FY 1983 and FY 2002 Expenditures by Research Category 

	1983		2002
Research Problem Area	Expenditures	% of Total	Expenditures	% of Total	FY02 Funding Sources
Plants & Their Systems	$6,112,368	24.2%	$24,036,831	28.1%
Animals & Their Systems	$6,820,760	27.0%	$19,409,666	22.7%
Natural Resources & Environment/Engineering & Support Systems	$4,416,510	17.5%	$12,733,835	14.9%
Family & Community Systems	$1,238,773	4.9%	$9,714,195	11.4%
Economics, Markets, & Policy	$2,220,086	8.8%	$7,764,268	9.1%
Food & Non-Food Products	$2,405,691	9.5%	$6,853,499	8.0%
Human Nutrition, Food Safety & Human Health and Well-being	$957,349	3.8%	$4,573,200	5.3%
Research Support, Administration & Communication	$1,096,067	4.3%	$403,296	0.5%
TOTAL	$25,267,604	100%	$85,488,790	100%

Source: USDA CSREES Current Research Information System (CRIS), FY 2002 and FY 1983 Research Reports for IAHEES. 2002 figures do not exactly match the figures in each category of the review due to reassignment of some projects to different categories to more clearly reflect research goals.