American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAAS R&D Funding Update February 1, 2007
FY 2007 Appropriations - Tables

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Table 1. Total R&D by Agency (as of January 2007)
Table 2. Estimated Research by Agency (as of January 2007)
Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D (as of January 2007)


Table 1.  Total R&D by Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2007 Budget (as of January 2007)

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action by Congress

 

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2007

Chg. from Request

Chg. from FY 2006

 

Estimate

Request

Congress

Amount

Percent

Amount

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense (military) *

73,215

74,076

76,656

2,580

3.5%

3,441

4.7%

       ("S&T" 6.1,6.2,6.3 + Medical) *

13,785

11,214

13,518

2,304

20.5%

-267

-1.9%

       (All Other DOD R&D) *

59,430

62,862

63,138

276

0.4%

3,708

6.2%

National Aeronautics & Space Admin.

11,295

12,202

11,697

-505

-4.1%

403

3.6%

Energy

8,721

9,047

9,087

39

0.4%

365

4.2%

     (Office of Science)

3,320

3,798

3,520

-278

-7.3%

200

6.0%

     (Energy R&D)

1,339

1,274

1,549

275

21.6%

210

15.7%

     (Atomic Energy Defense R&D)

4,062

3,975

4,018

43

1.1%

-44

-1.1%

Health and Human Services

29,132

29,066

29,670

603

2.1%

538

1.8%

     (National Institutes of Health)

27,805

27,810

28,405

595

2.1%

600

2.2%

     (All Other HHS R&D)

1,327

1,256

1,265

9

0.7%

-62

-4.7%

National Science Foundation

4,175

4,523

4,469

-54

-1.2%

294

7.0%

Agriculture

2,450

2,015

2,267

253

12.5%

-183

-7.5%

Homeland Security *

1,281

1,149

1,003

-146

-12.7%

-278

-21.7%

Interior

635

595

635

40

6.6%

0

0.0%

       (U.S. Geological Survey)

559

532

559

27

5.0%

0

0.0%

Transportation

838

767

820

53

6.9%

-18

-2.2%

Environmental Protection Agency

600

557

600

43

7.7%

0

0.0%

Commerce

1,074

1,064

1,115

50

4.7%

41

3.8%

       (NOAA)

617

578

617

39

6.7%

0

0.0%

       (NIST)

423

450

464

13

3.0%

41

9.6%

Education

302

299

302

3

1.0%

0

0.0%

Agency for Int'l Development

223

223

223

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Department of Veterans Affairs

765

765

765

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

60

67

67

0

0.0%

7

11.7%

Smithsonian

171

174

171

-3

-1.7%

0

0.0%

All Other

319

303

318

15

4.9%

-1

-0.3%

 

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   TOTAL R&D

135,255

136,892

139,863

2,971

2.2%

4,609

3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense R&D *

77,630

78,388

81,023

2,636

3.4%

3,394

4.4%

Nondefense R&D

57,625

58,505

58,840

335

0.6%

1,215

2.1%

   Nondefense R&D minus NASA

46,330

46,303

47,143

840

1.8%

812

1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Research

27,834

28,188

28,396

208

0.7%

562

2.0%

Applied Research

28,845

26,573

28,376

1,803

6.8%

-469

-1.6%

 

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    Total Research

56,679

54,761

56,772

2,011

3.7%

93

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development

74,198

77,859

78,950

1,092

1.4%

4,753

6.4%

R&D Facilities and Capital Equipment

4,378

4,273

4,141

-132

-3.1%

-237

-5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2007 appropriations bills. Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilities.

 

 

All figures are rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures.

 

 

 

FY 2006 figures have been adjusted to reflect supplementals enacted in Public Law 109-234.

 

 

* - DOD and DHS FY 2007 Congress figures are conference (enacted) appropriations.

 

 

All other FY 2007 Congress figures are based on provisions of the joint funding resolution (H.J. Res. 20).

February 1, 2007 - AAAS estimates of congressional action in the FY 2007 joint funding resolution.

 

These figures may be modified or rejected by Congress or the President.

 

 

 

Table 2.  Estimated Research by Agency

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2007 Budget (as of January 2007)

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action by Congress

 

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2007

Chg. from Request

Chg. from FY 2006

 

Estimate

Request

Congress

Amount

Percent

Amount

Percent

Basic Research:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Human Services

15,995

16,026

16,295

269

1.7%

300

1.9%

    National Institutes of Health

15,992

16,023

16,292

269

1.7%

300

1.9%

National Science Foundation

3,462

3,671

3,667

-4

-0.1%

205

5.9%

Department of Defense *

1,470

1,422

1,541

119

8.4%

71

4.8%

Department of Energy

2,907

3,268

3,111

-157

-4.8%

204

7.0%

    Office of Science

2,890

3,245

3,094

-151

-4.7%

204

7.0%

National Aeronautics & Space Admin.

