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R&D Budget and Policy Program
R&D in the FY 2012 Budget
| Updated February 2012 |
Appropriations Progress Chart
The FY 2012 Appropriations process is now complete.
Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year 2012
AAAS Estimates of R&D in FY 2012 Congressional Action by Agency - Summary Table
Analyses of appropriations bills below, in alphabetical order by subcommittee
| Posted September 16, 2011 |
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves 302(b) Subcommittee Allocations
The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved their 302(b) subcommittee allocations on September 7. The House approved their 302(b) subcommittee allocations back in May. The 302(b) subcommittee allocations provide a framework for the total discretionary budget that each appropriations subcommittee may allocate for federal departments and agencies under its jurisdiction. The total Senate budget authority comes to $1.043 trillion, a $23.3 billion increase over the House 302(b) allocations. Under the Senate Appropriation's plan, the Labor-HHS Subcommittee which has oversight of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), would have an additional $17.9 billion to spend; Commerce-Justice-Science, with jurisdiction over the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), would have an additional $2.5 billion; and Energy and Water Development would have an additional $986 million.
Funding by Congressional Appropriations Subcommittee
| Updated January 4, 2012 |
Final Agriculture Appropriations Signed Into Law
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations were signed into law on Friday, November 18th as part of the first appropriations "minibus", the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2112). The bill provides $17.5 billion in discretionary spending for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) which is $72 million (0.4 percent) less than FY 2011 and $1.8 billion (9.4 percent) less than the President's request. The projected USDA R&D investment in the bill is $1.9 billion, $120 million (6.0 percent) less than last year and $136 million (6.7 percent) less than the request. The Agricultural Research Service, the USDA's intramural funding program, is funded at $1.1 billion, a $39 million (3.4 percent) cut in total budget from FY 2011 while the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the USDA's extramural funding program, received $1.2 billion, a $13 million (1.0 percent) cut from last year. The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), NIFA's competitive funding program which has seen gains in recent years and was slated for an increase in the President's request, was flat funded at $264 million. The House bill had included a prohibition on funding the implementation of the June 3rd USDA departmental regulation on climate change adaptation, but the conference report does not contain that provision.
While the majority of USDA funding was settled in the "minibus," one remaining agency -- the Forest Service -- had to wait for passage of the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055), signed into law on December 23. R&D at the Forest Service was cut by $7 million below FY 2011 levels, a 2.1 percent reduction, but $3 million higher than the Administration's request.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Funding Table
Federal Food, Nutrition, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences Funding Update
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2112)
| Updated November 21, 2011 |
| Posted August 4, 2011 |
Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Signed Into Law
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations were signed into law on Friday, November 18th as part of the first appropriations "minibus", the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2112). The House version of the bill is the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2596) and the Senate version is the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (S.1572). The conference report funded two of science agencies at levels greater than either the of the original House or Senate levels, implying some support for investment in science and technology despite the current tough budget climate. The National Science Foundation was one of those agencies, receiving $7.0 billion in the bill, $173 million (2.5 percent) more than in FY 2011. But this funding level is still well short of the President's request of $7.8 billion which would have been consistent with his budget doubling plan for the agency. The other agency receiving a higher funding level than in the original House or Senate bills was the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST is funded at $751 million for FY 2012, a $1 million (0.1 percent) increase from last year. However, the conference report fails to fund all but one of the Industrial Technology Services (ITS) programs. Funding was eliminated for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortium, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and the Technology Innovation Program. The sole surviving program in ITS is the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) received $17.8 billion in the bill, a $648 million (3.5 percent) decrease from last year. The House bill had eliminated funding for the James Web Space Telescope, but the conference sided with the Senate and funded the project at $530 million. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fared the least well in the bill with an estimated R&D investment of $620 million for FY 2012, $28 million (4.3 percent) less than in FY 2011 and $116 million (15.8 percent) less than the President's request. The administration had proposed the establishment of a National Climate Service, and while the proposal was supported by the Senate, the conference sided with the House and did not fund the new line office.
