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Federal R&D: A Quick Recap and Outlook

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 http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd. Some positive outcomes. Defense Science & Technology Department of Energy

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Federal R&D: A Quick Recap and Outlook

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  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 Programhttp://www.aaas.org/spp/rd

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. For more info… mhouriha@aaas.org 202-326-6607 www.aaas.org/spp/rd/

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