Congressional Action on Research and Development in the FY 2001 Budget   AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program in cooperation with the Intersociety Working Group American Association for the Advancement of Science 2000

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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 2001 Congressional Budget Process
	- Trends in Total R&D
	- Total U.S. R&D in 2000
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

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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:)

Supplemental Tables and Full-Color Charts (PDF):

Historical Table 1. Federal R&D by Agency, 1982-2001 (current dollars)

Historical Table 2. Federal R&D by Agency, 1982-2001 (CONSTANT FY 2000 dollars) (expanded version of Table A in the report)

Table. Estimated Basic and Applied Research by Agency

Table. "21st Century Research Fund" by Agency

Chart. FY 2001 R&D Request and FY 2001 Final Appropriations (Figure 1)

Chart. Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2001 (DOD, NIH, NASA, NSF, DOE, USDA; Figure 2)

Chart. Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1982-2001 (DOC, DOI, DOT, EPA)

Chart. Discretionary Spending and Discretionary Caps, FY 1998- final FY 2001

Chart. Trends in Nondefense R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2001

Chart. Trends in Defense R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2001

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