1. R&D Funding in the New Administration and Congress
Matt Hourihan and Josh Shiode
June 21, 2017

6. UPDATED R&D in the FY 2018 Budget
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
Change FY 17-18
Actual
Estimate*
Budget
Amount
Percent
Total R&D
149,520
156,834
149,606
-7,229
-4.6%
Basic Research
32,883
34,743
28,934
-5,808
-16.7%
Applied Research
39,569
40,455
35,119
-5,336
-13.2%
Development**
75,584
79,175
83,659
4,484
5.7%
Facilities & Equipment
2,579
2,513
2,175
-337
-13.4%
Defense R&D**
79,109
83,752
92,477
8,725
10.4%
Nondefense R&D
70,411
73,082
57,129
-15,954
-21.8%
*AAAS estimates based on the FY 2017 omnibus. Other years based on OMB data revised with agency R&D data.
**Using old definition, continuing to count DOD 6.7 as R&D.
6/21/2017 | AAAS

12. One of the major questions: what to do about the budget caps?
Actual Base
Budget
Budget Control Act Caps
Billions of constant 2016 dollars ??
Current law
Sequestration-level Caps
Based on past budget resolutions, the Budget Control Act, and subsequent legislation. Adjusted for inflation using deflators from the FY17 budget request. Excludes war funding proposals. © 2016 AAAS

13. From Budget to Appropriations to 12 subcommittees
Dept. of Education (Ed)
Appropriations Committees
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS)
Energy & Water Development, and Related Agencies
(E&W)
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H)
Others…
NASA
NSF
DOE
Total Discretionary
Allocation
Budget Committees
Subcommittee allocations
DOJ
Commerce
Army Corps of Engineers
NIH
FDA
Dept. of Labor
Here’s how this is supposed to work
Focus here on competition
- add DOJ, Commerce, other competing interests

14. At the end of the day, all sides must agree: House, Senate, and White House
Congress ?
Senate
OSTP
OMB
House

15. AAAS R&D Budget Program
QUESTIONS?
AAAS R&D Budget Program
Force for Science