AAAS R&D Funding Update January 4, 2006
FY 2006 Final Appropriations - (Part 2 of 2) - Tables

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Table 1. Total R&D by Agency (Final Congressional Action)
Table 2. Estimated Research by Agency (Final Congressional Action)
Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D (Final Congressional Action)

Table 1.  Total R&D by Agency
Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2006 Budget
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
			House-Senate Conference
(Click on links for agency tables)	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2006	Chg. from Request		Chg. from FY 2005
	Est. *	Request	FINAL	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Defense (military) *	71,566	71,009	73,039	2,029	2.9%	1,472	2.1%
("S&T" 6.1,6.2,6.3 + Medical) *	13,630	10,691	13,797	3,106	29.1%	167	1.2%
(All Other DOD R&D) *	57,936	60,318	59,241	-1,077	-1.8%	1,305	2.3%
National Aeronautics & Space Admin.*	10,705	11,497	11,367	-130	-1.1%	661	6.2%
Energy	8,614	8,393	8,608	215	2.6%	-5	-0.1%
(Office of Science)	3,334	3,184	3,320	136	4.3%	-14	-0.4%
(Energy R&D)	1,141	1,179	1,250	72	6.1%	109	9.6%
(Atomic Energy Defense R&D)	4,138	4,031	4,038	7	0.2%	-101	-2.4%
Health and Human Services	29,084	29,139	29,023	-115	-0.4%	-61	-0.2%
(National Institutes of Health)	27,784	27,925	27,749	-176	-0.6%	-35	-0.1%
(All Other HHS R&D)	1,300	1,214	1,275	61	5.0%	-25	-2.0%
National Science Foundation	4,057	4,170	4,123	-47	-1.1%	66	1.6%
Agriculture	2,403	2,051	2,394	343	16.7%	-10	-0.4%
Homeland Security	1,243	1,287	1,281	-6	-0.4%	38	3.1%
Interior	615	581	629	47	8.1%	14	2.2%
(U.S. Geological Survey)	541	515	553	37	7.2%	11	2.1%
Transportation	744	807	841	34	4.2%	97	13.0%
Environmental Protection Agency	572	568	573	5	0.9%	1	0.2%
Commerce	1,148	983	1,131	148	15.1%	-17	-1.5%
(NOAA)	650	534	661	127	23.8%	11	1.7%
(NIST)	461	416	438	21	5.1%	-23	-5.0%
Education ^	297	261	258	-3	-1.0%	-39	-13.0%
Agency for Int'l Development	223	223	232	9	4.2%	9	4.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs	784	786	805	19	2.4%	21	2.7%
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	61	61	64	3	4.9%	3	4.9%
Smithsonian	139	142	140	-2	-1.2%	1	0.9%
All Other	304	287	256	-31	-10.8%	-48	-15.8%
	______	______	______	______		______
TOTAL R&D	132,560	132,246	134,765	2,519	1.9%	2,205	1.7%
Defense R&D	76,032	75,379	77,429	2,050	2.7%	1,397	1.8%
Nondefense R&D	56,528	56,867	57,336	469	0.8%	808	1.4%
Nondefense R&D minus NASA	45,823	45,370	45,969	599	1.3%	146	0.3%
Basic Research	26,855	26,536	26,726	189	0.7%	-130	-0.5%
Applied Research	29,121	28,652	30,252	1,600	5.6%	1,131	3.9%
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Total Research	55,976	55,188	56,978	1,789	3.2%	1,001	1.8%
Development	71,764	72,484	73,215	732	1.0%	1,452	2.0%
R&D Facilities and Capital Equipment	4,820	4,574	4,572	-2	0.0%	-248	-5.2%
"FS&T"	61,321	60,961	62,605	1,644	2.7%	1,284	2.1%
AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2006 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 2005 figures for DOD and NASA have been adjusted since the release of AAAS Report XXX: R&D FY 2006 to reflect
DOD FY 2005 emergency supplementals in Public Law 109-13 and the NASA May and July 2005 FY 2005 Operating Plans.
FY 2006 Final figures include emergency supplementals and general reductions in the final Defense bill.
December 30, 2005 - AAAS estimates of final FY 2006 appropriations bills.

