Table 4-8
Federal total, intramural, and FFRDC R&D obligations, by U.S. agency: FY 2007
(Millions of dollars)
 
Agency    All R&D
obligations		    Intramural    FFRDC    Intramural plus
FFRDC (%)
 
All federal government   112,830   24,742   9,563   30
DOD   56,348   13,015   1,340   25
HHS   28,902   5,623   454   21
NASA   8,153   1,272   1,782   37
DOE   7,957   540   5,365   74
NSF   4,049   20   227   6
USDA   1,966   1,351   0   69
DHS   1,028   288   329   60
DOC   940   723   4   77
DOI   570   484   0   85
EPA   557   434   0   78
DOT   502   162   17   36
VA   412   412   0   100
ED   339   18   0   5
DOL   271   26   0   10
AID   255   30   0   12
DOJ   158   88   4   58
Smithsonian Institution   130   130   0   100
Other agencies   293   125   42   57
 

AID = Agency for International Development; DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOC = Department of Commerce; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; DOI = Department of the Interior; DOJ = Department of Justice; DOL = Department of Labor; DOT = Department of Transportation; ED = Department of Education; EPA = Environmental Protection Agency; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture; VA = Department of Veterans Affairs

NOTES: Intramural activities include actual intramural R&D performance and costs associated with planning and administration of both intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel. Only agencies with >$100 million in R&D obligations shown.

SOURCE: NSF, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007 (forthcoming).

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