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A Look at Past, Present, and Future Federal R&D Budgets

A Look at Past, Present, and Future Federal R&D Budgets. Matt Hourihan June 9, 2014 for the Asian S&T Forum AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd. U.S. R&D in Global Context. Compared with other OECD members, US is…

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A Look at Past, Present, and Future Federal R&D Budgets

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  1. A Look at Past, Present, and Future Federal R&D Budgets Matt Hourihan June 9, 2014 for the Asian S&T Forum AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rd

  2. U.S. R&D in Global Context • Compared with other OECD members, US is… • Near median in public R&D, top universities, and top publications relative to GDP • Better on industry R&D and entrepreneurship metrics • Compared to OECD median, the federal R&D enterprise is… • Relatively more oriented towards national labs and business; basic research; defense; and mission focus • WEF: top 10 in most innovation metrics, lower in education

  3. The Fiscal Context for FY 2015 • Sequester-level spending cuts partially rolled back (again) • Discretionary spending cap: $1.014 trillion • 0.2% above FY14 • $72 billion below original BCA cap • $19 billion above sequester levels • FY 2016 and beyond – back to sequester levels

  4. Administration R&D Priorities • Department of Energy: NNSA, renewables and efficiency, ARPA-E • Neuroscience • NASA: industry partnerships • Transportation: highways and high-performance rail • Extramural ag research • Advanced Manufacturing • COMPETES Agencies: $11 billion for R&D (+1% from FY14) • Research budget hit? • (not really)

  5. Other Notes • Defense S&T cut (~5%) • But NNSA boosted (science campaigns, computing, reactors) • NIH: Translational science, Alzheimer's, mental health, big data • NSF, DOE Science roughly flat • USDA “innovation institutes”

  6. Appropriations So Far (continued) • Varying but positive numbers for USDA • Transportation: • R&D generally down • Several others in play this week

  7. For more info… mhouriha@aaas.org 202-326-6607 www.aaas.org/spp/rd/

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