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AAAS R&D Funding Update February 25 (revised March 7) - (Part 2 of 2) - Tables

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Table 1. Total R&D by Agency
Table 2. Estimated Research by Agency
Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D


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Table 1.  Total R&D by Agency
Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2003 Budget 
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
          Action by Congress  
FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2003
Chg. from Request
Chg. from FY 2002
  Actual Request Approved Amount Percent Amount Percent
Defense (military)  49,877 54,460 58,646 4,187 7.7% 8,769 17.6%
       ("S&T" 6.1,6.2,6.3 + Medical)  10,337 9,706 11,232 1,525 15.7% 894 8.6%
       (All Other DOD R&D)  39,539 44,753 47,415 2,662 5.9% 7,875 19.9%
National Aeronautics & Space Admin. 10,224 10,717 10,999 283 2.6% 775 7.6%
Energy  8,078 8,059 8,205 146 1.8% 127 1.6%
     (Office of Science)  3,074 3,035 3,075 40 1.3% 1 0.0%
     (Energy R&D)  1,244 1,211 1,281 70 5.8% 37 3.0%
     (Atomic Energy Defense R&D)  3,761 3,812 3,849 37 1.0% 89 2.4%
Health and Human Services  24,016 27,624 27,550 -74 -0.3% 3,534 14.7%
     (National Institutes of Health)  22,714 26,430 26,245 -184 -0.7% 3,531 15.5%
National Science Foundation  3,525 3,651 3,927 276 7.6% 401 11.4%
Agriculture  2,112 1,911 2,166 255 13.4% 54 2.6%
Interior 623 575 627 52 9.0% 4 0.6%
Transportation ** 892 852 835 -17 -2.0% -57 -6.4%
Environmental Protection Agency  592 627 643 16 2.6% 52 8.7%
Commerce  1,227 1,063 1,248 185 17.4% 21 1.8%
       (NOAA)  677 575 684 109 19.0% 7 1.1%
       (NIST)  503 466 527 61 13.0% 24 4.7%
Education  265 302 315 13 4.4% 50 18.9%
International Assistance Programs  279 297 301 4 1.3% 22 7.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs  756 794 800 6 0.8% 44 5.8%
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 62 59 59 0 0.0% -3 -4.8%
Smithsonian  126 128 128 0 0.0% 2 1.6%
All Other * 445 826 846 20 2.4% 401 90.1%
  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
      Total R&D  103,100 111,944 117,297 5,352 4.8% 14,197 13.8%
Defense R&D  53,731 58,762 62,986 4,224 7.2% 9,254 17.2%
Nondefense R&D  49,368 53,182 54,311 1,129 2.1% 4,943 10.0%
   Nondefense R&D minus NIH 26,654 26,753 28,066 1,313 4.9% 1,411 5.3%
Basic Research  23,848 25,537 26,048 510 2.0% 2,199 9.2%
Applied Research  24,408 25,453 26,879 1,425 5.6% 2,470 10.1%
______ ______ ______ ______ ______
    Total Research  48,256 50,991 52,926 1,935 3.8% 4,670 9.7%
               
AAAS estimates based on FY 2003 appropriations bills.  Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilities.
FY 2002 and FY 2003 request figures based on OMB R&D data and supplemental agency budget data.
FY 2003 Approved figures include 0.65% across-the-board cut for domestic programs mandated in legislative language.
Figures are rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures.
March 7, 2003 - REVISED AAAS estimates of final FY 2003 funding levels.
* Includes programs that will transfer to the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY 2003, except
  for TSA and Coast Guard, which are included in DOT for all years. Most of these programs are defense-related.
** Includes TSA and Coast Guard for all years. These agencies transfer to the Department of Homeland Security in FY 2003.

Table 2.  Estimated Research by Agency
Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2003 Budget
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
          Action by Congress  
FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2003
Chg. from Request
Chg. from FY 2002
  Actual Request Approved Amount Percent Amount Percent
Basic Research:
Health and Human Services  12,957 14,138 14,092 -46 -0.3% 1,135 8.8%
    National Institutes of Health  12,954 14,135 14,088 -47 -0.3% 1,134 8.8%
National Science Foundation  3,076 3,205 3,435 230 7.2% 359 11.7%
Department of Defense  1,334 1,361 1,417 56 4.1% 83 6.2%
Department of Energy  2,580 2,521 2,561 40 1.6% -19 -0.7%
National Aeronautics & Space Admin. 1,912 2,267 2,356 88 3.9% 443 23.2%
Department of Agriculture  797 823 911 88 10.7% 114 14.3%
Department of the Interior  41 39 42 3 7.6% 1 3.1%
Smithsonian  111 115 115 0 0.0% 4 3.6%
Environmental Protection Agency  107 101 116 15 14.8% 9 8.7%
Department of Commerce (NIST) 329 297 325 28 9.5% -4 -1.3%
All Other * 604 670 678 8 1.2% 74 12.3%
________ ________ ________ ________ ________
Total Est. Basic Research  23,848 25,537 26,048 510 2.0% 2,199 9.2%
   Basic research excluding NIH 10,894 11,403 11,960 557 4.9% 1,066 9.8%
RESEARCH (basic and applied):
Health and Human Services  23,515 26,355 26,340 -15 -0.1% 2,825 12.0%
    National Institutes of Health  22,299 25,204 25,120 -84 -0.3% 2,820 12.6%
National Science Foundation  3,261 3,404 3,648 244 7.2% 387 11.9%
Department of Defense  5,879 5,195 6,165 970 18.7% 286 4.9%
Department of Energy 5,026 5,050 5,155 105 2.1% 129 2.6%
National Aeronautics & Space Admin. 4,680 5,369 5,532 163 3.0% 852 18.2%
Department of Agriculture  1,672 1,644 1,798 154 9.4% 126 7.5%
Department of the Interior  563 520 566 46 8.8% 3 0.5%
Environmental Protection Agency  489 456 532 76 16.7% 43 8.7%
Department of Commerce  997 868 989 120 13.9% -9