Table 2.  Estimated Research by Agency
Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2006 Budget
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
			House-Senate Conference
	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2006	Chg. from Request		Chg. from FY 2005
	Est. *	Request	FINAL	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent
Basic Research:
Health and Human Services	15,114	15,235	15,089	-146	-1.0%	-25	-0.2%
National Institutes of Health	15,111	15,235	15,089	-146	-1.0%	-22	-0.1%
National Science Foundation	3,416	3,464	3,475	11	0.3%	59	1.7%
Department of Defense *	1,513	1,319	1,469	150	11.4%	-44	-2.9%
Department of Energy	2,824	2,712	2,854	142	5.2%	30	1.1%
Office of Science	2,787	2,682	2,822	140	5.2%	35	1.3%
National Aeronautics & Space Admin.*	2,382	2,199	2,187	-12	-0.5%	-195	-8.2%
Department of Agriculture	851	788	847	59	7.4%	-4	-0.5%
Department of the Interior	36	30	34	4	13.1%	-1	-4.1%
Department of Homeland Security	85	112	112	0	0.0%	27	31.8%
Smithsonian	115	121	119	-2	-1.4%	4	3.7%
Environmental Protection Agency	66	70	66	-3	-4.9%	0	0.2%
Department of Commerce (NIST)	61	74	62	-12	-16.0%	2	2.6%
All Other	392	411	410	-1	-0.3%	18	4.5%
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Total Est. Basic Research	26,855	26,536	26,726	189	0.7%	-130	-0.5%
RESEARCH (basic and applied):
Health and Human Services	28,702	28,960	28,774	-186	-0.6%	72	0.3%
National Institutes of Health	27,487	27,805	27,630	-175	-0.6%	143	0.5%
National Science Foundation	3,695	3,741	3,753	12	0.3%	58	1.6%
Department of Defense *	6,874	5,627	7,171	1,544	27.4%	297	4.3%
Department of Energy	5,636	5,403	5,567	163	3.0%	-70	-1.2%
Office of Science	2,787	2,682	2,822	140	5.2%	35	1.3%
National Aeronautics & Space Admin.*	4,804	5,430	5,335	-95	-1.7%	531	11.1%
Department of Agriculture	1,944	1,731	1,951	221	12.8%	7	0.4%
Department of the Interior	566	525	572	48	9.1%	6	1.1%
Department of Homeland Security	493	511	511	0	0.0%	18	3.6%
Environmental Protection Agency	431	455	432	-23	-5.1%	1	0.2%
Department of Commerce	912	819	907	88	10.7%	-5	-0.5%
NOAA	536	457	544	86	18.9%	8	1.5%
NIST	368	351	354	3	0.8%	-14	-3.9%
Department of Transportation	457	535	543	8	1.6%	86	18.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs	745	748	766	18	2.4%	21	2.8%
Department of Education	186	176	174	-2	-1.0%	-12	-6.3%
All Other	531	528	521	-7	-1.4%	-10	-1.9%
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TOTAL EST. RESEARCH	55,976	55,188	56,978	1,789	3.2%	1,001	1.8%
Research excluding NASA	51,172	49,758	51,642	1,884	3.8%	470	0.9%
AAAS estimates of basic and applied research in FY 2006 appropriations bills.
All figures are rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures.
* - FY 2005 figures for DOD and NASA have been adjusted since the release of AAAS Report XXX: R&D FY 2006 to reflect
DOD FY 2005 emergency supplementals in Public Law 109-13 and the NASA May and July 2005 FY 2005 Operating Plans.
FY 2006 Final figures include emergency supplementals and general reductions in the final Defense bill.
December 30, 2005 - AAAS estimates of final FY 2006 appropriations bills.

Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D
Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2006 Budget
(budget authority in millions of dollars)
			House-Senate Conference
	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2006	Chg. from Request		Chg. from FY 2005		% of Total
	Est. *	Request	FINAL	Amount	Percent	Amount	Percent	('06 final)
Defense *  1	76,032	75,379	77,429	2,050	2.7%	1,397	1.8%	57.5%
Nondefense   2	56,528	56,867	57,336	469	0.8%	808	1.4%	42.5%
Space *	9,743	10,645	10,437	-208	-2.0%	694	7.1%	7.7%
Health	29,827	29,890	29,787	-103	-0.3%	-40	-0.1%	22.1%
Energy	1,223	1,240	1,314	75	6.0%	91	7.4%	1.0%
General Science	7,391	7,354	7,444	90	1.2%	52	0.7%	5.5%
Natural Resources & Environ.	2,173	2,023	2,213	191	9.4%	41	1.9%	1.6%
Agriculture	2,089	1,733	2,068	335	19.3%	-21	-1.0%	1.5%
Transportation *	1,902	1,660	1,789	129	7.8%	-113	-5.9%	1.3%
Commerce	498	448	469	21	4.7%	-29	-5.7%	0.3%
International	255	255	264	9	3.6%	9	3.6%	0.2%
Administration of Justice	813	1,057	990	-67	-6.3%	177	21.8%	0.7%
All Other	613	563	559	-4	-0.6%	-54	-8.7%	0.4%
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Total R&D	132,560	132,246	134,765	2,519	1.9%	2,205	1.7%	100.0%
AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2006 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 2005 figures for DOD and NASA have been adjusted since the release of AAAS Report XXX: R&D FY 2006 to reflect
DOD FY 2005 emergency supplementals in Public Law 109-13 and the NASA May and July 2005 FY 2005 Operating Plans.
FY 2006 Final figures include emergency supplementals and general reductions in the final Defense bill.
December 30, 2005 - AAAS estimates of final FY 2006 appropriations bills.

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