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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 2007 through 2015 |
| [In millions] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category of obligation, performers, and fields of science | Actual | Estimated | ||||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Percent change, 2014 to 2015 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Current dollars | ||||||||||
| Total obligations for research, development, and R&D plant |
$129,431.1 | $129,049.4 | $144,760.5 | $146,967.8 | $139,661.5 | $140,635.8 | $127,291.1 | $132,496.3 | $132,751.8 | 0.2 |
| Research and development obligations | 127,262.7 | 127,105.6 | 141,092.5 | 140,354.5 | 135,490.8 | 138,485.1 | 125,386.0 | 130,278.7 | 129,435.0 | -0.6 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 29,932.5 | 29,637.9 | 31,546.4 | 30,911.8 | 35,144.7 | 34,367.8 | 32,963.1 | 34,736.1 | 33,373.7 | -3.9 |
| Industrial firms | 55,342.3 | 56,337.6 | 59,749.3 | 59,867.8 | 53,550.2 | 58,910.1 | 49,538.1 | 50,236.5 | 50,580.4 | 0.7 |
| Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) administered by industrial firms |
2,691.6 | 4,119.9 | 4,067.1 | 3,946.2 | 4,424.5 | 3,611.7 | 3,796.1 | 4,207.5 | 4,558.1 | 8.3 |
| Universities and colleges | 25,547.8 | 26,026.5 | 31,557.7 | 31,192.3 | 27,680.3 | 27,509.5 | 25,772.0 | 27,429.3 | 27,736.6 | 1.1 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 4,171.2 | 1,988.6 | 3,402.7 | 3,370.5 | 3,437.8 | 3,694.2 | 3,711.7 | 3,800.8 | 3,661.8 | -3.7 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 5,984.4 | 5,965.0 | 7,049.7 | 7,245.3 | 6,636.6 | 6,347.0 | 5,915.0 | 6,134.9 | 6,037.3 | -1.6 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 2,520.3 | 2,083.0 | 2,730.7 | 2,784.1 | 2,923.7 | 2,752.2 | 2,571.9 | 2,557.1 | 2,366.2 | -7.5 |
| State and local governments | 362.0 | 389.0 | 392.0 | 426.7 | 716.2 | 453.2 | 385.6 | 446.4 | 476.1 | 6.7 |
| Foreign | 710.6 | 558.1 | 596.9 | 609.9 | 976.8 | 839.5 | 732.4 | 730.1 | 644.6 | -11.7 |
| Research obligations | 54,093.5 | 53,893.6 | 63,694.3 | 63,728.0 | 58,023.7 | 61,946.9 | 59,198.2 | 62,908.8 | 63,419.9 | 0.8 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 11,816.4 | 11,921.7 | 13,321.2 | 13,280.9 | 12,663.4 | 14,295.0 | 13,416.8 | 14,305.6 | 14,747.5 | 3.1 |
| Industrial firms | 6,074.2 | 5,782.4 | 6,280.2 | 6,625.5 | 6,037.4 | 7,794.0 | 7,365.5 | 8,057.5 | 7,935.2 | -1.5 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 1,863.0 | 2,929.7 | 3,070.5 | 2,960.1 | 2,984.4 | 2,678.7 | 2,713.8 | 3,217.5 | 3,445.1 | 7.1 |
| Universities and colleges | 23,966.9 | 24,323.2 | 30,168.8 | 29,607.8 | 26,253.2 | 26,289.9 | 24,771.7 | 26,110.1 | 26,382.9 | 1.0 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 2,942.4 | 1,623.1 | 2,148.1 | 2,151.6 | 2,224.4 | 2,856.9 | 3,089.7 | 3,090.9 | 2,885.8 | -6.6 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 5,416.7 | 5,397.5 | 6,500.7 | 6,687.0 | 5,760.8 | 5,812.9 | 5,445.5 | 5,648.4 | 5,652.6 | 0.1 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,283.0 | 1,205.7 | 1,462.0 | 1,633.6 | 1,447.7 | 1,457.0 | 1,686.8 | 1,725.7 | 1,599.9 | -7.3 |
| State and local governments | 297.6 | 338.8 | 343.6 | 352.8 | 282.2 | 352.2 | 313.5 | 394.7 | 427.5 | 8.3 |
| Foreign | 433.3 | 371.5 | 399.3 | 428.6 | 370.2 | 410.3 | 394.8 | 358.5 | 343.5 | -4.2 |
| Fields of science | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 8,989.7 | 8,975.5 | 10,285.0 | 11,081.2 | 10,057.2 | 11,403.4 | 10,948.2 | 11,887.5 | 11,768.6 | -1.0 |
