Federal R&D: A Quick Recap and Outlook

Matt HourihanFebruary 11, 2014for the American Society for Engineering Education Public Policy Colloquium

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

Some positive outcomes Defense Science & Technology Department of Energy

Low-carbon and fossil energy technology DOE Science (especially fusion)

NSF facilities, EPSCoR NASA Science and Exploration

Not-quite-so-positive outcomes

Defense contractors NIH overall

But better news for IDeA, Translational science High-performance rail Environmental R&D

But cuts avoided

Looking ahead… President’s budget to be released March 4

Priorities: manufacturing, clean energy, climate, IT and computing, biological innovation, neuroscience, STEM Ed

Discretionary spending in FY 2015 has already been agreed And will increase hardly at all 25% of sequester reductions rolled back Beyond FY 2015: back to sequester levels

Big-picture fiscal challenges remain largely unchanged

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