Table 3-10. Federal obligations for basic research in universities 



and colleges, by selected supporting agencies and by 



selected fields, 1973-74 



[Dollars in millions] 



Field of science' 



Department Atomic 



Six- Depart- Depart- of Health, Energy 



agency ment of ment of Education. Com- 



total Agriculture Defense and Welfare mission 



National 

 Science 

 NASA Foundation 



Current dollars 



All fields 



Astronomy 



Life sciences 



Psycfiology 



Chemistry 



Physics 



Environmental 



sciences 

 Mathematical and 



computer sciences 

 Engineering 



Social sciences 



Other sciences^ 



All fields 



Astronomy 



Life sciences 



Psychology 



Chemistry 



Physics 



Environmental 



sciences 

 Mathematical and 



computer sciences 

 Engineering 



Social sciences 



Other sciences^ 



1973 .. 

 1974(est, 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est. 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 



1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974{est 

 1973 .. 

 1974{est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est) 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 

 1973 .. 

 1974(est 



$903.5 



1,035.0 



26.5 



30.6 



369.8 



454.6 



29.3 



33.9 



66.1 



71.6 



109.1 



114.6 



93.4 



103.9 



41.0 



42.0 



81.5 



88.6 



45.7 



44.1 



41.2 



51.0 



$688.5 

 715.2 

 20.2 

 21.1 

 281.8 

 314.1 

 22.3 

 23.4 

 50.4 

 49.5 

 83.1 

 79.2 

 71.2 

 71.8 

 31.2 

 29.0 

 62.1 

 61.2 

 34.8 

 30.5 

 31.4 

 35.2 



$37.2 

 36.1 



26.2 

 25.2 



1.9 

 1.7 



1.2 

 1.1 

 7.5 

 7.5 



$28.3 

 24.9 



20.0 

 17.4 



1.4 

 1.2 



0.3 

 0.3 



0.9 

 0.8 

 5.7 

 5.2 



5105.0 



110.1 



1.6 



1.7 



8.3 



8.9 



5.3 



4.9 



4.4 



4.5 



13.3 



13.9 



28.9 



30.1 



16.2 



16.8 



26.4 



29.0 



.1 



0.5 

 0.3 



$317.9 

 412.9 



263.5 

 349.6 

 14.3 

 18.5 

 18.0 

 23.4 



.1 



1.1 

 1.4 

 3.3 

 4.3 

 16.2 

 13.7 

 1.5 

 1.8 



$59.9 

 60.6 



11.1 

 11.2 



8.3 



7.8 



34.7 



36.1 



2.4 

 2.0 

 3.5 

 3.5 



$56.3 



61.3 



17.1 



20.5 



3.5 



3.3 



0.3 



0.5 



3.4 



2.9 



9.4 



11.1 



12.9 



13.3 



0.1 



0.2 



6.0 



6.9 



{') 

 0.1 

 3.6 

 2.5 



Constant 1967 dollars^ 



$80.0 



76.1 



1.2 



1.2 



6.3 



6.1 



4.0 



3.4 



3.4 



3.1 



10.1 



9.6 



22.0 



20.8 



12.3 



11.6 



20.1 



20.8 



0.1 



0.4 

 0.2 



$242.2 

 285.3 



200.8 

 241.6 

 10.9 

 12.8 

 13.7 

 16.2 



0.1 



0.8 

 1.0 

 2.5 

 3.0 

 12.3 

 9.5 

 1.1 

 1.2 



$45.6 

 41.9 



8.5 

 7.7 



6.3 



5.4 



26.4 



24.9 



1.8 

 1.4 

 2.7 

 2.4 



$42.9 

 42.4 

 13.0 

 14.2 

 2.7 

 2.3 

 0.2 

 0.3 

 2.6 

 2.0 

 7.2 

 7.7 

 9.8 

 9.2 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 4.6 

 4.8 



(') 

 0.1 

 2.7 

 1.7 



$327.2 

 354.0 

 7.8 

 8.4 

 57.2 

 56.4 

 9.4 

 10.0 

 30.1 

 31.3 

 51.7 

 53.4 

 51.2 

 60.0 

 21.2 

 21.6 

 41.1 

 43.8 

 21.9 

 22.8 

 35.6 

 46.4 



$249.3 



244.6 



5.9 



5.8 



43.6 



39.0 



7.2 



6.9 



22.9 



21.6 



39.4 



36.9 



39.0 



41.5 



16.2 



14.9 



31.3 



30.3 



16.7 



15.8 



27.1 



32.1 



' See Appendix table 3-6a for descriptions of these fields. 



' Including inter- and multi-disciplinary sciences. 



^ GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars. 



' Less Itian $50,000. 



NOTE Detail may not add to totals because of rounding 



SOURCE: National Science Foundation, special tabulations. 



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