(58KB)| Table 402.10. | Federal obligations for research, development, and R&D plant, by category of obligation, performer, and field of science and engineering: Fiscal years 2010 through 2018 |
| [In millions] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated | ||||||||||
| Category of obligation, performer, and field of science and engineering |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 20161 | 20171 | 20181 | Percent change, 2017 to 2018 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Current dollars | ||||||||||
| Total obligations for research, development, and R&D plant |
$146,967.8 | $139,661.5 | $140,635.8 | $127,291.1 | $132,496.3 | $131,398.2 | $117,665.7 | $121,002.5 | $124,762.9 | 3.1 |
| Research and development obligations | 140,354.5 | 135,490.8 | 138,485.1 | 125,386.0 | 130,278.7 | 128,573.2 | 115,224.7 | 118,366.4 | 121,535.3 | 2.7 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 30,911.8 | 35,144.7 | 34,367.8 | 32,963.1 | 34,736.1 | 34,925.1 | 32,019.6 | 30,802.5 | 33,217.7 | 7.8 |
| Industrial firms | 59,867.8 | 53,550.2 | 58,910.1 | 49,538.1 | 50,236.5 | 47,455.2 | 35,660.4 | 37,729.9 | 37,442.5 | -0.8 |
| Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) administered by industrial firms |
3,946.2 | 4,424.5 | 3,611.7 | 3,796.1 | 4,207.5 | 3,935.8 | 4,119.4 | 4,042.8 | 5,077.3 | 25.6 |
| Universities and colleges | 31,192.3 | 27,680.3 | 27,509.5 | 25,772.0 | 27,429.3 | 27,414.7 | 28,193.3 | 28,888.3 | 28,899.3 | # |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 3,370.5 | 3,437.8 | 3,694.2 | 3,711.7 | 3,800.8 | 3,911.7 | 4,034.1 | 4,419.8 | 5,041.1 | 14.1 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 7,245.3 | 6,636.6 | 6,347.0 | 5,915.0 | 6,134.9 | 6,136.2 | 6,580.7 | 8,054.8 | 7,474.0 | -7.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 2,784.1 | 2,923.7 | 2,752.2 | 2,571.9 | 2,557.1 | 3,271.4 | 3,250.4 | 3,143.0 | 3,231.8 | 2.8 |
| State and local governments | 426.7 | 716.2 | 453.2 | 385.6 | 446.4 | 487.0 | 542.5 | 532.0 | 552.1 | 3.8 |
| Foreign | 609.9 | 976.8 | 839.5 | 732.4 | 730.1 | 1,036.0 | 824.3 | 753.5 | 599.6 | -20.4 |
| Research obligations | 63,728.0 | 58,023.7 | 61,946.9 | 59,198.2 | 62,908.8 | 63,645.3 | 66,873.6 | 69,641.8 | 71,262.7 | 2.3 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 13,280.9 | 12,663.4 | 14,295.0 | 13,416.8 | 14,305.6 | 15,006.5 | 15,931.0 | 15,835.9 | 17,445.0 | 10.2 |
| Industrial firms | 6,625.5 | 6,037.4 | 7,794.0 | 7,365.5 | 8,057.5 | 8,110.4 | 8,370.3 | 8,917.6 | 8,178.9 | -8.3 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 2,960.1 | 2,984.4 | 2,678.7 | 2,713.8 | 3,217.5 | 3,098.0 | 3,533.6 | 3,526.7 | 4,313.0 | 22.3 |
