AAAS Report XXXII: R&D FY 2008 AAAS REPORT
XXXII

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FY 2008

Intersociety Working Group

American Association for the
Advancement of Science

2007

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CONTENTS
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  Title Page and Ordering Information
  List of Tables (Tables available in PDF format)
 Preface
  
Part I
Overview

Highlights
1.Federal R&D in the FY 2008 Budget: An Introduction
Kei Koizumi, AAAS
2.Historical Trends in Federal R&D
Kei Koizumi, AAAS
3.Political and Policy Context for the FY 2008 Budget
Kasey S. White and Lina Karaoglanova, AAAS
4.Education and Human Resources in the FY 2008 Budget
Joanne P. Carney, Daryl E. Chubin, and Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS
Overview Tables
  
Part II
Agency R&D Budgets

5.R&D in the FY 2008 Department of Defense Budget
Kei Koizumi, AAAS
6.National Science Foundation in the FY 2008 Budget
Amy Scott and Tobin Smith, AAU
7.National Institutes of Health in the FY 2008 Budget
Kei Koizumi, AAAS
8.The Department of Energy in the FY 2008 Budget
Michael S. Lubell, APS
9.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's FY 2008 Budget
Morgan P. Muchnick, AIAA
10.R&D in the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Elizabeth Allred, Eddie Gouge, and Ian Maw, NASULGC
11.R&D in the Department of Homeland Security
Kei Koizumi, AAAS
12.R&D in Selected Agencies (Commerce, DOT, Interior, EPA, VA )
Kei Koizumi, AAAS
Agency Tables
  
Part III
Disciplinary Analyses

13.Physics in the FY 2008 Budget
Richard M. Jones and Audrey T. Leath, AIP
14.Astronomy in the FY 2008 Budget
L. Jeremy Richardson and Kevin B. Marvel, AAS
15.Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change Programs in the FY 2008 Budget
Eugene W. Bierly and H. Frank Eden, AGU
16.Earth Sciences in the FY 2008 Budget
Linda Rowan and Erin Gleeson, AGI
17.Biological and Ecological Sciences in the FY 2008 Budget
Nadine Lymn, ESA; and Robert Gropp, AIBS
18.Chemical Sciences in the FY 2008 Budget
Ashley Predith, J. Carl Maxwell, Anthony Pitagno, and Kathryn J. Hughes, ACS
19.Behavioral and Social Science Research in the Administration's FY 2008 Budget
Howard Silver and Angela L. Sharpe, COSSA; Heather Kelly and Patricia Kobor, APA; and Gerald Sroufe, AERA
20.Federal Statistics in the FY 2008 Budget
Edward J. Spar, COPAFS
21.Mathematical Sciences in the FY 2008 Budget
Samuel M. Rankin III, AMS
22.Computing Research in the FY 2008 Budget Request
Peter Harsha, CRA
23.National Nanotechnology Investment in the FY 2008 Budget Request
M.C. Roco, ASME International (expanded from the print version)
24.Electrotechnology-Related Research in the FY 2008 Budget
Bill Williams, IEEE-USA
25.Mechanical Engineering in the FY 2008 Budget
Timothy Wei, ASME International
 
Appendix 1: Methodology and Data Sources
Appendix 2: Definitions
Appendix 3: Related Publications
Appendix 4: Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
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