This page contains AAAS analyses of R&D in the FY 2004 budget as finalized
in January 2004. Table. FINAL Status of FY 2004
Appropriations Bills for R&D (updated January 28) January 27
- Full report available online 
Congressional
Action on R&D in the FY 2004 Budget
This report
is the comprehensive AAAS analysis of R&D in final FY 2004 appropriations,
including an analysis of historical trends, agency highlights, noteworthy trends
in FY 2004 R&D, and a complete set of agency funding tables. The complete
document is available online. An 11-page summary of the report is available below.
December 8 (revised Jan. 23) - FY 2004
FINAL Appropriations "FY
2004 Federal R&D Climbs To Record High of $127 Billion;
Defense and Homeland
Security Up, Other Programs Share in Modest Gains" (HTML)
-- (PDF
version; 11pp) -- This report is a summary of AAAS estimates and analyses
of appropriations in final FY 2004 appropriations bills for federal R&D. It
is a preview of the AAAS report Congressional Action
on R&D in the FY 2004 Budget, available above. Below are data tables
containing R&D in the FY 2004 omnibus and other FY 2004 final appropriations
bills, followed by detailed individual agency updates and supplemental tables
and charts. - Tables. Set of 17 Summary Funding
Tables for R&D in FY 2004 Appropriations (PDF) R&D
Earmarks (revised Jan. 23) - "R&D
Earmarks Total $1.9 Billion in FY 2004, 32 Percent More than Last Year (PDF; 6pp)"
- - (HTML version) - - This
analysis is summarizes AAAS estimates of congressionally designated, performer-specific
R&D projects in FY 2004 appropriations for federal R&D. U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture (Dec. 10, revised Jan. 23; FINAL) - "USDA
R&D Falls 5 Percent in Final FY 2004 Budget" (PDF; 6pp)
- -
(HTML version) - - Dept. of Commerce (Dec.
10, revised Jan. 23; FINAL) - "Congress Saves
ATP, Cuts NIST R&D and Boosts NOAA R&D" (PDF; 5pp)
- - (HTML
version) - - Dept. of Defense (Sept. 29; revised Dec. 11; FINAL)
- "DOD Receives Record R&D Portfolio, $12.6
Billion for S&T Programs" (PDF; 8pp)
- - (HTML
version) - - Dept. of Energy (Nov. 10; revised Dec. 11; FINAL) -
"DOE Receives $8.7 Billion for R&D, Modest Increase
for Science Programs" (PDF; 8pp)
- - (HTML
version) - - Dept. of Homeland Security (Sept. 24;
revised Dec. 10; FINAL)
- "New DHS Receives
Final R&D Portfolio of $1.04 Billion, Funding for Project BioShield"
(PDF; 6pp)
- - (HTML version) - - Dept.
of the Interior (Oct. 29; revised Dec. 11; FINAL)
- "USGS
Receives Modest Increase for R&D" (PDF; 5pp)
- - (HTML
version) - - Department of Transportation (Dec. 10; revised
Jan. 23; FINAL) - "DOT R&D Falls 8.2 Percent
in FY 2004" (PDF; 5pp)
- - (HTML version)
- - Environmental Protection Agency (Dec. 10; revised Jan. 23; FINAL) -
"EPA R&D Manages Slight Increase in FY 2004 Budget
Bill" (PDF; 5pp)
- - (HTML version) - - National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (Dec. 9; revised Jan. 23; FINAL) -
"NASA R&D Declines in FY 2004" (PDF; 6pp)
- - (HTML version) - - National Institutes
of Health (Dec. 9; revised Jan. 23; FINAL) - "NIH
Wins 3 Percent Increase in Final FY 2004 Budget" (PDF; 8pp)
- -
(HTML version) - - National Science Foundation
(Dec. 9; revised Jan. 23; FINAL) - "NSF Up
5 Percent in FY 2004" (PDF; 6pp)
- - (HTML
version) - - Supplemental Tables and Full-Color
Charts on final FY 2004 appropriations (PDF): -
Table 1. Total R&D by Agency
- Table 2. Estimated
Research by Agency
- Table 3. Major Functional
Categories of R&D
- Table. U.S. Department
of Agriculture R&D in Final FY 2004 Appropriations
-
Table. Department of Commerce R&D in Final FY 2004 Appropriations
- Table A. Department of Defense by Program
-
Table B. Department of Defense by Agency
- Table
C. Department of Defense S&T
- Table. Department
of Energy R&D
- Table 1. National Institutes
of Health R&D in Final FY 2004 Appropriations
-
Table 2. Department of Health and Human Services R&D in Final FY 2004 Appropriations
- Table. Department of Homeland Security R&D
- Table. Department of the Interior R&D
- Table. Department of Transportation R&D in Final FY
2004 Appropriations
- Table. Environmental Protection
Agency R&D in Final FY 2004 Appropriations
-
Table. National Aeronautics and Space Administration R&D in Final FY 2004
Appropriations
- Table. National Science Foundation
R&D in Final FY 2004 Appropriations Historical
Table 1. Federal R&D by Agency, 1976-2004 (current dollars)
Historical Table 2. Federal R&D by Agency,
1976-2004 (CONSTANT FY 2003 dollars)
Chart.
Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1976-2004
Chart.
Selected Trends in Nondefense R&D, FY 1976-2004
Chart.
Trends in Defense R&D, FY 1976-2004
Chart.
Trends in Basic Research, FY 1976-2004
Chart.
Trends in Federal R&D, FY 1990-2004 (DOD, NIH, NASA, NSF, DOE)
Chart. Trends in Federal R&D, FY
1990-2004 (USDA, DOC, DOI, DOT, EPA)
Chart.
Trends in Nondefense R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2004
Chart. Trends in Defense R&D, Request
vs. Actual, FY 1978-2004
Chart.
Trends in NSF R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2004
Chart.
Trends in National Institutes of Health R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2004
ARCHIVES:
The analyses below are documents from the FY 2004 budget process, reflecting intermediate
congressional action or presidential proposals for R&D in FY 2004. For information
on final congressional action on the FY 2004 budget, see the analyses above. The
analyses below are for the historical record only; the data contained in them
have most likely been superseded by later congressional action and should be regarded
as snapshots of an ongoing process. November 19 (updated Nov. 26) -
Energy authorization bill - "Energy Bill
Authorizes Increased DOE Science Funding, But Appropriations Fall Short"
(PDF; 4pp)
- - (HTML version) - -
update
11/26: The Senate has postponed final action on the bill until 2004
October 1 - Homeland Security R&D Special Report
- "Bush
Administration Seeks $3.4 Billion for Homeland Security R&D in FY 2004"
(PDF; 5pp)
September 24 - Dept. of Homeland Security (House-Senate
conference)
- "New DHS Receives Final R&D
Portfolio of $1.05 Billion, Funding for Project BioShield" (PDF; 5pp)
update: This document was updated Dec. 11. See the Dec. 11
link for the latest version.
September 16
September Status Report- "Senate
Proposes Record R&D Portfolio,
Boosts Defense, Homeland Security, and
Health R&D"
September Status Report on R&D in FY 2004 Appropriations
(PDF - 9 pp) This
analysis is a progress report on FY 2004 House and Senate appropriations so far
in the budget process, focusing on Senate appropriations for R&D. For full
details of earlier House action on R&D, see the August report below. Table
1. Total R&D by Agency (Senate Action as of 9/16)
Table
2. Estimated Research by Agency (Senate Action as of 9/16)
Table
3. Major Functional Categories of R&D (Senate Action as of 9/16)
Table
4. Total R&D by Agency (House Action as of 9/16)
Supplemental
Table. "FS&T" by Agency (Senate Action as of 9/16)
September 10 - Department of Transportation (Senate action)
- "Senate Slashes Transportation R&D" (PDF;
3pp)
September 8 - National Science Foundation (Senate action)
- "Senate Boosts NSF Budget by 5.2 Percent, Falls
Short of House Proposal" (PDF; 3pp)
September 8 - National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (Senate action)
- "Senate
Gives NASA Flat Budget, Waits for Shuttle Plans" (PDF; 3pp)
September 8 - Environmental Protection Agency (Senate action)
- "EPA R&D Falls in Senate Plan" (PDF;
3pp)
September 8 - Department of Commerce (Senate action)
- "Senate Provides Record Commerce R&D Budget,
Saves ATP and MEP" (PDF; 3pp)
August 19 August
Status Report- "Congress
Proposes Increases for Defense and Homeland Security R&D,
Flat Funding
for Other Programs"
August Status Report on
R&D in FY 2004 Appropriations (PDF
- 14 pp) This analysis is a progress report on FY 2004 House and
Senate appropriations so far in the budget process, reflecting congressional action
before the August congressional recess. Table 1.
