federal r&d: a quick recap and outlook matt hourihan february 11, 2014 for the american society...
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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…
202-326-6607
www.aaas.org/spp/rd/