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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
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
Some observations…
Many agencies ahead of the discretionary curve Total research “cut” (?) ~$1.3 billion,1.9%
Both basic and applied While development boosted
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
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?
For more info…
202-326-6607
www.aaas.org/spp/rd/
