms	1,082.0	947.9	1,863.0	2,929.7	3,070.5	2,960.1	2,984.4	2,917.6	3,190.9	9.4
Universities and colleges	23,156.0	22,809.4	23,966.9	24,323.2	30,168.8	29,607.8	26,253.2	26,228.0	26,612.7	1.5
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	3,743.4	3,783.0	2,942.4	1,623.1	2,148.1	2,151.6	2,224.4	2,208.6	2,266.2	2.6
Other nonprofit institutions	5,295.8	5,448.9	5,416.7	5,397.5	6,500.7	6,687.0	5,760.8	5,743.7	5,767.4	0.4
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	907.8	1,028.6	1,283.0	1,205.7	1,462.0	1,633.6	1,447.7	1,394.4	1,551.5	11.3
State and local governments	376.8	417.9	297.6	338.8	343.6	352.8	282.2	288.3	295.8	2.6
Foreign	370.2	402.1	433.3	371.5	399.3	428.6	370.2	380.9	386.4	1.4
Fields of science
Life sciences	28,127.8	27,927.7	29,463.6	28,918.8	33,267.1	33,909.1	29,408.6	29,061.1	29,151.5	0.3
Psychology	1,891.8	1,747.3	1,837.9	1,740.8	2,086.3	2,155.6	1,886.8	1,914.2	1,923.4	0.5
Physical sciences	5,493.7	5,351.1	5,136.1	5,072.6	5,821.1	5,870.8	5,426.6	5,574.5	5,949.6	6.7
Environmental sciences	3,502.6	3,430.6	3,170.5	2,984.6	3,751.1	3,338.9	3,207.2	3,079.0	3,140.3	2.0
Mathematics and computer sciences	2,983.4	2,814.9	2,945.7	3,047.3	3,611.8	3,411.8	3,374.3	3,450.6	3,751.0	8.7
Engineering	8,552.9	8,678.7	8,989.7	8,975.5	10,285.0	11,081.2	10,057.2	9,873.1	10,742.6	8.8
Social sciences	1,097.1	1,123.9	1,147.1	977.0	1,159.2	1,197.3	1,262.4	1,202.9	1,252.9	4.2
Other sciences	2,088.9	2,461.3	1,403.1	2,177.1	3,712.7	2,763.2	3,400.5	3,894.5	4,057.9	4.2
Development obligations	55,485.4	56,610.1	73,169.2	73,211.9	77,398.2	76,626.5	77,467.1	76,735.9	76,502.4	-0.3
Performers
Federal intramural1	11,775.5	13,301.6	18,116.1	17,716.1	18,225.2	17,630.9	22,481.3	24,615.6	23,768.1	-3.4
Industrial firms	37,656.1	37,716.6	49,268.1	50,555.2	53,467.0	53,242.3	47,512.8	45,214.8	45,921.1	1.6
FFRDCs2  administered by industrial firms	530.1	474.0	828.6	1,190.2	996.6	986.1	1,440.1	1,383.4	1,745.8	26.2
Universities and colleges	1,685.6	1,526.9	1,580.9	1,703.3	1,389.0	1,584.5	1,427.1	1,182.8	1,173.2	-0.8
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	1,942.8	1,656.1	1,228.8	365.5	1,254.6	1,218.9	1,213.3	1,278.6	1,129.7	-11.6
Other nonprofit institutions	614.1	551.2	567.7	567.5	549.0	558.3	875.8	559.3	542.0	-3.1
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	741.5	787.4	1,237.3	877.3	1,268.7	1,150.4	1,476.0	1,407.7	1,277.2	-9.3
State and local governments	284.1	201.7	64.4	50.2	48.4	73.9	434.0	827.6	742.4	-10.3
Foreign	255.6	394.6	277.3	186.6	197.6	181.3	606.6	266.3	203.0	-23.8
R&D plant obligations	3,771.1	2,124.9	2,168.4	1,943.8	3,668.0	6,613.3	4,170.7	4,373.1	4,704.7	7.6
Performers
Federal intramural1	859.3	662.8	593.4	494.0	804.7	1,953.3	846.5	803.3	920.6	14.6
Industrial firms	1,381.4	265.8	401.4	449.0	396.3	1,751.2	2,030.0	2,242.8	2,425.6	8.2
FFRDCs2  administered by industrial firms	125.7	82.7	27.6	175.6	127.7	167.7	118.3	133.8	130.5	-2.5
Universities and colleges	423.0	262.5	265.6	210.2	607.0	1,532.6	286.0	318.7	304.6	-4.4