Department of Commerce Funding Table
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Funding Table
National Science Foundation Funding Table
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2112)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2596)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (S.1572)
| Posted December 28, 2011 |
Defense R&D in the Final FY2012 Appropriations Bill: Science and Technology Holds Steady, but Overall Investment Down
On balance, the FY 2012 spending package will yield moderate reductions in overall Defense research and development activities, with notable exceptions in basic and applied research. RDT&E funding stands at $72.9 billion, a 3.4 percent decrease from last year’s levels. Most of these cuts are the products of reductions in development, demonstration, and support activities. For instance, advanced technology and components development are each seeing cuts greater than 5 percent below FY 2011 levels. These cuts are partially offset by increases to basic and applied research, which combined will receive a $421 billion or 6.5 percent increase above FY 2011 levels. As a result, science and technology spending actually holds steady from last year in the aggregate, but the character changes. Among the services, Army sees the greatest reduction in RDT&E spending, at $927 million or 9.6 percent below FY 2011 levels, while Navy and Air Force hold nearly steady; conversely, Army sees the largest increase in science and technology activities, receiving $364 million or 16.8 percent more for basic and applied research and advanced technology development than in FY 2011, while Navy and Air Force see very small cuts. Defense-wide agencies will see the largest cuts of all, with FY 2012 funding reduced by $1.6 billion below FY 2011 levels. Lastly, note that university research partnerships will see a 10 percent increase in FY 2012.
Department of Defense Funding Table
Department of Defense Funding Table by Military Departments and Agencies
Department of Defense Basic Research Funding Table
Department of Defense S&T Funding Table
FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act
| Updated December 30, 2011 |
Energy R&D in the FY 2012 Appropriations Bill: Boosts in Science, Renewables & Efficiency, ARPA-E, and Atomic Defense at the Expense of Fossil Energy
Amid the fierce debates that surround the nation’s energy policy, the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act actually increases R&D funding at the Department of Energy in some unexpected ways. For instance, while the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s overall budget remains steady, the portion devoted to R&D will increase above FY 2011 levels by 36.7 percent, or $283 million. Conversely, fossil energy R&D will actually decrease in FY 2012 by $70 million, or 15.4 percent below FY 2011 levels. The Office of Science R&D is funded at $4.5 billion, representing a relatively moderate increase of $209 million or 4.9 percent. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has been the subject of substantial budgetary debate, but ended up receiving a $92 million or 53.1 percent increase above FY 2011 levels. The National Nuclear Security Administration also receives a moderately large R&D boost of $318 million or 8.3 percent, primarily through increases in nonproliferation research and naval reactors.
Department of Energy Funding Table
FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act
| Posted December 29, 2011 |
Homeland Security in the FY 2012 Approps Bill: Cuts Continue for Science and Technology
Continuing the trend from FY2010, Congress made marginal cuts to the DHS Science and Technology Directorate in the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Final FY 2012 funding stands at $533 million, 1.7 percent below FY 2011 levels and slightly more than half of the Administration’s request. Congress’s clearest break with the Administration is in funding support for the Directorate’s research, development and innovation function; the compromise bill provides $266 million, 59.7 percent less than the request. Congress also provided $177 million for lab facilities, 36.2 percent less than the request but a 26.1 percent increase from FY 2011. Elsewhere, the Office of Domestic Nuclear Detection also is subject to a $52 million or 15.1 percent cut below FY 2011 levels, primarily due to a $60 million or 21.8 percent cut to research, development and operations. FEMA is also facing a 40.7 percent cut of $2.9 billion below FY 2011 levels.
Department of Homeland Security Funding Table
FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act
| Updated January 9, 2012 Posted December 28, 2011 |
Interior and Environment in FY 2012 Appropriations Bill: Moderately Large Increases for USGS, EPA
The Interior and Environment appropriations bill, passed as part of the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act, is fairly generous in R&D funding for both the Department of the Interior – especially at the U.S. Geological Survey – and the Environmental Protection Agency. The USGS, which performs of bulk of Interior’s R&D work, will see a $54 million increase in research funding above FY 2011 levels, an 8.5 percent increase. The largest increases come through climate and land use change research, which will see a 19.3 percent increase, and core science systems, which will receive a 57.6 percent increase; water resources research will also see a moderate increase. Elsewhere at Interior, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has officially been reorganized into two separate offices: the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. At EPA, research funding will see a moderate 1.9 percent increase, with FY 2012 funding reaching $568 million, even as the agency's total discretionary budget has declined. This increase is due to a small $14 million boost in EPA’s science and technology program, though a recent reorganization in subprogram structure makes more detailed comparisons difficult for now.
