Overview of National Trends in Science and Engineering Research Funding Kei Koizumi March 1, 2004 fo

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Overview of National Trends in Science and
Engineering Research FundingKei KoizumiMarch
1, 2004for the ASEE Engineering Research Council
Forum

• AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program
• http//www.aaas.org/spp/rd

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BUDGET CONTEXT FOR FY 2005
AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program

• Record-breaking federal budget deficits are in
  store because of increased spending, new
  entitlement programs, tax cuts, and an economic
  slowdown.
• The FY 2004 budget deficit could be 521 billion,
  nearly one out of every four federal dollars
  spent.
• President Bush claims to cut the deficit in half
  by 2009.
• The FY 2005 budget proposes increases for defense
  and homeland security spending, no restraints on
  entitlement spending, new tax cuts, and
  extensions of expiring tax cuts.
• The only area of restraint is domestic
  discretionary spending, up just 0.5 percent in FY
  2005

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RD IN THE FY 2005 BUDGET
AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program

• Federal RD is at an all-time high of 126
  billion this year, and proposed for 132 billion
  in FY 2005.
• In the past few years, funding increases have
  gone almost exclusively to defense weapons
  development and homeland security RD.
• In FY 2005, basic and applied research funding
  would actually fall 0.1 percent.
• The FY 2005 budget continues recent trends flat
  (DOE Science, IT RD) or declining (DOD ST)
  funding for most RD programs, increases for
  weapons development and homeland security RD.

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Engineering Research
AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program

• Federal support of engineering research 8.2
  billion in FY 2003.
• Declining support in 2004 and 2005 based on
  agency budgets.
• DOD, DOE, NASA, and NSF are the major sponsors.
• For universities, NIH is also an important
  funding source.

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Agency highlights
AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program

• DOD would cut 6.1 funding by 5 in 2005, 6.2
  funding by 12 . DARPA is a bright spot (up 9)
• DOE Office of Science budget would stay flat for
  the fifth year in a row.
• NSF Increase in RD, but ENG budget up only 1.9
  
• NASA Overall increase for new missions, but
  research funding would decline because of focus
  on the near term (Shuttle, Space Station)
• DHS Large increase, but so far money has gone
  mostly to development and to the labs.
• NIH Doubling days are over NIBIB up 3.1
• Nanoscale science initiative is a top priority,
  but funding for the IT initiative would stall.

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HOMELAND SECURITY RD IN THE BUDGET
AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program

• Homeland Security is a collection of programs
  cutting across government missions such as
  health, defense, transportation, and justice.
• Total HS spending in FY 2005 would be 47 billion
  (up 14 percent), of which 4.2 billion would go
  to RD.
• The majority of HS RD investments will remain
  outside the Dept. of Homeland Security.
• In the past few years, there has been a dramatic
  expansion of federal RD investments in this
  area, which would continue in FY 2005.
• Spending on biodefense research would continue to
  be the top priority, but RD on other
  technologies would also increase.

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OUTLOOK FOR THE FY 2005 BUDGET
AAAS RD Budget and Policy Program

• The Presidents budget presents tough choices for
  Congress in cutting domestic spending, especially
  in an election year.
• Congress has to write a budget resolution by
  April, then pass the appropriations bills.
• NONE of the domestic appropriations bills may be
  enacted by the November elections.
• The budget leaves out alternative minimum tax
  fix, future costs for Iraq, and assumes even
  tougher choices after the election.
• Congress will try to add funds for defense
  research, nondefense RD, but may not have enough
  money.