American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAAS FY 2008 Appropriations Summary Update December 20, 2007
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Table 1. Total R&D by Agency (as of 12/07)
Table 2. Estimated Research by Agency (as of 12/07)
Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D (as of 12/07)
Table A. Congressional Earmarks for R&D by Agency and Program (revised 1/08)


Table 1.  Total R&D by Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2008 Budget (as of December 18, 2007)

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House-Senate Conference

 

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2008

Chg. from Request

Chg. from FY 2007

 

Estimate

Request

CONF.

Amount

Percent

Amount

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense (military) *

78,214

76,139

77,800

1,661

2.2%

-414

-0.5%

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

14,008

10,906

13,036

2,130

19.5%

-972

-6.9%

       (All Other DOD R&D) *

64,205

65,233

64,764

-469

-0.7%

559

0.9%

National Aeronautics & Space Admin.

11,806

12,594

12,476

-118

-0.9%

670

5.7%

Energy

8,732

9,234

9,376

142

1.5%

644

7.4%

     (Office of Science)

3,511

4,052

3,697

-355

-8.8%

186

5.3%

     (Energy R&D)

1,522

1,386

1,873

487

35.1%

351

23.0%

     (Atomic Energy Defense R&D)

3,699

3,796

3,806

10

0.3%

107

2.9%

Health and Human Services

29,657

29,485

30,037

552

1.9%

380

1.3%

     (National Institutes of Health)

28,399

28,066

28,653

587

2.1%

254

0.9%

     (All Other HHS R&D)

1,258

1,419

1,384

-35

-2.5%

126

10.0%

National Science Foundation

4,482

4,856

4,530

-325

-6.7%

48

1.1%

Agriculture

2,256

2,009

2,301

292

14.6%

45

2.0%

Homeland Security

955

996

1,040

44

4.4%

86

9.0%

Interior

634

621

661

41

6.5%

27

4.2%

       (U.S. Geological Survey)

564

547

583

37

6.7%

19

3.4%

Transportation

794

813

852

39

4.8%

58

7.3%

Environmental Protection Agency

561

540

542

3

0.5%

-18

-3.2%

Commerce

1,048

1,070

1,115

45

4.2%

68

6.5%

       (NOAA)

532

528

573

45

8.5%

41

7.6%

       (NIST)

491

514

514

0

0.0%

23

4.7%

Education

318

317

312

-5

-1.5%

-6

-1.8%

Agency for Int'l Development

223

223

242

19

8.5%

19

8.5%

Department of Veterans Affairs

851

822

891

69

8.4%

41

4.8%

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

74

77

74

-3

-4.1%

0

-0.2%

Smithsonian

175

183

175

-8

-4.4%

0

0.0%

All Other

288

299

290

-9

-3.0%

2

0.7%

 

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______

______

______

 

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   TOTAL R&D

141,067

140,278

142,715

2,438

1.7%

1,648

1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense R&D

82,209

80,110

81,762

1,651

2.1%

-447

-0.5%

Nondefense R&D

58,858

60,167

60,954

786

1.3%

2,096

3.6%

   Nondefense R&D minus NASA

47,051

47,574

48,478

904

1.9%

1,426

3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Research

28,310

28,228

28,604

375

1.3%

293

1.0%

Applied Research

28,604

27,338

28,926

1,588

5.8%

322

1.1%

 

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______

______

______

 

______

 

    Total Research

56,915

55,567

57,530

1,963

3.5%

615

1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development

80,144

79,948

80,550

602

0.8%

406

0.5%

R&D Facilities and Capital Equipment

4,008

4,763

4,635

-127

-2.7%

628

15.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "FS&T"

61,821

61,370

63,074

1,704

2.8%

1,253

2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2008 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 2007 figures have been adjusted to reflect supplementals enacted in Public Law 110-28.

 

 

FY 2008 figures exclude $2.9 billion in requested supplemental funds for DOD development.

 

 

These figures have been revised since the publication of AAAS Report XXXII: R&D FY 2008.

 

 

* - DOD appropriations are enacted. All other appropriations are 2008 omnibus bill appropriations.

 

 

December 18, 2007 - AAAS estimates of latest FY 2008 appropriations.

 

 

 

Table 2.  Estimated Research by Agency

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2008 Budget (as of December 18, 2007)

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House-Senate Conference

 

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2008

Chg. from Request

Chg. from FY 2007

 

Estimate

Request

CONF.

Amount

Percent

Amount

Percent

Basic Research:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Human Services

15,944

15,554

16,185

631

4.1%

240

1.5%

    National Institutes of Health

15,941

15,551

16,182

631

4.1%

241

1.5%

National Science Foundation

3,751

3,977

3,719

-259

-6.5%

-32

-0.9%

Department of Defense *

1,564

1,428

1,614

185

13.0%

50

3.2%

Department of Energy

3,167

3,409

3,183

-226

-6.6%

17

0.5%

    Office of Science

3,128

3,394

3,161

-233

-6.9%

33

1.1%

National Aeronautics & Space Admin.

