Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2000 Budget Congressional Action
on
Research and Development
in the
FY 2000 Budget

 

AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program

in cooperation with the
Intersociety Working Group

American Association for the
Advancement of Science
1999


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Supplemental Material (detailed agency funding updates, historical tables, and charts)
 
CONTENTS
  Title Page and Ordering Information
  List of Tables
  Foreword
  Intersociety Working Group
 
Part I
Congressional Action
1. Highlights
2. Overview of R&D Trends
  - The FY 2000 Congressional Budget Process
  - Trends in Total R&D
  - Agency Highlights
  - Total U.S. R&D in 1999
3. Agency R&D Budgets
  - Department of Defense
- National Institutes of Health
- National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration
- Department of Energy
- National Science Foundation
- Other Agencies
 
Part II
Tables
List of Tables
 
Part III
Appendices

Appendix 1: Methodology and Data Sources
Appendix 2: Definitions
Appendix 3: Related Publications

Supplemental Material (available only on line)
 
Detailed agency updates (including agency tables; PDF; these updates provide more extensive coverage of the major R&D funding agencies, including recent funding trends and agencies' support of science and engineering disciplines):

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of the Interior

Department of Transportation

Environmental Protection Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

 

Supplemental Tables and Full-Color Charts (PDF):

Historical Table 1. Federal R&D by Agency, 1982-2000 (current dollars)

Historical Table 2. Federal R&D by Agency, 1982-2000 (CONSTANT FY 1999 dollars)

Chart. FY 2000 R&D Request and Final Appropriations (Figure 1)

Chart. Trends in R&D, FY 1994-2000 (Figure 2)

 

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