| Universities and colleges | 29,607.8 | 26,253.2 | 26,289.9 | 24,771.7 | 26,110.1 | 25,962.1 | 26,857.6 | 27,595.1 | 27,655.7 | 0.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 2,151.6 | 2,224.4 | 2,856.9 | 3,089.7 | 3,090.9 | 3,226.8 | 3,224.1 | 3,496.0 | 3,895.9 | 11.4 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 6,687.0 | 5,760.8 | 5,812.9 | 5,445.5 | 5,648.4 | 5,710.6 | 6,169.2 | 7,544.7 | 6,893.2 | -8.6 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,633.6 | 1,447.7 | 1,457.0 | 1,686.8 | 1,725.7 | 1,616.9 | 1,891.8 | 1,908.3 | 2,086.6 | 9.3 |
| State and local governments | 352.8 | 282.2 | 352.2 | 313.5 | 394.7 | 420.3 | 420.2 | 445.2 | 406.6 | -8.7 |
| Foreign | 428.6 | 370.2 | 410.3 | 394.8 | 358.5 | 493.7 | 475.8 | 372.3 | 387.8 | 4.2 |
| Field | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 11,081.2 | 10,057.2 | 11,403.4 | 10,948.2 | 11,887.5 | 11,955.6 | 12,798.8 | 12,977.9 | 14,725.6 | 13.5 |
| Environmental sciences | 3,338.9 | 3,207.2 | 3,884.3 | 4,041.0 | 4,365.8 | 4,413.7 | 4,427.9 | 4,469.6 | 4,291.2 | -4.0 |
| Life sciences | 33,909.1 | 29,408.6 | 30,966.7 | 29,328.4 | 30,668.2 | 30,473.0 | 32,045.4 | 34,089.6 | 33,458.9 | -1.9 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 3,411.8 | 3,374.3 | 3,527.5 | 3,427.0 | 3,883.2 | 3,862.7 | 4,222.8 | 3,894.2 | 4,183.5 | 7.4 |
| Physical sciences | 5,870.8 | 5,426.6 | 6,407.5 | 6,281.9 | 6,483.1 | 6,510.3 | 6,669.8 | 6,581.5 | 6,931.3 | 5.3 |
| Psychology | 2,155.6 | 1,886.8 | 2,086.6 | 1,935.2 | 1,968.0 | 1,994.9 | 2,021.4 | 2,081.2 | 2,092.2 | 0.5 |
| Social sciences | 1,197.3 | 1,262.4 | 1,124.5 | 1,237.3 | 1,435.1 | 1,136.3 | 1,226.7 | 1,027.2 | 1,043.7 | 1.6 |
| Other sciences | 2,763.2 | 3,400.5 | 2,546.3 | 1,999.3 | 2,217.9 | 3,298.8 | 3,460.8 | 4,520.6 | 4,536.3 | 0.3 |
| Development obligations1 | 76,626.5 | 77,467.1 | 76,538.3 | 66,187.8 | 67,369.9 | 64,927.8 | 48,351.1 | 48,724.6 | 50,272.6 | 3.2 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 17,630.9 | 22,481.3 | 20,072.8 | 19,546.3 | 20,430.5 | 19,918.5 | 16,088.7 | 14,966.6 | 15,772.7 | 5.4 |
| Industrial firms | 53,242.3 | 47,512.8 | 51,116.1 | 42,172.6 | 42,179.1 | 39,344.9 | 27,290.0 | 28,812.2 | 29,263.6 | 1.6 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 986.1 | 1,440.1 | 933.0 | 1,082.3 | 990.0 | 837.8 | 585.8 | 516.2 | 764.2 | 48.1 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,584.5 | 1,427.1 | 1,219.6 | 1,000.2 | 1,319.2 | 1,452.6 | 1,335.7 | 1,293.1 | 1,243.6 | -3.8 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 1,218.9 | 1,213.3 | 837.3 | 622.1 | 709.9 | 684.9 | 810.0 | 923.8 | 1,145.1 | 24.0 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 558.3 | 875.8 | 534.1 | 469.5 | 486.5 | 425.6 | 411.5 | 510.1 | 580.8 | 13.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,150.4 | 1,476.0 | 1,295.2 | 885.1 | 831.5 | 1,654.5 | 1,358.5 | 1,234.7 | 1,145.2 | -7.3 |
| State and local governments | 73.9 | 434.0 | 101.0 | 72.1 | 51.6 | 66.7 | 122.4 | 86.7 | 145.4 | 67.7 |
| Foreign | 181.3 | 606.6 | 429.2 | 337.6 | 371.6 | 542.3 | 348.5 | 381.2 | 211.8 | -44.4 |
