Table 5-2 |
Federally financed academic R&D expenditures, by source of funds and S&E field: FY 2006 |
(Millions of current dollars) |
|
Field |
|
All
expenditures |
|
Federal
expenditures |
|
DOD |
|
DOE |
|
HHS |
|
NASA |
|
NSF |
|
USDA |
|
All other
agencies |
|
All fields |
|
47,760 |
|
30,033 |
|
2,718 |
|
1,118 |
|
17,052 |
|
1,047 |
|
3,567 |
|
869 |
|
2,922 |
Computer sciences |
|
1,438 |
|
1,015 |
|
295 |
|
36 |
|
47 |
|
25 |
|
427 |
|
2 |
|
115 |
Environmental sciences |
|
2,602 |
|
1,763 |
|
158 |
|
91 |
|
64 |
|
247 |
|
566 |
|
59 |
|
552 |
Life sciences |
|
28,831 |
|
18,268 |
|
446 |
|
153 |
|
15,204 |
|
103 |
|
587 |
|
718 |
|
1,008 |
Agricultural sciences |
|
2,794 |
|
881 |
|
16 |
|
20 |
|
66 |
|
13 |
|
100 |
|
483 |
|
181 |
Biological sciences |
|
9,044 |
|
6,240 |
|
153 |
|
66 |
|
5,033 |
|
44 |
|
426 |
|
179 |
|
306 |
Medical sciences |
|
15,808 |
|
10,434 |
|
255 |
|
48 |
|
9,546 |
|
41 |
|
46 |
|
38 |
|
449 |
Life sciences nec |
|
1,186 |
|
713 |
|
22 |
|
19 |
|
559 |
|
5 |
|
16 |
|
18 |
|
73 |
Mathematical sciences |
|
530 |
|
373 |
|
37 |
|
11 |
|
79 |
|
4 |
|
183 |
|
3 |
|
28 |
Physical sciences |
|
3,823 |
|
2,705 |
|
324 |
|
393 |
|
490 |
|
326 |
|
805 |
|
8 |
|
241 |
Psychology |
|
875 |
|
629 |
|
33 |
|
4 |
|
468 |
|
12 |
|
49 |
|
1 |
|
58 |
Social sciences |
|
1,703 |
|
711 |
|
38 |
|
13 |
|
288 |
|
11 |
|
100 |
|
37 |
|
222 |
Engineering |
|
7,076 |
|
4,236 |
|
1,325 |
|
406 |
|
357 |
|
306 |
|
771 |
|
37 |
|
615 |
|
nec = not elsewhere classified
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration;NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture
NOTES: Not all fields reported in this table. Agency detail may not add to total because some institutions did not break out federal expenditures by agency.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2006. Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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