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March 20 - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - "USDA
Proposes Steep Cuts in R&D Funding (HTML)"
- (PDF version) March 12 - National
Aeronautics and Space Administration - "NASA
Research Down, Spacecraft Funding Up in 2009 ( HTML)" - (PDF
version) March 10 revised March 21 - Dept. of Commerce -
"NIST Labs Up, NIST External and NOAA R&D Down in
2009 Budget (HTML)" - (PDF
version) March 7 - AAAS Analysis of R&D in the FY 2009
Budget "2009 Budget Proposes
Physical Sciences and Development Increases,
Flat Funding for Biomedical Research"
(HTML) (PDF version - 16 pp)
All figures in this analysis are revised from the February Preliminary
Analysis (see below). This analysis is a preview of the forthcoming AAAS Report
XXXIII: Research and Development FY 2009, a comprehensive look at the President's
budget for R&D in FY 2009.Further details on R&D in the FY 2009 budget
are available on the FY 2009 R&D page. Table
1. R&D in the FY 2009 Budget by Agency (revised 3/08)
Table
2. Research in the FY 2009 Budget by Agency (revised 3/08)
Table
3. Major Functional Categories of R&D in the FY 2009 Budget (revised 3/08)
Table
4. Homeland Security R&D (revised 3/08)
Table
5. R&D by Appropriations Subcommittee (revised
3/08)
Table 6. Interagency Science and Technology
Initiatives (preliminary 2/08)
Table 7. "FS&T"
in the FY 2009 Budget by Agency (2/08) March 3 - Dept.
of Energy - "Big Increase
for DOE Office of Science Proposed (HTML)"
- (PDF version) March 3 - Dept. of the Interior
- "USGS Proposes Sharp
Cuts in 2009 (HTML)" - (PDF
version) February 20 - Dept. of Homeland Security - "DHS
R&D Increases in 2009 Proposal (HTML)"
- (PDF version) February 20 - Environmental
Protection Agency - "Another
Decline for EPA R&D in 2009 (HTML)"
- (PDF version) February 19 - National Institutes
of Health - "NIH Budget
Flat in 2009 Proposal (HTML)" - (PDF
version) February 13 - AAAS Forum on S&T Policy 8-9 May 2008 Registration
is now open! February 13 - Dept. of Transportation - "Big
Increases for Aviation and Highway R&D in 2009 Budget (HTML)"
- (PDF version) February 12 - National Science
Foundation - "NSF Enjoys
Strong ACI Boost in 2009 Budget (HTML)"
- (PDF version) February 12 - Dept. of Defense
- "DOD Requests More For
Basic Research in 2009 (HTML)" - (PDF
version) February 12 - Dept. of Veterans Affairs - "VA
R&D Falls Slightly in 2009 Budget (HTML)"
- (PDF version) February 7 - AAAS Preliminary
Analysis of R&D in the FY 2009 Budget "2009
Budget Proposes Physical Sciences and Development Increases,
Flat Funding
for Biomedical Research" (HTML) (PDF
version - 16 pp) All figures in this analysis are preliminary
and were revised in the March 7 analysis (above). January
7 - R&D Earmarks in FY 2008 FINAL Appropriations "R&D
Earmarks Total $4.5 Billion in 2008" (HTML) (PDF
version - 6 pp) This analysis is part of a AAAS effort to enumerate
congressionally designated, performer-specific R&D projects not appearing
in agency budget requests (earmarks) in final FY 2008 appropriations bills. For
the first time, the complete database of earmarks is available (below). Table
A. Congressional Earmarks for R&D by Agency and Program (in House, Senate,
and final 2008 appropriations; 1/08)
Spreadsheet
of R&D Earmarks in Final 2008 Appropriations Bills as of January 2008
(MS Excel file) January 4 - National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (Final) - "NASA
R&D Climbs on Human Space Flight Spending,
Research Falls" (PDF)-
(HTML version) January 3 - Department of Homeland
Security (Final) - "Congress
Boosts DHS R&D in Final 2008 Budget" (PDF) - (HTML
version) January 3 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (Final) - "Congress
Resumes Earmarking of USDA R&D Funds" (PDF) - (HTML
version)
January 3 - Department of Commerce (Final) -
"Commerce
R&D Gains in Final 2008 Budget" (PDF) - (HTML
version) January 3 - Department of the Interior (Final) - "Congress
Finalizes USGS R&D Increase for 2008" (PDF) - (HTML
version) January 3 - Environmental Protection Agency (Final) - "EPA
R&D Falls in Final 2008 Appropriation" (PDF) - (HTML
version) January 2 - National Institutes of Health (Final) - "NIH
Funding Flat in 2008 for Most Institutes" (PDF) - (HTML
version) - Table. NIH Budgets by
Institute, FY 1998-2008 (revised 12/07; PDF) January 2 - National Science
Foundation (Final) - "Final
NSF Budget Disappoints" (PDF) - (HTML version) January
2 - Department of Energy (Final) - "Energy
Gains, Science Falters in 2008 DOE Budget" (PDF) - (HTML
version) January 2 - Department of Veterans Affairs (Final) - "VA
Gets $891 Million for R&D in 2008" (PDF) - (HTML
version) January 2 - Department of Transportation (Final) - "DOT
R&D Gains 7 Percent in Final 2008 Budget" (PDF) - (HTML
version) December 20 (updated Jan. 7) -
AAAS FY 2008 Appropriations
Summary Update "Congress Wraps
Up Another Disappointing Year for Federal R&D Funding" (HTML)
(PDF version - 14 pp)
This report is a summary of AAAS estimates and analyses of federal R&D
in the FY 2008 omnibus appropriations bill, and includes on final 2008 appropriations.
This report will be updated in early January with additional information.
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Table 1. Total R&D by Agency in 2008 Appropriations
(as of 12/18; PDF)
- Table 2. Basic and Applied Research
by Agency in 2008 Appropriations (as of 12/18; PDF)
- Table
3. Major Functional Categories of R&D in 2008 Appropriations (as of 12/18;
PDF)
- Table A. Congressional Earmarks for R&D by
Agency and Program (revised 1/08; PDF)
Detailed agency updates and
tables on final 2008 appropriations:
- U.S. Department
of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
-
Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
-
Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the
Interior
- Department of Transportation
-
Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection
Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
-
National Institutes of Health and HHS
- National Science
Foundation 
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