| R&D plant obligations | 6,613.3 | 4,170.7 | 2,150.7 | 1,905.1 | 2,217.6 | 2,825.1 | 2,441.0 | 2,636.0 | 3,227.6 | 22.4 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 1,953.3 | 846.5 | 486.2 | 673.3 | 642.5 | 1,417.2 | 646.2 | 829.5 | 1,007.4 | 21.4 |
| Industrial firms | 1,751.2 | 2,030.0 | 460.5 | 231.5 | 323.3 | 275.6 | 344.9 | 318.1 | 420.4 | 32.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 167.7 | 118.3 | 51.8 | 79.5 | 91.2 | 101.7 | 71.3 | 82.4 | 111.3 | 35.2 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,532.6 | 286.0 | 372.5 | 236.6 | 325.8 | 292.2 | 284.1 | 350.0 | 318.5 | -9.0 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 491.4 | 242.9 | 248.1 | 246.2 | 308.5 | 376.3 | 591.2 | 585.7 | 733.9 | 25.3 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 245.9 | 141.3 | 200.8 | 184.1 | 212.8 | 151.3 | 289.8 | 157.8 | 138.6 | -12.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 465.3 | 491.0 | 323.1 | 249.8 | 309.8 | 210.6 | 202.4 | 287.7 | 486.7 | 69.2 |
| State and local governments | 2.0 | 0.2 | # | 0.2 | 0.3 | # | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | † |
| Foreign | 4.0 | 14.6 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 25.0 | 10.8 | -56.7 |
| Constant fiscal year 2018 dollars3 | ||||||||||
| Total obligations for research, development, and R&D plant |
$166,771.1 | $154,859.7 | $152,899.2 | $136,453.2 | $139,827.2 | $137,918.6 | $122,652.1 | $124,025.6 | $124,762.9 | 0.6 |
| Research and development obligations | 159,266.7 | 150,235.2 | 150,561.0 | 134,411.0 | 137,486.9 | 134,953.4 | 120,107.7 | 121,323.6 | 121,535.3 | 0.2 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 35,077.0 | 38,969.2 | 37,364.7 | 35,335.7 | 36,658.0 | 36,658.2 | 33,376.5 | 31,572.1 | 33,217.7 | 5.2 |
| Industrial firms | 67,934.7 | 59,377.6 | 64,047.1 | 53,103.7 | 53,016.0 | 49,810.1 | 37,171.6 | 38,672.5 | 37,442.5 | -3.2 |
| Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) administered by industrial firms |
4,477.9 | 4,906.0 | 3,926.6 | 4,069.3 | 4,440.3 | 4,131.1 | 4,294.0 | 4,143.8 | 5,077.3 | 22.5 |
| Universities and colleges | 35,395.3 | 30,692.5 | 29,908.3 | 27,627.0 | 28,946.9 | 28,775.1 | 29,388.1 | 29,610.0 | 28,899.3 | -2.4 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 3,824.7 | 3,811.9 | 4,016.3 | 3,978.9 | 4,011.1 | 4,105.8 | 4,205.1 | 4,530.2 | 5,041.1 | 11.3 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 8,221.6 | 7,358.8 | 6,900.5 | 6,340.7 | 6,474.3 | 6,440.7 | 6,859.6 | 8,256.0 | 7,474.0 | -9.5 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 3,159.2 | 3,241.9 | 2,992.2 | 2,757.0 | 2,698.6 | 3,433.7 | 3,388.1 | 3,221.5 | 3,231.8 | 0.3 |
| State and local governments | 484.2 | 794.1 | 492.7 | 413.4 | 471.1 | 511.2 | 565.5 | 545.3 | 552.1 | 1.2 |
| Foreign | 692.1 | 1,083.1 | 912.7 | 785.1 | 770.5 | 1,087.4 | 859.2 | 772.3 | 599.6 | -22.4 |
| Research obligations | 72,315.1 | 64,338.0 | 67,348.7 | 63,459.2 | 66,389.5 | 66,803.6 | 69,707.6 | 71,381.7 | 71,262.7 | -0.2 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 15,070.4 | 14,041.5 | 15,541.5 | 14,382.5 | 15,097.1 | 15,751.2 | 16,606.1 | 16,231.5 | 17,445.0 | 7.5 |
