R&D Funding in FY 2018 (So Far) and Beyond Matt Hourihan September 26, 2017 For the State University System of Florida, Federal R&D Agency Workshop AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program
Current Estimates of R&D in the FY18 Request (budget authority in millions of dollars) FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 Change FY 17-18 Actual Estimate* Budget Amount Percent Total R&D 149,267 156,684 149,542 -7,142 -4.6% Basic Research 32,817 34,743 28,935 -5,808 -16.7% Applied Research 39,405 40,366 35,074 -5,292 -13.1% Development** 75,561 79,156 83,640 4,486 5.7% Facilities & Equipment 2,579 2,472 2,175 -297 -12.0% Defense R&D** 79,109 83,711 92,477 8,766 10.5% Nondefense R&D 70,158 72,973 57,065 -15,908 -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. September 2017 | AAAS
Energy & Water Subcommittee House Senate Chair Mike Simpson (ID) Lamar Alexander (TN) Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur (OH) Dianne Feinstein (CA) Tradeoffs: Balancing basic research and facilities, labs, tech portfolio, NNSA; also Army Corps, Bureau of Reclamation NNSA prioritized Office of Science: flat in House, +3% in Senate ASCR boosted in both (exascale, facilities) BES: facilities prioritized over research Variation on Fusion Science Applied tech: Mixed reductions ARPA-E zeroed in House Very mixed for EERE, Fossil, Nuclear, grid Hubs, manufacturing institutes, other research centers mostly preserved
Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee House Senate Chair John Culberson (TX) Richard Shelby (AL) Ranking Member Jose Serrano (NY) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Tradeoffs: Balancing Justice, Commerce, NASA, NSF; smaller bills this year NSF: Cut by ~2% in both House: no funding for vessels; physical and biological disciplines targeted on floor Senate: research, EHR trimmed NASA: recent priority, but modest this year Variation in Science Directorate funding; Exploration favored; Education protected NOAA: Sea Grant, most research protected Climate research cut by 19% in House Major differences re: Polar Follow-On NIST: Senate more generous; labs fare better than industrial innovation programs Census: boosted by 4%, but is it enough?
Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee House Senate Chair Tom Cole (OK) Roy Blunt (MO) Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT) Patty Murray (WA) Deep divisions over public health programs, education, DOL Everybody likes NIH lately House: +3.2% (+$1.1 billion) Senate: +5.6% (+$2.0 billion) Especially Alzheimer’s research F&A changes prohibited Fogarty protected Includes 21st Century Cures funding Others: BioShield and BARDA flat IES flat or trimmed CDC cut Opioids
Other Agencies DOD: Science & Tech protected in House; no Senate bill yet Basic science: +1% DARPA: +6% USDA: House, Senate mixed on ARS research, ERS AFRI, formula programs flat-funded in both House and Senate EPA, USGS, DHS: cuts in House; no Senate bills yet DHS S&T: university programs flat-funded VA research boosted by 4-8%
Progress to Date On R&D-Relevant Spending Bills House Floor Senate Committee Agriculture X Defense Commerce, Justice, Science Energy & Water Homeland Security Interior & Environment Labor, HHS, Education Milcon, Veterans State Transportation, HUD
Looking Ahead FY18 spending caps: Where do we end up? House to vote on budget resolution in October? But… Will need to work with Democrats on any deal to change the caps FY18 appropriations: CR in place until December Will White House ultimately go along with any of this? Signaled willingness to sign House omnibus Implications of other policy issues: debt ceiling, tax reform, border wall, etc?
mhouriha@aaas.org 202-326-6607 http://www.aaas.org/rd For more info… mhouriha@aaas.org 202-326-6607 http://www.aaas.org/rd