responsibility of many organizations throughout the federal government. Much of the large-scale policy is made through the legislative budget process of enacting the yearly federal budget. Further decisions are made by the various federal agencies which spend the funds allocated by Congress, either on in-house research or by granting funds to outside organizations and researchers. Research funding agencies in the United States are spread among many different departments, which include: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) United States Department of Energy Office of Science National Institutes of Health: biomedical research National Science Foundation: fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Office of Naval Research See also Big Science Evidence-based policy Funding bias Funding of science History of military science History of science policy List of books about the politics of science List of funding opportunity databases Metascience Open access Operations research Office of Science and Technology Policy Patent Politicization of science Right to science and culture Science of science policy Small Science Self-Organized Funding Allocation Intellectual property policy Further reading Books Science the Endless Frontier. Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation Beyond Sputnik: U.S. Science Policy in the 21st Century The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics How Economics Shapes Science Frontiers Of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress Science Policy Up Close Dangerous Science: Science Policy and Risk Analysis for Scientists and Engineers Journals Issues in Science and Technology Science and Public Policy Research Policy Journal of Science Policy and Governance References External links Innovation economics Public policy Politics by issue Research Policy policy Public finance Research management