Federal Obligations for Research by Agency and Detailed Field of Science and Engineering

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These tabulations result from NSF's Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, for fiscal years 1999-2001, and from earlier surveys in this series. (See also Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001, Volume 49.) They reflect the research portion of research and development (R&D) funding levels as reported by Federal agencies. Totals in these tables are given in obligations for research by field of science and engineering, and selected agency. The research obligations data are further categorized according to basic research and applied research by field of science and engineering.


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Total Research by Detailed Field of Science and Engineering and Selected Agency uparrow
Table 1.
Federal obligations for total research, by detailed field of science and engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1970-2001
        Total, all agencies
        Department of Agriculture
        Department of Commerce
        Department of Defense
        Department of Energy
        Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
        HHS: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration
        HHS: National Institutes of Health
        Department of the Interior
        Environmental Protection Agency
        National Aeronautics and Space Administration
        National Science Foundation
        All other departments and agencies
Basic Research by Detailed Field of Science and Engineering and Selected Agency uparrow
Table 2.
Federal obligations for basic research, by detailed field of science and engineering, and selected agency: fiscal years 1970-2001
        Total, all agencies
        Department of Agriculture
        Department of Commerce
        Department of Defense
        Department of Energy
        Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
        HHS: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration
        HHS: National Institutes of Health
        Department of the Interior
        Environmental Protection Agency
        National Aeronautics and Space Administration
        National Science Foundation
        All other departments and agencies
Applied Research by Detailed Field of Science and Engineering and Selected Agency uparrow
Table 3.
Federal obligations for applied research, by detailed field of science and engineering and selected agency: fiscal years 1970-2001
        Total, all agencies
        Department of Agriculture
        Department of Commerce
        Department of Defense
        Department of Energy
        Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
        HHS: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration
        HHS: National Institutes of Health
        Department of the Interior
        Environmental Protection Agency
        National Aeronautics and Space Administration
        National Science Foundation
        All other departments and agencies

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