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The FY 2015 Request: Review and Context Matt Hourihan March 17, 2014 for the ASEE Engineering Research Council AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd

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The FY 2015 Request: Review and Context. Matt Hourihan March 17, 2014 for the ASEE Engineering Research Council AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd. Some observations…. Many agencies ahead of the discretionary curve Total research “cut” (?) ~$1.3 billion,1.9% - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The FY 2015 Request: Review and Context

Matt HourihanMarch 17, 2014for the ASEE Engineering Research Council

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

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Some observations…

Many agencies ahead of the discretionary curve Total research “cut” (?) ~$1.3 billion,1.9%

Both basic and applied While development boosted

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Agency observations NSF: Only SBE increased (NCSES)

ENG flat (except SBIR) NSF-wide initiatives: boosts for neuroscience, Innovation

Corps

NASA: Space Technology (+23%), Heliophysics, Commercial Crew (+22%) escape the knife

Dept. of Transportation: Highway R&D and Intelligent Transportation Systems

boosted (19%) High-performance rail R&D

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Looking ahead… Congress marking up at current cap level

Senate: no budget resolution House budget? Moving quickly?

Can R&D stay ahead of the curve?

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For more info…

[email protected]

202-326-6607

www.aaas.org/spp/rd/