| Environmental sciences | 3,170.5 | 2,984.6 | 3,751.1 | 3,338.9 | 3,207.2 | 3,884.3 | 4,041.0 | 4,365.8 | 4,384.6 | 0.4 |
| Life sciences | 29,463.6 | 28,918.8 | 33,267.1 | 33,909.1 | 29,408.6 | 30,966.7 | 29,328.4 | 30,668.2 | 30,972.7 | 1.0 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 2,945.7 | 3,047.3 | 3,611.8 | 3,411.8 | 3,374.3 | 3,527.5 | 3,427.0 | 3,883.2 | 4,179.8 | 7.6 |
| Physical sciences | 5,136.1 | 5,072.6 | 5,821.1 | 5,870.8 | 5,426.6 | 6,407.5 | 6,281.9 | 6,483.1 | 6,486.9 | 0.1 |
| Psychology | 1,837.9 | 1,740.8 | 2,086.3 | 2,155.6 | 1,886.8 | 2,086.6 | 1,935.2 | 1,968.0 | 2,016.4 | 2.5 |
| Social sciences | 1,147.1 | 977.0 | 1,159.2 | 1,197.3 | 1,262.4 | 1,124.5 | 1,237.3 | 1,435.1 | 1,284.0 | -10.5 |
| Other sciences | 1,403.1 | 2,177.1 | 3,712.7 | 2,763.2 | 3,400.5 | 2,546.3 | 1,999.3 | 2,217.9 | 2,326.8 | 4.9 |
| Development obligations | 73,169.2 | 73,211.9 | 77,398.2 | 76,626.5 | 77,467.1 | 76,538.3 | 66,187.8 | 67,369.9 | 66,015.1 | -2.0 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 18,116.1 | 17,716.1 | 18,225.2 | 17,630.9 | 22,481.3 | 20,072.8 | 19,546.3 | 20,430.5 | 18,626.2 | -8.8 |
| Industrial firms | 49,268.1 | 50,555.2 | 53,467.0 | 53,242.3 | 47,512.8 | 51,116.1 | 42,172.6 | 42,179.1 | 42,645.2 | 1.1 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 828.6 | 1,190.2 | 996.6 | 986.1 | 1,440.1 | 933.0 | 1,082.3 | 990.0 | 1,113.0 | 12.4 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,580.9 | 1,703.3 | 1,389.0 | 1,584.5 | 1,427.1 | 1,219.6 | 1,000.2 | 1,319.2 | 1,353.8 | 2.6 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 1,228.8 | 365.5 | 1,254.6 | 1,218.9 | 1,213.3 | 837.3 | 622.1 | 709.9 | 776.0 | 9.3 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 567.7 | 567.5 | 549.0 | 558.3 | 875.8 | 534.1 | 469.5 | 486.5 | 384.7 | -20.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,237.3 | 877.3 | 1,268.7 | 1,150.4 | 1,476.0 | 1,295.2 | 885.1 | 831.5 | 766.3 | -7.8 |
| State and local governments | 64.4 | 50.2 | 48.4 | 73.9 | 434.0 | 101.0 | 72.1 | 51.6 | 48.7 | -5.7 |
| Foreign | 277.3 | 186.6 | 197.6 | 181.3 | 606.6 | 429.2 | 337.6 | 371.6 | 301.1 | -19.0 |
| R&D plant obligations | 2,168.4 | 1,943.8 | 3,668.0 | 6,613.3 | 4,170.7 | 2,150.7 | 1,905.1 | 2,217.6 | 3,316.8 | 49.6 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 593.4 | 494.0 | 804.7 | 1,953.3 | 846.5 | 486.2 | 673.3 | 642.5 | 697.4 | 8.5 |
| Industrial firms | 401.4 | 449.0 | 396.3 | 1,751.2 | 2,030.0 | 460.5 | 231.5 | 323.3 | 1,331.6 | 311.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 27.6 | 175.6 | 127.7 | 167.7 | 118.3 | 51.8 | 79.5 | 91.2 | 98.7 | 8.3 |
| Universities and colleges | 265.6 | 210.2 | 607.0 | 1,532.6 | 286.0 | 372.5 | 236.6 | 325.8 | 377.3 | 15.8 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 498.4 | 334.4 | 706.5 | 491.4 | 242.9 | 248.1 | 246.2 | 308.5 | 356.2 | 15.5 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 79.7 | 23.7 | 154.4 | 245.9 | 141.3 | 200.8 | 184.1 | 212.8 | 384.2 | 80.6 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 296.2 | 253.8 | 868.2 | 465.3 | 491.0 | 323.1 | 249.8 | 309.8 | 69.7 | -77.5 |
| State and local governments | # | # | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | # | 0.2 | 0.3 | # | -86.8 |
| Foreign | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 14.6 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | -50.0 |