Total R&D by Agency (House Action as of 8/19)
Table
2. Estimated Research by Agency (House Action as of 8/19)
Table
3. Major Functional Categories of R&D (House Action as of 8/19)
Table
4. Total R&D by Agency (Senate Action as of 8/19)
Supplemental
Table. "FS&T" by Agency (House Action as of 8/19)
August 13- Department of Transportation (House action)
- "House
Proposes 15 Percent Cut in Transportation R&D " (PDF; 3pp)
July 28 - National Science Foundation (House action)
- "House
Adds Funds to NSF for a 6.2 Percent Boost" (PDF; 4pp)
July
28 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (House action)
- "House Proposes $15.5 Billion for NASA, Waits for
Columbia Board" (PDF; 4pp)
July 28 - Environmental Protection
Agency (House action)
- "EPA R&D Falls
Slightly in House Plan" (PDF; 4pp)
July 22 - Department
of Commerce (House action)
- "House Slashes
Commerce R&D by 22 Percent, Eliminates ATP" (PDF; 4pp)
July
22 - US Dept. of Agriculture (Senate action)
- "Senate
Proposes 7.5 Percent Cut in USDA R&D, $180 Million for Competitive Grants"
(PDF; 4pp)
July 21 - Department of Energy (Senate action)
- "Senate Boosts DOE R&D 6.6 Percent, But Keeps
Office of Science Budget Flat" (PDF; 5pp)
July 18 - Department
of Energy (House action)
- "House Adds
Funds for Office of Science, Boosts Total DOE R&D 4.6 Percent" (PDF;
5pp)
July 17 - Dept. of the Interior (Senate action)
- "Senate Joins House in Reversing Proposed USGS Cuts"
(PDF; 3pp)
July 14 - Dept. of Homeland Security (Senate action)
- "Senate Gives Department of Homeland Security
$1 Billion for R&D" (PDF; 5pp)
July 14 - Dept. of
the Interior (House action)
- "House Reverses
Proposed Cuts to USGS R&D" (PDF; 3pp)
July 11 - Dept.
of Defense (Senate action)
- "Senate Proposes
$64.8 Billion for DOD R&D, 5 percent Increase for S&T Programs"
(PDF; 6pp)
July 10 - US Dept. of Agriculture (House action)
- "USDA R&D Falls 10 Percent in House Plan,
Competitive Grants Decline" (PDF; 3pp)
July 3 (updated
July 9) - Dept. of Defense (House action)
- "House
Boosts DOD R&D by $7 Billion, Provides $12.3 Billion for S&T Programs"
(PDF; 6pp)
July 1 (updated July 10) - National Institutes of Health
(House and Senate action)
- "Senate Proposes
$1 Billion Increase for NIH, House Matches Requested Boost of $726 Million"
(PDF; 5pp)
June 25 - Dept. of Homeland Security (House action)
- "House Approves $1.1 Billion for Dept. of Homeland
Security R&D, Funds Project Bioshield" (PDF; 5pp)
June
12 - Dept. of Homeland Security
- Revised Funding Update: "DHS
Opens Doors, Proposes $1.0 Billion for R&D" (PDF; 6pp; updated 6/03)
March
7 (revised from 2/25) - "FY
'04 Budget Proposes Defense and Homeland Security Increases,
Modest Growth
or Cuts for Other R&D Programs"
AAAS Analysis
of R&D in the FY 2004 Budget (PDF
- 14 pp) This analysis is a preview of AAAS
Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004, a comprehensive look at the President's
budget for R&D in FY 2004 (see above). All figures in this analysis have
been revised since earlier versions to reflect revised agency estimates and AAAS
estimates of R&D in final FY 2003 appropriations. More tables, charts,
and other supplemental materials are available below (in PDF format); check back
often for further updates and additional materials. For information on final FY
2003 appropriations for R&D, please see the FY 2003
R&D page.