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	558.3	519.3	498.4	334.4	706.5	491.4	242.9	249.6	317.7	27.3
Other nonprofit institutions	134.6	127.3	79.7	23.7	154.4	245.9	141.3	154.9	158.4	2.3
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	218.0	201.6	296.2	253.8	868.2	465.3	491.0	452.9	429.6	-5.2
State and local governments	55.2	2.6	#	#	1.2	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.6
Foreign	15.6	0.3	6.1	3.1	2.0	4.0	14.6	16.9	17.6	4.1
	Constant fiscal year 2013 dollars3
Total obligations for research, development, and      R&D plant	$132,930.3	$127,664.0	$143,376.9	$138,126.8	$154,633.2	$155,160.1	$144,602.5	$141,422.8	$141,176.3	-0.2
Research and development obligations	128,493.9	125,247.8	140,974.8	136,046.3	150,715.0	148,178.2	140,284.3	136,978.5	136,471.6	-0.4
Performers
Federal intramural1	28,381.9	29,068.1	33,157.6	31,722.7	33,697.9	32,634.9	36,388.1	38,277.7	37,301.0	-2.6
Industrial firms	51,895.3	50,206.7	61,305.2	60,300.4	63,824.2	63,205.0	55,444.7	51,884.3	52,286.3	0.8
FFRDCs2  administered by industrial firms	1,896.5	1,616.9	2,981.6	4,409.7	4,344.5	4,166.2	4,581.0	4,371.0	4,936.7	12.9
Universities and colleges	29,224.3	27,673.0	28,300.5	27,857.2	33,709.9	32,931.0	28,659.6	27,856.7	27,785.9	-0.3
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	6,689.3	6,184.8	4,620.6	2,128.5	3,634.8	3,558.4	3,559.4	3,543.9	3,395.9	-4.2
Other nonprofit institutions	6,952.7	6,822.8	6,629.2	6,384.6	7,530.5	7,649.2	6,871.4	6,405.5	6,309.4	-1.5
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	1,940.2	2,065.0	2,791.9	2,229.5	2,916.9	2,939.3	3,027.1	2,847.6	2,828.7	-0.7
State and local governments	777.4	704.6	401.0	416.4	418.7	450.5	741.5	1,134.1	1,038.2	-8.5
Foreign	736.2	905.9	787.2	597.4	637.6	643.9	1,011.4	657.7	589.4	-10.4
Research obligations	126,438.8	121,751.6	119,844.0	115,369.1	68,038.3	67,280.3	60,076.5	58,994.2	59,969.2	1.7
Performers
Federal intramural1	14,528.8	13,942.8	13,089.6	12,760.3	14,229.7	14,021.2	13,111.4	13,261.6	13,533.0	2.0
Industrial firms	7,595.5	7,318.8	6,728.7	6,189.1	6,708.5	6,994.8	6,251.0	5,934.0	6,365.2	7.3
FFRDCs2  administered by industrial firms	1,272.9	1,077.9	2,063.7	3,135.8	3,279.9	3,125.1	3,090.0	2,965.1	3,190.9	7.6
Universities and colleges	27,241.5	25,936.8	26,549.3	26,034.1	32,226.3	31,258.2	27,182.0	26,654.7	26,612.7	-0.2
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	4,403.9	4,301.7	3,259.4	1,737.3	2,294.6	2,271.5	2,303.1	2,244.5	2,266.2	1.0
Other nonprofit institutions	6,230.1	6,196.0	6,000.3	5,777.2	6,944.0	7,059.7	5,964.6	5,837.1	5,767.4	-1.2
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	1,068.0	1,169.6	1,421.2	1,290.5	1,561.7	1,724.7	1,498.9	1,417.1	1,551.5	9.5
State and local governments	443.3	475.2	329.7	362.6	367.0	372.5	292.2	293.0	295.8	1.0
Foreign	435.5	457.2	480.0	397.6	426.5	452.5	383.3	387.1	386.4	-0.2
Fields of science
Life sciences	33,090.4	31,756.8	32,638.2	30,953.0	35,535.9	35,799.3	30,449.0	29,533.9	29,151.5	-1.3
