Federal Research by Agency: FY1996-1997

Expressed in thousands of dollars


Total Expenditures
FY1996 FY1997 % Change FY1997 Total 
as % of 
Federal Total
Department of Health & Human Services
   National Institutes of Health $149,123  $174,305  16.9%  61.2% 
   Other DHHS 20,309  11,703  (42.4%) 4.1% 
   Subtotal 169,432  186,008  9.8%  65.3% 
National Science Foundation 24,777  23,880  (3.6%) 8.4% 
Defense Department
   Department of the Navy 6,101  6,587  8.0%  2.3% 
   Department of the Army 2,026  2,424  19.6%  0.9% 
   Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (1)  756  578  (23.5%) 0.2% 
   Department of the Air Force 1,640  1,485  (9.4%) 0.5% 
   Subtotal  10,522  11,074  5.2%  3.9% 
Agency for International Development 28,351  33,255  17.3%  11.7% 
Department of Energy 7,948  7,477  (5.9%) 2.6% 
Nat'l. Aeronautics & Space Administration 7,841  7,903  0.8%  2.8% 
Department of Education 2,085  3,066  47.0%  1.1% 
Nat'l. Endowment for the Humanities 2,359  1,982  (16.0%) 0.7% 
Department of Justice 2,707  3,125  15.5%  1.1% 
Environmental Protection Agency 2,942  3,365  14.4%  1.2% 
Department of Commerce 129  178  37.8%  0.1% 
National Endowment for the Arts 468  410  (12.5%) 0.1% 
Central Intelligence Agency 276  335  21.3%  0.1% 
Department of Agriculture 142  35  (75.1%) 0.0% 
Department of Transportation 374  480  28.5%  0.2% 
Other (2)  2,901  2,109  (27.3%) 0.7% 
Grand Total (3)   $263,255   $284,682  8.1%  100.0% 
(1) Includes Other - Department of Defense.   (Back to data)
(2) Other includes Bureau of the Census, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, National Defense University, National Library of Medicine,  National Security Agency, Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Institute of Peace.   (Back to data)
(3) Total excludes financial aid expenditures.   (Back to data)
SOURCE: OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH - FINANCIAL SERVICES