February
24 (revised March 7)- Supplemental Material on R&D in the FY 2004 Budget
 All
data below have been revised extensively since the February 3 release of the budget
to reflect final FY 2003 appropriations, and revised agency estimates. See
the above analysis for more information. See the Guide
to R&D Funding Data section for a comprehensive guide to R&D funding
data.
Tables on R&D in the FY 2004 Budget -
Table. Total R&D by Agency (revised 3/03)
-
Table. "Federal Science and Technology Budget"
by Agency (revised 3/03)
- Table. Major Functional
Categories of R&D (revised 3/03)
- Table. Interagency
Science and Technology Initiatives (preliminary 2/03)
- Historical
Table 1. Total R&D by Agency, FY 1976-2004 (revised 3/03)
- Table.
R&D by Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee (revised 3/03)
- Table. AAAS Analysis of Projections for Federal R&D,
FY 2003-2008 (3/03) Tables on FY 2004 R&D Request by
character of work
-Table. Total R&D by
Agency (revised 3/03)
-Table. Basic Research by Agency
(revised 3/03)
-Table. Applied Research by Agency
(revised 3/03)
-Table. Research in the FY 2004 Budget
(revised 3/03)
-Table. Development by Agency
(revised 3/03)
-Table. Conduct of R&D by Agency
(revised 3/03)
-Table. R&D Facilities and Capital
Equipment by Agency (revised 3/03) Charts
-Chart. FY 2004 R&D by Agency (revised 3/03)
-Chart. FY 2004 Basic Research by Agency (revised 3/03)
-Chart. FY 2004 Research by Agency (revised 3/03)
-Chart. R&D in the "Big Six" Agencies Plus
DHS, FY 2002-2004 (revised 3/03)
-Chart. Defense
and Nondefense R&D by Character of Work, FY 2004 (revised 3/03)
-Chart.
FY 2004 R&D by Function (revised 3/03)
-Chart.
R&D by Appropriations Subcommittee FY 2004 (revised 3/03) - -Chart.
FY 2004 R&D Request, Percent Change from FY 2003 (revised 3/03)
-Chart.
Trends in Nondefense R&D by Function, FY 1953-2004 (2/03)
- Chart.
Trends in Defense and Nondefense R&D, FY 1949-2004 (2/03) - Agency
Information
Dept. of Defense
- Funding Update: "Record
DOD R&D Budget Calls for Steep Cuts in Research Spending" (PDF; 8pp;
REVISED 2/03)
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter
6, R&D in the Department of Defense
-
Table. R&D in the Department of Defense (REVISED 2/03)
-
Table. DOD R&D by Military Departments and Agency (REVISED 2/03)
-
Table. DOD R&D by Character of Work (REVISED 2/03)
-
Table. DOD Basic Research "6.1" by Program (REVISED 2/03)
-
Table. DOD S&T ("6.1" through "6.3") by Agency (REVISED
2/03)
- Chart. Historical Trends in Defense R&D,
FY 1976-2004 (revised 3/03) Dept. of Homeland Security
-
Funding Update: "DHS Opens Doors, Proposes $1.0 Billion
for R&D" (PDF; 5pp; updated 6/03)
- from AAAS Report XXVIII:
R&D FY 2004: Chapter 12, R&D in the Department
of Homeland Security
- Table. R&D in the Department
of Homeland Security (REVISED 2/03)
- Chart. R&D
in the DHS, FY 2004 (3/03) National Institutes of Health (in HHS)
- Funding Update: "NIH Budget Growth Slows to 2 Percent
in FY 2004" (PDF; 8pp; REVISED 2/03)
- from AAAS Report XXVIII:
R&D FY 2004: Chapter 8, National Institutes of Health
in the FY 2004 Budget - Jonathan Fishburn, AAMC
-Table.