| Constant fiscal year 2015 dollars2 | ||||||||||
| Total obligations for research, development, and R&D plant |
$147,227.2 | $141,836.7 | $158,802.3 | $159,327.7 | $148,486.8 | $146,763.2 | $131,005.1 | $134,271.1 | $132,751.8 | -1.1 |
| Research and development obligations | 144,760.7 | 139,700.3 | 154,778.5 | 152,158.2 | 144,052.5 | 144,518.8 | 129,044.4 | 132,023.8 | 129,435.0 | -2.0 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 34,048.1 | 32,574.7 | 34,606.4 | 33,511.5 | 37,365.5 | 35,865.2 | 33,924.9 | 35,201.4 | 33,373.7 | -5.2 |
| Industrial firms | 62,951.6 | 61,920.0 | 65,545.0 | 64,902.6 | 56,934.1 | 61,476.8 | 50,983.5 | 50,909.4 | 50,580.4 | -0.6 |
| Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) administered by industrial firms |
3,061.7 | 4,528.1 | 4,461.6 | 4,278.1 | 4,704.1 | 3,769.1 | 3,906.9 | 4,263.9 | 4,558.1 | 6.9 |
| Universities and colleges | 29,060.5 | 28,605.4 | 34,618.8 | 33,815.5 | 29,429.4 | 28,708.1 | 26,524.0 | 27,796.7 | 27,736.6 | -0.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 4,744.7 | 2,185.6 | 3,732.8 | 3,654.0 | 3,655.0 | 3,855.2 | 3,820.0 | 3,851.7 | 3,661.8 | -4.9 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 6,807.2 | 6,556.1 | 7,733.5 | 7,854.6 | 7,056.0 | 6,623.5 | 6,087.6 | 6,217.1 | 6,037.3 | -2.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 2,866.8 | 2,289.4 | 2,995.6 | 3,018.2 | 3,108.5 | 2,872.1 | 2,646.9 | 2,591.4 | 2,366.2 | -8.7 |
| State and local governments | 411.8 | 427.5 | 430.0 | 462.6 | 761.5 | 472.9 | 396.9 | 452.4 | 476.1 | 5.2 |
| Foreign | 808.3 | 613.4 | 654.8 | 661.2 | 1,038.5 | 876.1 | 753.8 | 739.9 | 644.6 | -12.9 |
| Research obligations | 61,531.1 | 59,233.8 | 69,872.6 | 69,087.5 | 61,690.2 | 64,645.9 | 60,925.4 | 63,751.5 | 63,419.9 | -0.5 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 13,441.1 | 13,103.0 | 14,613.4 | 14,397.8 | 13,463.6 | 14,917.8 | 13,808.3 | 14,497.2 | 14,747.5 | 1.7 |
| Industrial firms | 6,909.4 | 6,355.4 | 6,889.4 | 7,182.7 | 6,418.9 | 8,133.6 | 7,580.4 | 8,165.4 | 7,935.2 | -2.8 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 2,119.2 | 3,220.0 | 3,368.3 | 3,209.0 | 3,173.0 | 2,795.4 | 2,793.0 | 3,260.6 | 3,445.1 | 5.7 |
| Universities and colleges | 27,262.2 | 26,733.3 | 33,095.2 | 32,097.8 | 27,912.2 | 27,435.3 | 25,494.5 | 26,459.8 | 26,382.9 | -0.3 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 3,347.0 | 1,783.9 | 2,356.5 | 2,332.5 | 2,365.0 | 2,981.4 | 3,179.8 | 3,132.3 | 2,885.8 | -7.9 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 6,161.5 | 5,932.3 | 7,131.3 | 7,249.4 | 6,124.8 | 6,066.2 | 5,604.4 | 5,724.1 | 5,652.6 | -1.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,459.4 | 1,325.2 | 1,603.8 | 1,771.0 | 1,539.2 | 1,520.5 | 1,736.0 | 1,748.8 | 1,599.9 | -8.5 |
| State and local governments | 338.5 | 372.4 | 376.9 | 382.5 | 300.0 | 367.5 | 322.6 | 400.0 | 427.5 | 6.9 |
| Foreign | 492.9 | 408.3 | 438.0 | 464.6 | 393.6 | 428.2 | 406.3 | 363.3 | 343.5 | -5.5 |
| Fields of science | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 10,225.7 | 9,864.9 | 11,282.6 | 12,013.1 | 10,692.7 | 11,900.2 | 11,267.6 | 12,046.7 | 11,768.6 | -2.3 |
| Environmental sciences | 3,606.4 | 3,280.3 | 4,115.0 | 3,619.7 | 3,409.9 | 4,053.5 | 4,158.9 | 4,424.3 | 4,384.6 | -0.9 |
| Life sciences | 33,514.7 | 31,784.3 | 36,494.0 | 36,760.8 | 31,266.9 | 32,315.9 | 30,184.1 | 31,079.0 | 30,972.7 | -0.3 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 3,350.7 | 3,349.3 | 3,962.1 | 3,698.7 | 3,587.5 | 3,681.2 | 3,527.0 | 3,935.2 | 4,179.8 | 6.2 |
