trends in geosciences r&d funding
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Trends in Geosciences R&D Funding. Matt Hourihan September 16, 2014 for the Geosciences Congressional Visits Day AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http:// www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program. BCA takes effect: first year of caps. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Trends in Geosciences R&D Funding
Matt HourihanSeptember 16, 2014for the Geosciences Congressional Visits Day
AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program
BCA takes effect: first year of caps
Sequestration kicks in (delayed and reduced by the American Taxpayer Relief Act)
Yearlong budget warfare resolved by Bipartisan Budget Act (restores some funding in FY14, sets table for FY15)
The Fiscal Context for FY 2015 Congress keeps (partially) restoring funding
FY15: 25% reduction in cuts
Discretionary spending cap is only 0.2% above FY14 Very little room in the discretionary budget for any sort
of program growth
President’s budget released in March Appropriators have made some progress, but things
have stalled
Program Notes: USGS
President’ s request: 4% boost Fracking, environmental health,
climate-related research, invasive species
Appropriations: sub-inflation overall Except natural hazards
Current discretionary approps are 8.2% (Senate) and 9.1% (House) below FY 2005 levels But R&D estimates are about
level
Program Notes: NSF GEO
President’ s request: Divisions virtually flat across the board Research v.
infrastructure: different changes in different divisions
Appropriations: very limited changes GEO excluded from 3%
research increase in House
Program Notes: NASA Earth Science
President’ s request: 3.1 percent reduction Reductions: GPM, SMAP, OCO-2 entering
operation; ICESat-II launch under review Funding ramp-up for decadal and
Venture missions
Approps: $82 million separates House and Senate
Senate: $62 million above request (roughly flat from FY14) Increases for PACE mission, Landsat
successor, Jason-3 and DSCOVR
House: $20 million below request (4.2 percent below FY14) ROAM funding reduced
Program Notes: NOAA and DOE SC
NOAA OAR: ~7% boost sought overall by Administration Primarily due to ~20% boost for climate-related research. BUT: Climate research cut by ~24 percent below FY14 levels in
House Senate: smaller increases for climate research, ocean
exploration
NOAA weather satellites: boosts granted for GOES-R, JPSS
DOE Science: climate modeling?
Up Next
Continuing resolution?
Lame duck omnibus?
FY 2016 and beyond – back to post-sequester levels
What it all means: very tight fiscal room, broad-based growth unlikely But growth in targeted programs?
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