2,318

2,214

2,173

-40

-1.8%

-145

-6.3%

Department of Agriculture

846

771

819

48

6.2%

-27

-3.2%

Department of the Interior

42

38

42

4

11.0%

0

0.0%

Department of Homeland Security *

95

49

42

-7

-14.8%

-53

-56.1%

Smithsonian

128

133

128

-5

-3.8%

0

0.0%

Environmental Protection Agency

102

95

102

7

7.6%

0

0.0%

Department of Commerce (NIST)

56

87

61

-26

-29.6%

5

9.6%

All Other

412

415

415

-1

-0.2%

2

0.6%

 

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Total Est. Basic Research

27,834

28,188

28,396

208

0.7%

562

2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH (basic and applied):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Human Services

28,939

28,879

29,474

595

2.1%

535

1.8%

    National Institutes of Health

27,686

27,696

28,286

590

2.1%

600

2.2%

National Science Foundation

3,782

4,049

4,046

-4

-0.1%

264

7.0%

Department of Defense *

7,176

6,031

7,100

1,069

17.7%

-76

-1.1%

Department of Energy

5,738

5,957

6,042

85

1.4%

303

5.3%

    Office of Science

2,890

3,245

3,094

-151

-4.7%

204

7.0%

National Aeronautics & Space Admin.

3,993

3,336

3,410

74

2.2%

-583

-14.6%

Department of Agriculture

2,012

1,747

1,972

224

12.8%

-40

-2.0%

Department of the Interior

585

543

585

42

7.7%

0

0.0%

Department of Homeland Security *

1,126

903

762

-141

-15.6%

-363

-32.3%

Environmental Protection Agency

488

453

488

35

7.7%

0

0.0%

Department of Commerce

834

856

862

6

0.7%

27

3.3%

    NOAA

502

490

501

11

2.2%

-1

-0.3%

    NIST

318

354

349

-5

-1.4%

30

9.5%

Department of Transportation

526

519

543

24

4.7%

17

3.2%

Department of Veterans Affairs

720

720

720

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Department of Education

203

200

203

3

1.5%

0

0.0%

All Other

557

568

566

-2

-0.3%

9

1.6%

 

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  TOTAL EST. RESEARCH

56,679

54,761

56,772

2,011

3.7%

93

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of basic and applied research in FY 2007 appropriations bills.

 

 

 

 

All figures are rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures.

 

 

 

FY 2006 figures have been adjusted to reflect supplementals enacted in Public Law 109-234.

 

 

* - DOD and DHS FY 2007 Congress figures are conference (enacted) appropriations.

 

 

All other FY 2007 Congress figures are based on provisions of the joint funding resolution (H.J. Res. 20).

February 1, 2007 - AAAS estimates of congressional action in the FY 2007 joint funding resolution.

 

These figures may be modified or rejected by Congress or the President.

 

 

 

Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2007 Budget (as of January 2007)

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action by Congress

 

 

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2007

Chg. from Request

Chg. from FY 2006

% of Total

 

Estimate

Request

Congress

Amount

Percent

Amount

Percent

('07 Cong.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense *   1

77,630

78,388

81,023

2,636

3.4%

3,394

4.4%

57.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nondefense   2

57,625

58,505

58,840

335

0.6%

1,215

2.1%

42.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Space

10,411

11,478

10,807

-671

-5.8%

396

3.8%

7.7%

     Health

29,850

29,787

30,388

600

2.0%

538

1.8%

21.7%

     Energy

1,419

1,363

1,636

273

20.0%

217

15.3%

1.2%

     General Science

7,495

8,321

7,989

-332

-4.0%

494

6.6%

5.7%

     Natural Resources & Environ.

2,210

2,045

2,210

165

8.1%

0

0.0%

1.6%

     Agriculture

2,128

1,711

1,946

235

13.7%

-182

-8.6%

1.4%

     Transportation *

1,741

1,507

1,727

221

14.6%

-14

-0.8%

1.2%

     Commerce

457

486

498

11

2.4%

41

8.9%

0.4%

     International

255

255

255

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0.2%

     Administration of Justice *

1,011

895

737

-158

-17.6%

-274

-27.1%

0.5%

     All Other

648

657

647

-10

-1.5%

-1

-0.2%

0.5%

 

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Total R&D

135,255

136,892

139,863

2,971

2.2%

4,609

3.4%

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2007 appropriations bills. Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilities.

 

 

All figures are rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures.

 

 

 

 Classifications generally follow the government's budget function categories except

 

 

 

   health (which here includes health R&D in HHS and VA).

 

 

 

 

 

1  Includes DOD R&D, atomic energy defense R&D in DOE, and defense-related R&D in DHS.

 

 

 

2   Includes all R&D not in defense (domestic and international discretionary programs).

 

 

 

FY 2006 figures have been adjusted to reflect supplementals enacted in Public Law 109-234.

 

 

* - DOD and DHS FY 2007 Congress figures are conference (enacted) appropriations.

 

 

All other FY 2007 Congress figures are based on provisions of the joint funding resolution (H.J. Res. 20).

February 1, 2007 - AAAS estimates of congressional action in the FY 2007 joint funding resolution.

 

These figures may be modified or rejected by Congress or the President.

 

 

 

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