r&d in the fy 2015 budget: overview and context matt hourihan may 1, 2014 for the aaas science...
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R&D in the FY 2015 Budget: Overview and Context
Matt HourihanMay 1, 2014for the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Forum
AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rd
Administration R&D Priorities Dept of Energy: NNSA, renewables, efficiency, ARPA-E, some Science
programs Neuroscience NASA: industry partnerships Transportation: highways and high-performance rail Extramural ag research Advanced Manufacturing Environmental research?
COMPETES Agencies: $11 billion for R&D (nominal dollars: +1% from FY14) Treading water Research budget hit?
(not really)
Defense R&D DOD S&T cut almost across
the board -10.3%, pre-9/11 levels
Except DARPA (+5%) Biodefense, tactical
technology, space systems, networks and datasets, sensor tech
National Nuclear Security Admin +14%, ~2004 levels Science campaign +
computing; naval reactor development
General Science R&D
NSF flat 10-year trend: +13% Neuroscience, I-Corps, SBIR, NCSES
DOE Science: +1% 10-year trend: +16% Cuts to Fusion/ITER, High-Energy Physics Largest boosts: ASCR (high performance
computing), BES (user facilities and construction)
National Institutes of Health
+0.7% total budget 10-year trend -12% BRAIN Initiative to
double Another ARPA? Translational science,
mental health, big data
Success rate: 17.4%
Other Items of Note Energy Technology Programs
EERE, ARPA-E growing; ~15% cuts to fossil energy R&D
NASA Big boosts for Space Technology Directorate, commercial
crew programs Smaller boost for heliophysics
USDA: Extramural research boost, but not intramural Three new “innovation institutes” ($25m each)
Interagency initiatives flat or declining
OGSI: What’s in it?
NIH: $970 million ($280m for RPGs) NASA: $886 million
Largest shares for Exploration, Science, Space Tech
NSF: $552 million USDA: $356 million (Poultry research, AFRI) Commerce: $180m for NOAA, $115m for NIST labs +
$2.4 billion for advanced manufacturing network USGS: $75m for R&D Transportation: $186m for FAA (NextGen) DOD: $2.1 billion for R&D DOE: upwards of $1 billion…??
What it all adds up to…
Looking ahead… FY 2015 spending caps already agreed upon
Regular Order
Signs of green shoots in approps? Long-term spending: what to do?
For more info…
202-326-6607
www.aaas.org/spp/rd/