2,259

2,226

2,218

-8

-0.3%

-41

-1.8%

Department of Agriculture

815

770

818

48

6.3%

3

0.3%

Department of the Interior

42

39

42

3

7.3%

0

-0.3%

Department of Homeland Security

105

132

134

2

1.6%

29

27.7%

Smithsonian

129

137

129

-8

-5.8%

0

0.0%

Environmental Protection Agency

95

91

91

0

0.2%

-3

-3.2%

Department of Commerce (NIST)

78

102

77

-25

-24.3%

-1

-0.8%

All Other

362

363

393

30

8.3%

31

8.5%

 

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________

________

________

 

________

 

Total Est. Basic Research

28,310

28,228

28,604

375

1.3%

293

1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH (basic and applied):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Human Services

29,484

29,281

29,827

546

1.9%

343

1.2%

    National Institutes of Health

28,285

27,922

28,526

604

2.2%

241

0.9%

National Science Foundation

4,058

4,358

4,074

-283

-6.5%

17

0.4%

Department of Defense *

7,573

5,920

7,142

1,223

20.7%

-431

-5.7%

Department of Energy

5,933

6,279

6,298

19

0.3%

365

6.1%

    Office of Science

3,128

3,394

3,161

-233

-6.9%

33

1.1%

National Aeronautics & Space Admin.

3,419

3,353

3,413

60

1.8%

-6

-0.2%

Department of Agriculture

1,961

1,754

1,985

231

13.2%

24

1.2%

Department of the Interior

575

564

606

43

7.5%

31

5.4%

Department of Homeland Security

630

728

747

19

2.6%

118

18.7%

Environmental Protection Agency

457

438

442

4

0.9%

-15

-3.2%

Department of Commerce

816

826

850

24

2.9%

33

4.1%

    NOAA

434

430

465

34

7.9%

30

7.0%

    NIST

374

388

378

-10

-2.6%

4

1.0%

Department of Transportation

478

542

562

20

3.7%

84

17.5%

Department of Veterans Affairs

803

774

839

65

8.4%

36

4.5%

Department of Education

184

182

179

-3

-1.5%

-5

-2.6%

All Other

545

569

565

-4

-0.7%

20

3.7%

 

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________

________

________

 

________

 

  TOTAL EST. RESEARCH

56,915

55,567

57,530

1,963

3.5%

615

1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2008 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 2007 figures have been adjusted to reflect supplementals enacted in Public Law 110-28.

 

 

These figures have been revised since the publication of AAAS Report XXXII: R&D FY 2008.

 

 

* - DOD appropriations are enacted. All other appropriations are 2008 omnibus appropriations.

 

 

December 18, 2007 - AAAS estimates of latest FY 2008 appropriations.

 

 

 

Table 3. Major Functional Categories of R&D

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2008 Budget (as of December 18, 2007)

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House-Senate Conference

 

 

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2008

Chg. from Request

Chg. from FY 2007

% of Total

 

Estimate

Request

CONF.

Amount

Percent

Amount

Percent

('08 Conf.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense *   1

82,209

80,110

81,762

1,651

2.1%

-447

-0.5%

57.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nondefense   2

58,858

60,167

60,954

786

1.3%

2,096

3.6%

42.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Space

11,111

12,040

11,860

-180

-1.5%

749

6.7%

8.3%

     Health

30,451

30,213

30,835

622

2.1%

385

1.3%

21.6%

     Energy

1,617

1,485

1,968

483

32.5%

351

21.7%

1.4%

     General Science

7,993

8,908

8,227

-680

-7.6%

234

2.9%

5.8%

     Natural Resources & Environ.

2,060

2,004

2,143

138

6.9%

83

4.0%

1.5%

     Agriculture

1,934

1,704

1,964

260

15.3%

30

1.6%

1.4%

     Transportation

1,509

1,387

1,493

106

7.6%

-16

-1.0%

1.0%

     Commerce

516

543

543

0

0.0%

27

5.3%

0.4%

     International

255

255

274

19

7.4%

19

7.4%

0.2%

     Administration of Justice

740

897

943

46

5.1%

204

27.5%

0.7%

     All Other

674

732

704

-28

-3.9%

30

4.4%

0.5%

 

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______

______

 

______

 

 

Total R&D

141,067

140,278

142,715

2,438

1.7%

1,648

1.2%

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2008 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 2007 figures have been adjusted to reflect supplementals enacted in Public Law 110-28.

 

 

 

* - DOD appropriations are enacted. All other appropriations are 2008 omnibus appropriations.

