R&D Funding in the New Administration and Congress Matt Hourihan July 11, 2017 For the APLU CoR Summer Meeting AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program

R&D Funding in the Obama Years…and the Trump Years? While the President’s requests were regularly unfulfilled, appropriators still found ways to fund research…when there was fiscal room “All politics is local” Competitiveness, health, energy security, national security However, still areas of particular disagreement, i.e.: Climate science Social science Applied tech: energy, manufacturing Duplication, role of government, waste, accountability, transparency

UPDATED R&D in the FY 2018 Budget (budget authority in millions of dollars)   FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 Change FY 17-18 Actual Estimate* Budget Amount Percent Total R&D 149,520 156,834 149,606 -7,229 -4.6% Basic Research 32,883 34,743 28,934 -5,808 -16.7% Applied Research 39,569 40,455 35,119 -5,336 -13.2% Development** 75,584 79,175 83,659 4,484 5.7% Facilities & Equipment 2,579 2,513 2,175 -337 -13.4% Defense R&D** 79,109 83,752 92,477 8,725 10.4% Nondefense R&D 70,411 73,082 57,129 -15,954 -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. 6/21/2017 | AAAS

Congressional Reception and Questions… Many Republican responses have been negative: “draconian, careless, and counterproductive” “cannot pass” “does not work” “you’ll see some changes” “ridiculous” FY 2018 budget: Where do the caps end up… House: operating in ad hoc fashion for now Few surprises so far: basic science protected more than applied, defense preferred to nondefense Senate: FY17 levels to start out? Eventually: will probably have to reach a deal, but what?? …and how will ultimate appropriations shake out? Actual omnibus? Minibuses? Full-year CR? What about the veto?

House Appropriations So Far: DOE and USDA Dept. of Energy (Subcommittee level) Flat funding for the Office of Science Questions remaining: Program distribution? Climate research? ITER? Hubs and EFRCs? Trims most tech programs Big cuts for efficiency, renewables; ARPA-E zeroed out NNSA boosted USDA Research (Subcommittee level) Most offices cut, except NASS (Census of Agriculture) Formula funds? AFRI? No Forest Service numbers yet

House Appropriations So Far: CJS Agencies (Subcommittee level) NSF: research, education flat funded Total agency: 1.8% below FY17 (Cuts to facilities, presumably for research vessel acquisition specifically) NASA: Higher than request in most areas Agency total: 1.1% above FY17; Science: +1.6% Planetary and astrophysics prioritized Education office protected NIST: labs cut by 4.3%; preserves (but cuts) Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Manufacturing USA NOAA: Looking at steep cuts but waiting for details by line office/program

House Appropriations So Far: DOD (Full committee) Most accounts above request Basic research: steep cuts for Army, Air Force Much less for peer-reviewed medical research (-38.1% for all medical RDT&E) “National Defense Restoration Fund”: $2 billion extra for R&D programs, at the Secretary’s discretion If signed into law, might expect downstream development activities to benefit first

For more info… mhouriha@aaas.org 202-326-6607 http://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program