Federal R&D Update

Matt HourihanOctober 4, 2013for the AAAS Board of Directors

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

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Federal R&D in the Budget and the EconomyOutlays as share of total, 1962 - 2014

R&D as a Shareof the FederalBudget (LeftScale)

R&D as a Shareof GDP (RightScale)

Source: Budget of the United States Government, FY 2014. FY 2013 data do not reflect sequestration. FY 2014 is the President's request.© 2013 AAAS

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mhouriha@aaas.org

202-326-6607

www.aaas.org/spp/rd/