 

 

December 18, 2007 - AAAS estimates of latest FY 2008 appropriations.

 

 

 

 

Table A. Congressional Earmarks for R&D by Agency and Program

 

 

 

 

Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 2008 Budget (REVISED January 4, 2008)

 

 

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FY 2008 HOUSE

 

FY 2008 SENATE

 

FY 2008 FINAL

 

 

FY 2008

FY 2008

Earmarks

FY 2008

FY 2008

Earmarks

FY 2008

FY 2008

Earmarks

 

Earmarks

R&D

% of R&D

Earmarks

R&D

% of R&D

Earmarks

R&D

% of R&D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense (military)

2,296

77,572

3.0%

2,136

76,326

2.8%

3,514

77,800

4.5%

       (Army)

1,063

11,510

9.2%

847

11,292

7.5%

1,495

12,027

12.4%

       (Navy)

524

17,719

3.0%

467

17,375

2.7%

787

17,767

4.4%

       (Air Force)

302

26,164

1.2%

363

25,925

1.4%

520

25,903

2.0%

       (Defense Agencies)

382

20,659

1.8%

417

20,190

2.1%

654

20,500

3.2%

       (Other)

25

1,521

1.6%

42

1,543

2.7%

58

1,602

3.6%

National Aeron. & Space Admin.

19

12,959

0.1%

70

12,798

0.5%

83

12,476

0.7%

Energy

190

9,753

2.0%

174

9,995

1.7%

348

9,376

3.7%

     (Science programs)

70

4,102

1.7%

49

4,141

1.2%

123

3,697

3.3%

     (Energy programs)

97

1,803

5.4%

100

1,965

5.1%

180

1,873

9.6%

     (Defense programs)

23

3,848

0.6%

26

3,889

0.7%

46

3,806

1.2%

Health and Human Services

13

30,459

0.0%

36

30,760

0.1%

35

30,037

0.1%

     (National Institutes of Health)

0

29,067

0.0%

0

29,310

0.0%

0

28,653

0.0%

National Science Foundation

0

4,870

0.0%

0

4,888

0.0%

0

4,530

0.0%

     (Major Research Equipment)

0

245

0.0%

0

245

0.0%

0

220

0.0%

Agriculture

250

2,289

10.9%

141

2,343

6.0%

269

2,301

11.7%

     (Agricultural Res. Service)

133

1,158

11.5%

52

1,212

4.3%

148

1,186

12.5%

     (CSREES)

115

657

17.6%

80

662

12.0%

114

654

17.5%

     (Forest Service)

0

347

0.0%

5

344

1.4%

3

337

1.0%

Interior

3

680

0.5%

17

661

2.5%

6

661

0.9%

     (U.S. Geological Survey)

1

602

0.2%

10

581

1.7%

1

583

0.2%

Transportation

48

836

5.7%

61

847

7.2%

62

852

7.3%

Environ. Protection Agency

0

620

0.0%

7

566

1.2%

5

542

1.0%

Commerce

7

1,233

0.6%

53

1,252

4.2%

45

1,115

4.1%

       (NOAA)

7

585

1.2%

53

628

8.4%

45

573

7.9%

       (NIST)

0

619

0.0%

1

595

0.2%

1

514

0.2%

Homeland Security

0

986

0.0%

66

1,059

6.2%

82

1,040

7.8%

Education

0

312

0.0%

0

338

0.0%

0

312

0.0%

Agency for Int'l Development

0

256

0.0%

0

215

0.0%

0

242

0.0%

Department of Veterans Affairs

0

891

0.0%

0

911

0.0%

0

891

0.0%

Housing and Urban Development

0

58

0.0%

0

59

0.0%

0

51

0.0%

Department of Justice

0

116

0.0%

0

104

0.0%

0

83

0.0%

All Other

0

396

0.0%

4

420

0.9%

4

404

0.9%

 

_____

_____

 

_____

_____

 

_____

_____

 

      Total

2,825

144,287

2.0%

2,764

143,542

1.9%

4,453

142,715

3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      TOTAL excluding DOD

529

66,714

0.8%

628

67,216

0.9%

939

64,914

1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAAS estimates of R&D in FY 2008 House, Senate and final appropriations bills. Includes conduct of R&D and R&D facilities.

 

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

 

 

 

 

"Earmarks" are AAAS interpretations of unrequested, congressionally designated, performer-specific

 

 

R&D projects contained in legislative language or committee report language in appropriations bills.

 

 

Earmarks do not include non-R&D congressionally designated projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FY 2008 columns represent earmarks in report language accompanying House, Senate, and conference (omnibus) versions of appropriations bills.

December 19, 2007 (revised January 4) - AAAS estimates of House, Senate, and conference (omnibus) FY 2008 appropriations bills.

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