Department of Interior Funding Table
Environmental Protection Agency Funding Table
FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act
| Updated January 6, 2012 Posted December 28, 2011 |
Health and Human Services in the FY 2012 Spending Bill: NIH Holds Steady, New Translational Sciences Center Established
On the whole, the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act leaves the overall National Institutes of Health R&D budget fairly unchanged, with any additional appropriations offset by an across-the-board reduction in discretionary spending leaving the NIH R&D budget $56 million below last year's $30.2 billion budget. Most individual research centers received a one-third percent increase, but there are also some notable changes. In the final bill, Congress agreed to establish within NIH the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, an entity that will seek to “reengineer” the process by which new discoveries in fundamental science move from lab to clinic. The Senate had originally approved the proposed center in its version of the appropriations bill, but the House had not. Elsewhere at NIH, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences will also see a $396 million or 19.5 percent increase. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration see substantial cuts in R&D budgets of 11.4 percent and 28.5 percent, respectively.
Department of Health and Human Services Funding Table
National Institutes of Health Funding Table
FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act
| Updated August 9, 2011 |
House and Senate Pass Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill
The House passed the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2055) on June 14 and the Senate passed an amended version on July 20. The House bill provides $531 million for the Medical and Prosthetic Research program at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This funding level is $22 million (4.3 percent) more than the President's request and $49 million (8.4 percent) less than in FY 2011. The Senate version of the bill provides $581 million for the Medical and Prosthetic Research program which is $72 million (14.2 percent) more than the President's request and $1 million (0.2 percent) more than FY 2011. Including research support from other VA programs, the total R&D investment in the Senate bill is estimated at $1.16 billion, $144 million (14.2 percent) more than the President's request and $2 million (0.2 percent) more than FY 2011 while the House bill's R&D investment estimate is $1.06 billion, $44 million (4.3 percent) more than the President's request and $98 million (8.4 percent) less than FY 2011. VA also performs R&D for other federal agencies and non-federal organizations which is estimated at $720 million for FY 2012. Adding this non-VA funded R&D brings the total for VA-performed R&D to $1.87 billion in the Senate bill and $1.77 billion in the House bill.
Veterans Affairs Funding Table
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2055)
| Updated December 8, 2011 |
| Posted October 25, 2011 |
Transportation and HUD Appropriations Signed Into Law
The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations were signed into law on Friday, November 18th as part of the first appropriations "minibus", the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2112). The bill provides $72.3 billion for the Department of Transportation (DOT), rejecting most of the Administration's proposed initiatives which would have brought the DOT budget to a total of $129.4 billion. The FY 2012 funding level is, however, an increase over the FY 2011 by $3.6 billion (5.2 percent). The R&D investment in the bill is estimated at $1.1 billion, $137 million (11.3 percent) less than the President's request, but $64 million (6.4 percent) more than last year. The biggest decreases from last year come in the Federal Transit Administration which saw its Research and University Research Centers budget line get cut by $15 million (25.2 percent) and in the Federal Aviation Administration which suffered cuts in its Facilities and Equipment account for R&D projects, particularly in NextGen: System Development.
Department of Transportation Funding Table
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R.2112)
House Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Draft Appropriations Bill
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (S.1596)
| Posted May 2, 2011 |
AAAS Report XXXVI: Research and Development FY 2012
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AAAS Report XXXVI: Research and Development FY 2012 The 288-page report was officially released at the AAAS S&T Policy Forum on May 5-6 and you can order your copy now. This reference work provides a comprehensive analysis of R&D in the President's FY 2012 Budget Request, including specialized analyses by theme, major agency, and discipline. Order your copy today!