| Industrial firms | 7,518.3 | 6,694.4 | 8,473.6 | 7,895.7 | 8,503.3 | 8,512.9 | 8,725.0 | 9,140.4 | 8,178.9 | -10.5 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 3,359.0 | 3,309.2 | 2,912.3 | 2,909.1 | 3,395.5 | 3,251.7 | 3,683.3 | 3,614.8 | 4,313.0 | 19.3 |
| Universities and colleges | 33,597.3 | 29,110.1 | 28,582.4 | 26,554.7 | 27,554.7 | 27,250.4 | 27,995.8 | 28,284.5 | 27,655.7 | -2.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 2,441.5 | 2,466.5 | 3,106.0 | 3,312.1 | 3,261.9 | 3,386.9 | 3,360.7 | 3,583.3 | 3,895.9 | 8.7 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 7,588.0 | 6,387.7 | 6,319.8 | 5,837.5 | 5,960.9 | 5,994.0 | 6,430.6 | 7,733.2 | 6,893.2 | -10.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,853.7 | 1,605.2 | 1,584.1 | 1,808.2 | 1,821.2 | 1,697.1 | 1,972.0 | 1,956.0 | 2,086.6 | 6.7 |
| State and local governments | 400.3 | 312.9 | 382.9 | 336.1 | 416.5 | 441.2 | 438.0 | 456.3 | 406.6 | -10.9 |
| Foreign | 486.4 | 410.5 | 446.1 | 423.2 | 378.3 | 518.2 | 496.0 | 381.6 | 387.8 | 1.6 |
| Field | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 12,574.3 | 11,151.6 | 12,397.8 | 11,736.2 | 12,545.2 | 12,548.9 | 13,341.2 | 13,302.1 | 14,725.6 | 10.7 |
| Environmental sciences | 3,788.8 | 3,556.2 | 4,223.0 | 4,331.9 | 4,607.4 | 4,632.7 | 4,615.5 | 4,581.3 | 4,291.2 | -6.3 |
| Life sciences | 38,478.2 | 32,608.9 | 33,667.0 | 31,439.4 | 32,365.0 | 31,985.2 | 33,403.4 | 34,941.3 | 33,458.9 | -4.2 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 3,871.5 | 3,741.5 | 3,835.1 | 3,673.7 | 4,098.1 | 4,054.4 | 4,401.8 | 3,991.5 | 4,183.5 | 4.8 |
| Physical sciences | 6,661.9 | 6,017.1 | 6,966.2 | 6,734.1 | 6,841.8 | 6,833.4 | 6,952.5 | 6,745.9 | 6,931.3 | 2.7 |
| Psychology | 2,446.1 | 2,092.1 | 2,268.6 | 2,074.5 | 2,076.9 | 2,093.9 | 2,107.1 | 2,133.2 | 2,092.2 | -1.9 |
| Social sciences | 1,358.6 | 1,399.8 | 1,222.6 | 1,326.4 | 1,514.5 | 1,192.7 | 1,278.7 | 1,052.9 | 1,043.7 | -0.9 |
| Other sciences | 3,135.5 | 3,770.5 | 2,768.3 | 2,143.2 | 2,340.6 | 3,462.5 | 3,607.5 | 4,633.5 | 4,536.3 | -2.1 |
| Development obligations | 86,951.6 | 85,897.2 | 83,212.4 | 70,951.9 | 71,097.4 | 68,149.7 | 50,400.1 | 49,941.9 | 50,272.6 | 0.7 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 20,006.6 | 24,927.8 | 21,823.1 | 20,953.2 | 21,560.9 | 20,906.9 | 16,770.5 | 15,340.5 | 15,772.7 | 2.8 |
| Industrial firms | 60,416.5 | 52,683.2 | 55,573.4 | 45,208.1 | 44,512.8 | 41,297.3 | 28,446.5 | 29,532.0 | 29,263.6 | -0.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 1,119.0 | 1,596.8 | 1,014.4 | 1,160.2 | 1,044.8 | 879.4 | 610.6 | 529.1 | 764.2 | 44.4 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,798.0 | 1,582.4 | 1,325.9 | 1,072.2 | 1,392.2 | 1,524.7 | 1,392.3 | 1,325.4 | 1,243.6 | -6.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 1,383.1 | 1,345.3 | 910.3 | 666.9 | 749.2 | 718.9 | 844.3 | 946.9 | 1,145.1 | 20.9 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 633.5 | 971.1 | 580.7 | 503.3 | 513.4 | 446.7 | 428.9 | 522.8 | 580.8 | 11.1 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 1,305.4 | 1,636.6 | 1,408.1 | 948.8 | 877.5 | 1,736.6 | 1,416.1 | 1,265.5 | 1,145.2 | -9.5 |
