Congressional Action
on
Research and Development
in the
FY 2002 Budget

 

AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program

in cooperation with the
Intersociety Working Group

American Association for the
Advancement of Science
2002


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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 2002 Congressional Budget Process
  - Trends in Total R&D
  - Emerging R&D Issues: Counter-Terrorism and Earmarks
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 (includes 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. Please click on the chart images to view or download full-page PDF versions of the charts within the updates:)

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

Detailed special reports (includes tables; PDF; these updates provide more extensive coverage of the emerging R&D issues covered in the book.)

Special Report on Counter-Terrorism R&D
Federal Counter-Terrorism R&D Nearly Triples to
$1.5 Billion in FY 2002 (PDF; 4 pp)

Special Report on R&D Earmarks
R&D Earmarks Total $1.5 Billion in FY 2002 (PDF; 5 pp)

Supplemental Tables and Full-Color Charts (PDF):

Historical Table 1. Federal R&D by Agency, 1976-2002 (current dollars)

Historical Table 2. Federal R&D by Agency, 1976-2002 (CONSTANT FY 2001 dollars)

Table. Estimated Basic and Applied Research by Agency

Table. "FS&T Budget " by Agency

Chart. FY 2002 R&D Request and FY 2002 Final Appropriations

Chart. Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1976-2002 (Figure 1)

Chart. Selected Trends in Nondefense R&D, FY 1976-2002

Chart. Trends in Defense R&D, FY 1976-2002

Chart. Trends in Basic Research, FY 1976-2002

Chart. Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2002 (DOD, NIH, NASA, NSF, DOE)

Chart. Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2002 (USDA, DOC, DOI, DOT, EPA)

Chart. Trends in Nondefense R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2002

Chart. Trends in Defense R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2002

Chart. Trends in NSF R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2002

Chart. Trends in National Institutes of Health R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2002

 

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