1. Federal R&D: A Quick Recap and Outlook
Matt Hourihan
February 11, 2014
for the American Society for Engineering Education Public Policy Colloquium
AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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