R&D in the National Institutes of Health by Institute (REVISED 2/03)
-Table. National Institutes of Health Budget by Funding
Mechanism (REVISED 2/03)
-Chart. National Institutes
of Health FY 2004 Budget by Funding Mechanism (REVISED 2/03)
-Chart.
NIH Research Project Grants (REVISED 2/03)
-Chart.
Trends in NIH R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2004 (REVISED 3/03)
-Table. R&D in the Department of Health and Human Services
(revised 3/03)
National Science Foundation
- from AAAS
Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter 7, National Science
Foundation in the FY 2004 Budget - Tobin Smith, AAU
-
Table. R&D in the National Science Foundation (REVISED 2/03)
- Chart.
Trends in NSF R&D, Request vs. Actual, FY 1978-2004 (REVISED 2/03) National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D
FY 2004: Chapter 10, NASA R&D in the FY 2004 Budget
- Michael Beavin, AIAA
- Table. R&D
in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (REVISED 2/03) Department
of Energy
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter
9, Department of Energy in the FY 2004 Budget - Michael S. Lubell, APS
- Table. R&D in the Department of Energy
(REVISED 2/03) U.S. Department of Agriculture
- from AAAS
Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter 11. R&D
in the Department of Agriculture - Elizabeth Allred and Mortimer Neufville,
NASULGC
- Table. R&D in the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (REVISED 2/03) Department of Commerce
- from
AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter 13.
R&D in Selected Agencies
- Table. R&D
in the Department of Commerce (REVISED 2/03) Department of the Interior
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter
13. R&D in Selected Agencies
- Table.
R&D in the Department of Commerce (REVISED 2/03) Department
of Transportation
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter
13. R&D in Selected Agencies
- Table.
R&D in the Department of Transportation (REVISED 2/03) Environmental
Protection Agency
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter
13. R&D in Selected Agencies
- Table.
R&D in the Environmental Protection Agency (REVISED 2/03) Department
of Education
- from AAAS Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004: Chapter
5. Education and Human Resources in the FY 2004 Budget
-
Table. R&D in the Department of Education (REVISED 2/03) - Information
on the Overall Proposed FY 2004 Budget:
-Table
I-2. The President's FY 2004 Budget (2/03)
-Chart.
The President's FY 2004 Budget by Category (2/03)
-Chart.
Federal Budget by Category, FY 2003-2008 (2/03)
-Chart.
Discretionary Spending FY 2002 to FY 2004 (revised 2/03) -Table
I-3. Historical Trends in R&D and Federal Outlays (2/03)
-Chart.
Distribution of Federal Outlays by Category, 1970-2008 (2/03) -Chart.
Federal Budget Surplus or Deficit, 1960-2008 (2/03)
-Chart.
The National Debt, 1960-2008 (2/03)
-Chart. The
National Debt as Percent of GDP, 1960-2008 (2/03)
-Chart.
Federal Spending and Revenues as Percent of GDP, 1960-2008 (2/03)
-Chart. Discretionary Spending by Budget Function, Proposed
FY 2004 (2/03)
-Chart. Discretionary Spending by
Appropriations Bill, Proposed FY 2004 (revised 3/03) February
6 (preliminary) - "FY '04
Budget Proposes Defense and Homeland Security Increases,
Modest Growth for
Other R&D Programs"
AAAS Preliminary Analysis
of R&D in the FY 2004 Budget (PDF
- 13 pp) This analysis is a preview of the forthcoming AAAS
Report XXVIII: R&D FY 2004, a comprehensive look at the President's budget
for R&D in FY 2004. All figures in this analysis are preliminary and have
been revised in later analyses (see above).
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