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- Federal Obligations for Research, by Field of Science: 1975 - 1990[In millions of dollars.] 1990,Field 1975 1980 1985 1988 1989 (est.)
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- Research, total 6,730 11,497 16,133 18,864 20,416 21,091
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- Basic 2,588 4,674 7,819 9,623 10,464 11,201
- Applied 4,141 6,923 8,315 9,241 9,951 9,891
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- Life sciences 2,455 4,192 6,362 7,809 8,276 8,739
- Biological (NA) 1,831 2,886 3,759 3,139 3,210
- Environmental
- biology (NA) 230 260 298 239 244
- Agricultural (NA) 447 609 597 471 463
- Medical 951 1,537 2,368 2,825 2,449 2,506
- Other life
- sciences(1) 52 148 239 329 175 183
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- Psychology 139 199 327 378 431 449
- Biological aspects 37 60 91 107 95 101
- Social aspects 57 95 143 150 121 118
- Other psychological
- sciences(1) 45 44 93 121 124 120
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- Physical sciences 1,097 2,001 3,046 3,387 3,726 3,966
- Astronomy 168 286 415 599 441 469
- Chemistry 286 455 650 677 613 611
- Physics 595 1,183 1,836 1,940 1,722 1,749
- Other physical
- sciences(1) 48 78 165 171 160 169
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- Environmental
- sciences 727 1,261 1,404 1,631 1,774 1,756
- Atmospheric 302 410 486 584 507 506
- Geological 192 402 429 482 383 384
- Oceanography 144 262 399 462 385 331
- Other environmental
- sciences(1) 90 188 90 103 123 107
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- Mathematics & computer
- sciences 125 241 575 682 724 756
- Mathematics (NA) 91 184 212 187 186
- Computer sciences (NA) 129 280 315 269 275
- Other mathematics
- & computer
- sciences(1) (NA) 21 111 155 114 110
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- Engineering 1,718 2,830 3,618 4,082 4,364 4,258
- Aeronautical 345 708 738 895 729 727
- Astronautical 99 302 425 670 514 561
- Chemical 84 96 254 245 229 173
- Civil 126 159 217 244 170 167
- Electrical 287 517 627 692 635 548
- Mechanical 162 208 267 237 193 201
- Metallurgy &
- materials 222 236 439 461 402 345
- Other
- engineering(1) 393 603 651 639 568 496
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- Social sciences 302 524 460 486 561 589
- Anthropology 14 17 18 15 12 12
- Economics 126 193 160 158 131 131
- Political science 12 12 15 13 12 13
- Sociology 55 71 66 73 81 89
- Other social
- sciences(1) 95 230 201 227 207 200
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- Other sciences(1) 167 350 342 409 559 580
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- NA=Not available.
- 1. Includes field specialties not elsewhere classified.
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- Source:U.S. National Science Foundation.
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