| State and local governments | 83.9 | 481.2 | 109.8 | 77.3 | 54.5 | 70.0 | 127.6 | 88.9 | 145.4 | 63.6 |
| Foreign | 205.7 | 672.6 | 466.6 | 361.9 | 392.2 | 569.2 | 363.3 | 390.7 | 211.8 | -45.8 |
| R&D plant obligations | 7,504.4 | 4,624.6 | 2,338.2 | 2,042.2 | 2,340.3 | 2,965.3 | 2,544.4 | 2,701.9 | 3,227.6 | 19.5 |
| Performer | ||||||||||
| Federal intramural2 | 2,216.5 | 938.6 | 528.6 | 721.8 | 678.0 | 1,487.5 | 673.6 | 850.2 | 1,007.4 | 18.5 |
| Industrial firms | 1,987.2 | 2,250.9 | 500.7 | 248.2 | 341.2 | 289.3 | 359.5 | 326.0 | 420.4 | 28.9 |
| FFRDCs administered by industrial firms | 190.3 | 131.2 | 56.3 | 85.2 | 96.2 | 106.7 | 74.3 | 84.5 | 111.3 | 31.8 |
| Universities and colleges | 1,739.1 | 317.1 | 405.0 | 253.6 | 343.8 | 306.7 | 296.1 | 358.7 | 318.5 | -11.2 |
| FFRDCs administered by universities and colleges | 557.6 | 269.3 | 269.7 | 263.9 | 325.6 | 395.0 | 616.3 | 600.3 | 733.9 | 22.2 |
| Other nonprofit institutions | 279.0 | 156.7 | 218.3 | 197.4 | 224.6 | 158.8 | 302.1 | 161.7 | 138.6 | -14.3 |
| FFRDCs administered by nonprofit institutions | 528.0 | 544.4 | 351.3 | 267.8 | 326.9 | 221.1 | 211.0 | 294.9 | 486.7 | 65.0 |
| State and local governments | 2.3 | 0.2 | # | 0.2 | 0.3 | # | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | † |
| Foreign | 4.5 | 16.2 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 25.6 | 10.8 | -57.9 |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||
| 1 Beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2016, data reported for development represent a refinement to this category by more narrowly defining it as "experimental development." Most notably, this category no longer includes Department of Defense Budget Activity 7 (Operational Systems Development) funds, which support development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full-rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year. Therefore, development data reported for FY 2016 and later FYs are not directly comparable with the data reported for previous FYs. | ||||||||||
| 2 Includes costs associated with the administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance. | ||||||||||
| 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 2020. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Totals do not include the Central Intelligence Agency. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, 2010 through 2018, retrieved July 2, 2019, from https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/fedfunds/2017/html/ffs17-dt-tab002.html. (This table was prepared July 2019.) |