| Physical sciences | 5,842.3 | 5,575.2 | 6,385.7 | 6,364.5 | 5,769.5 | 6,686.7 | 6,465.2 | 6,569.9 | 6,486.9 | -1.3 |
| Psychology | 2,090.6 | 1,913.3 | 2,288.7 | 2,336.9 | 2,006.0 | 2,177.5 | 1,991.7 | 1,994.4 | 2,016.4 | 1.1 |
| Social sciences | 1,304.8 | 1,073.8 | 1,271.6 | 1,298.0 | 1,342.2 | 1,173.5 | 1,273.4 | 1,454.3 | 1,284.0 | -11.7 |
| Other sciences | 1,596.0 | 2,392.8 | 4,072.8 | 2,995.6 | 3,615.4 | 2,657.2 | 2,057.6 | 2,247.6 | 2,326.8 | 3.5 |
| Development obligations | 83,229.6 | 80,466.3 | 84,905.8 | 83,070.7 | 82,362.3 | 79,873.0 | 68,119.0 | 68,272.3 | 66,015.1 | -3.3 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 20,607.0 | 19,471.6 | 19,993.0 | 19,113.6 | 23,901.9 | 20,947.4 | 20,116.6 | 20,704.2 | 18,626.2 | -10.0 |
| Industrial firms | 56,042.2 | 55,564.6 | 58,653.3 | 57,719.9 | 50,515.2 | 53,343.2 | 43,403.1 | 42,744.1 | 42,645.2 | -0.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 942.5 | 1,308.1 | 1,093.3 | 1,069.0 | 1,531.1 | 973.7 | 1,113.9 | 1,003.3 | 1,113.0 | 10.9 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,798.3 | 1,872.1 | 1,523.7 | 1,717.8 | 1,517.3 | 1,272.7 | 1,029.4 | 1,336.9 | 1,353.8 | 1.3 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 1,397.8 | 401.7 | 1,376.3 | 1,321.4 | 1,290.0 | 873.8 | 640.3 | 719.4 | 776.0 | 7.9 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 645.8 | 623.7 | 602.3 | 605.3 | 931.1 | 557.4 | 483.2 | 493.0 | 384.7 | -22.0 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,407.4 | 964.2 | 1,391.8 | 1,247.1 | 1,569.3 | 1,351.6 | 910.9 | 842.6 | 766.3 | -9.1 |
| State and local governments | 73.3 | 55.2 | 53.1 | 80.1 | 461.4 | 105.4 | 74.2 | 52.3 | 48.7 | -6.9 |
| Foreign | 315.4 | 205.1 | 216.8 | 196.5 | 644.9 | 447.9 | 347.5 | 376.6 | 301.1 | -20.0 |
| R&D plant obligations | 2,466.5 | 2,136.4 | 4,023.8 | 7,169.5 | 4,434.2 | 2,244.4 | 1,960.7 | 2,247.3 | 3,316.8 | 47.6 |
| Performers | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural1 | 675.0 | 542.9 | 882.8 | 2,117.6 | 900.0 | 507.4 | 692.9 | 651.1 | 697.4 | 7.1 |
| Industrial firms | 456.6 | 493.5 | 434.7 | 1,898.5 | 2,158.3 | 480.6 | 238.3 | 327.6 | 1,331.6 | 306.4 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 31.4 | 193.0 | 140.1 | 181.8 | 125.8 | 54.1 | 81.8 | 92.4 | 98.7 | 6.8 |
| Universities and colleges | 302.1 | 231.0 | 665.9 | 1,661.5 | 304.1 | 388.7 | 243.5 | 330.2 | 377.3 | 14.3 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 566.9 | 367.5 | 775.0 | 532.7 | 258.2 | 258.9 | 253.4 | 312.6 | 356.2 | 13.9 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 90.7 | 26.0 | 169.4 | 266.6 | 150.2 | 209.5 | 189.5 | 215.7 | 384.2 | 78.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 336.9 | 278.9 | 952.4 | 504.4 | 522.0 | 337.2 | 257.1 | 313.9 | 69.7 | -77.8 |
| State and local governments | # | # | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.2 | # | 0.2 | 0.3 | # | -86.8 |
| Foreign | 6.9 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 15.5 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | -50.7 |
| #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 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 2016. | ||||||||||
| 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 2015, retrieved May 16, 2016, from https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/fedfunds/2014/. (This table was prepared May 2016.) |