Psychology	2,225.6	1,986.9	2,035.9	1,863.2	2,228.6	2,275.8	1,953.6	1,945.3	1,923.4	-1.1
Physical sciences	6,463.0	6,084.8	5,689.5	5,429.4	6,218.1	6,198.1	5,618.6	5,665.2	5,949.6	5.0
Environmental sciences	4,120.6	3,901.0	3,512.1	3,194.5	4,006.9	3,525.0	3,320.7	3,129.1	3,140.3	0.4
Mathematics and computer sciences	3,509.8	3,200.8	3,263.1	3,261.6	3,858.1	3,602.0	3,493.7	3,506.7	3,751.0	7.0
Engineering	10,061.9	9,868.6	9,958.3	9,606.8	10,986.4	11,698.9	10,413.0	10,033.7	10,742.6	7.1
Social sciences	1,290.7	1,278.0	1,270.7	1,045.7	1,238.3	1,264.0	1,307.1	1,222.5	1,252.9	2.5
Other sciences	2,457.4	2,798.8	1,554.3	2,330.2	3,965.9	2,917.2	3,520.8	3,957.9	4,057.9	2.5
Development obligations	65,274.8	64,371.8	81,052.9	78,361.7	82,676.8	80,897.8	80,207.8	77,984.3	76,502.4	-1.9
Performers
Federal intramural1	13,853.1	15,125.4	20,068.0	18,962.3	19,468.2	18,613.7	23,276.7	25,016.1	23,768.1	-5.0
Industrial firms	44,299.8	42,887.9	54,576.6	54,111.3	57,113.4	56,210.1	49,193.7	45,950.4	45,921.1	-0.1
FFRDCs2  administered by industrial firms	623.6	539.0	917.9	1,273.9	1,064.6	1,041.1	1,491.0	1,405.9	1,745.8	24.2
Universities and colleges	1,983.0	1,736.3	1,751.2	1,823.1	1,483.7	1,672.8	1,477.6	1,202.0	1,173.2	-2.4
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	2,285.6	1,883.2	1,361.2	391.2	1,340.2	1,286.8	1,256.2	1,299.4	1,129.7	-13.1
Other nonprofit institutions	722.4	626.8	628.9	607.4	586.4	589.4	906.8	568.4	542.0	-4.6
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	872.3	895.4	1,370.6	939.0	1,355.2	1,214.5	1,528.2	1,430.6	1,277.2	-10.7
State and local governments	334.2	229.4	71.3	53.7	51.7	78.0	449.4	841.1	742.4	-11.7
Foreign	300.7	448.7	307.2	199.7	211.1	191.4	628.1	270.6	203.0	-25.0
R&D plant obligations	4,436.4	2,416.2	2,402.0	2,080.5	3,918.2	6,981.9	4,318.3	4,444.2	4,704.7	5.9
Performers
Federal intramural1	1,010.9	753.7	657.3	528.7	859.6	2,062.2	876.4	816.4	920.6	12.8
Industrial firms	1,625.1	302.2	444.6	480.6	423.3	1,848.8	2,101.8	2,279.3	2,425.6	6.4
FFRDCs2  administered by industrial firms	147.9	94.0	30.6	188.0	136.4	177.0	122.5	136.0	130.5	-4.0
Universities and colleges	497.6	298.5	294.2	225.0	648.4	1,618.0	296.1	323.9	304.6	-6.0
FFRDCs2  administered by universities and colleges	656.8	590.5	552.1	357.9	754.7	518.8	251.5	253.7	317.7	25.2
Other nonprofit institutions	158.3	144.8	88.3	25.4	164.9	259.6	146.3	157.4	158.4	0.6
FFRDCs2  administered by nonprofit institutions	256.5	229.2	328.1	271.7	927.4	491.2	508.4	460.3	429.6	-6.7
State and local governments	64.9	3.0	#	#	1.3	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	-1.6
Foreign	18.4	0.3	6.8	3.3	2.1	4.2	15.1	17.2	17.6	2.5

#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 2014.

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, 2005 through 2013, retrieved July 30, 2014, from http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf14312/content.cfm?pub_id=4408&id=2. (This table was prepared March 2014.)