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Research and Development in the Federal Budget

Research and Development in the Federal Budget. Matt Hourihan April 23, 2013 for the Engineering Public Policy Symposium AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd. Defense: -5.5% Nondefense: +9.2%. Key Admin R&D Priorities. Jobs / Innovation / Science

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Research and Development in the Federal Budget

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  1. Research and Development in theFederal Budget Matt Hourihan April 23, 2013 for the Engineering Public Policy Symposium AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rd

  2. Defense: -5.5% Nondefense: +9.2%

  3. Key Admin R&D Priorities • Jobs / Innovation / Science • Shifts from D to R, and from Defense to Nondefense • COMPETES Agencies: $12.6 billion (+18% from 2012) • Advanced manufacturing • Permanent R&D Tax Credit • STEM Reorg • An Advanced Low-Carbon Economy • Homeland Security (BNAF) • Repeals sequestration • (Continuing) trouble spots: NIH? NASA?

  4. Defense R&D: Recent Decline • DOD: $69.5b (-7%) • Boost for basic, everything else cut • Cuts across all military departments and agencies; DARPA flat • DOE Atomic Weapons: • Continued strong growth • Homeland Security: National Bio and Agro-defense Facility getting built

  5. General Science: Growth Area • NSF: $6.3B for R&D (+9%) • 10-year Trend: +21.9% • Broad investment, especially Engineering, BIO, SBE • STEM hub • Peer review under scrutiny • DOE Science: $4.6B for R&D (+6%) • 10-year trend: 18.1% • Growth everywhere but High Energy Physics • Continued (but restrained) investment in ITER • NIF, Exascale hit

  6. NIH: Continued Stagnation • 10-year trend: -10% • Only notable boosts: NCATS, National Institute for Aging, NLM • BRAIN Initiative ($40 million) • Details forthcoming • Big data ($41 million) • Success rate ticking upward? • Concerns: Basic / applied split? Impacts of sequestration?

  7. Energy R&D: Major growth Area • DOE Energy Programs: $3.1 billion (+16%) • Driven by EERE, ARPA-E • And in spite of fossil energy cuts • Double 2004 levels • But nuclear energy, once a driver, is cut this year • Key point of Congressional conflict

  8. NASA R&D: Discontinuity? • Science cut; few notable boosts • Planetary science continued target for cuts • Aeronautics remains flat • Congressional conflicts: Asteroid vs. Moon? Commercial crew increases? • What about exploration? • Orion, SLS cut

  9. Next steps… • The BIG question: resolving differences over discretionary spending • How does Congress fit a $1057 billion budget into a $966 billion hole? • Further details on STEM strategy • Consolidation/reduction plus spending boost (DOEd, Smithsonian, NSF) • COMPETES • NSF research and peer review?

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

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