The FY 2015 Request: Review and Context

Matt HourihanApril 4, 2014for the Congressional Research and Development Caucus

AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rd

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 Environmental research?

COMPETES Agencies: $11 billion for R&D (+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% 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 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…

For more info…mhouriha@aaas.org202-326-6607www.aaas.org/spp/rd/