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FY 2012 President's Budget Release
The President's FY 2012 budget request was released Monday, February 14, 2011.
Presidential Transmittal Letter: Budget FY 2012
The President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
Agency Budget Documents
| Updated February 11, 2011 |
| Posted February 2, 2011 |
Agency Budget Briefing Schedule FY 2012
OSTP
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
| Where: | AAAS Auditorium, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC (entrance at 12th and H) |
| Metro: | Metro Center (red, blue, and orange lines) |
| RSVP: | Press should RSVP to Phil Larson |
| Details: | Live webcast will be available at http://www.aaas.org/go/ostp |
 Official Announcement |
Department of Education
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 12:30pm |
| Where: | Department of Education Auditorium, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC (enter on C Street) |
| Metro: | L'Enfant Plaza (blue, orange, green and yellow lines) and Federal Center SW (blue and orange lines) |
| Details: | Photo ID and business card required |
| Teleconference: 1 888 469 1070, password: BUDGET | |
| Webcast: | http://www.ustream.tv/channel/education-department |
Department of Energy
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 2:30pm - 3:00pm, Registration at 1:30pm |
| Where: | Large Auditorium of the Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC |
| Metro: | Smithsonian (blue and orange lines) and L'Enfant Plaza (green and yellow lines) |
| RSVP: | Pre-register to Diane Meck with name and affiliation by close of business on Wednesday, February 9 |
| Details: | Because space is limited, organizations are limited to two participants |
| Attendence limited to U.S. citizens only | |
| Webcast: | http://www.energy.gov |
Department of Health and Human Services
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 2:00pm |
| Where: | HHS, Humphrey Building, Great Hall, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC |
| Metro: | Federal Center SW (blue and orange lines) |
| RSVP: | None required - open to public |
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National Institutes of Health
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Department of Interior
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 2:30pm |
| Where: | Teleconference Only |
| Budget books available at Dept of Interior, C Street Lobby, 1849 C Street NW, Washington DC from 2:30pm - 5:00pm | |
| Metro: | Farragut West/North (blue, orange and red lines) |
| Details: | Teleconference: 1 888 324 9604, password: BUDGET |
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U.S. Geological Survey
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Environmental Protection Agency
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 2:00pm - Press Teleconference, 2:30pm - Webcast |
| Where: | EPA Ariel Rios Building |
| Webcast: | http://www.epa.gov/live |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 2:00pm |
| Where: | James E. Webb Auditorium, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC |
| Metro: | Federal Center SW (blue and orange lines) |
| Details: |  Media Advisory |
| Webcast: | http://www.nasa.gov/ntv |
National Institute of Standards and Technology
| When: | Friday, February 18, 2011, 10:00am |
| Where: | Online only |
| RSVP: | RSVP at https://cc.readytalk.com/r/rlyo7kawa557 |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| When: | Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
| Where: | Department of Commerce Auditorium, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC |
| Metro: | Metro Center (red line) and Federal Triangle (blue and orange lines) |
| RSVP: | In-Person: Web Form |
| Teleconference: Note to External.Affairs@noaa.gov | |
| Details: | In-Person: Space will be limited, so plan to arrive early |
| Teleconference: 1 888 324 7537, verbal password is "NOAA Budget" |
National Science Foundation
| When: | Monday, February 14, 2011, 3:00pm |
| Where: | NSF Headquarters, Rm 1235, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA |
| Metro: | Ballston (orange line) |
| RSVP: | RSVP by Thursday, February 10 to budget_rollout@nsf.gov or 703 292 8070 |
| Posted January 14, 2011 |
FY 2012 Budget Request Delayed
The National Journal has reported that the Administration's FY 2012 budget request is likely to be postponed until February 14 rather than being released on the traditional first Monday in February. The reason for the delay is the recent appointment of the new OMB director Jacob Lew, whose Senate confirmation was delayed due to a hold by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA). The Administration has not yet made any official announcement about a release date for the budget request.
OMB/OSTP FY 2012 S&T Priority Memo
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