Below you will find a list of assorted reports, analyses, and reference items from the R&D Budget and Policy Program. If you're looking for older reports or other items you don't see here, and can't find them in the navigation links above, contact us.
2023
- U.S. R&D and Innovation in a Global Context: the 2023 Data Update (April)
- Presidential Budget Request 2024: A Summary of R&D Funding (March)
- FY 2024 R&D Appropriations Dashboard (March)
- Trends in Earmark Submitters: FY 2023 (February)
2022
- FY 2023 Omnibus Highlights and R&D Estimates (December)
- R&D Funding Breakdown of Legislation - Authorization vs Appropriations (August)
- STEM Earmarks in 2023 - Senate (August)
- House and Senate FY 2023 R&D Appropriations (August)
- STEM Earmarks in 2023 - House (July)
- House R&D Appropriations Estimates 2023 (July)
- U.S. R&D and Innovation in a Global Context: 2022 Data Update (May)
- FY 2023 R&D Appropriations Dashboard (April)
- A Deeper Dive Into Earmarks in the Omnibus (April)
- White House Requests Varied Increases in New Budget, With Greater Details to Come (April)
- Omnibus Review: Saga Ends with Broad, but Smaller, Increases (March)
- Analysis: As Congress Considers COMPETES, How Short are we From the Old COMPETES? (February)
- Paper Spotlight: The Local Health Effects of Biomedical Research (January)
- Some Key Takeaways from NSF's New State of Science Report (January)
2021
- House and Senate R&D Appropriations Estimates (December)
- Reconciliation Package with Scaled-Back Science Support Passes House ( November)
- Science & Tech Provisions in the House Reconciliation Package (September)
- House R&D Appropriation Estimates (August)
- Some Facts About the Biden R&D Budget (June)
- FY 2022 R&D Appropriations Dashboard (June)
- A Look at STEM-Focused Projects in House Earmark Requests (May)
- New Data Says U.S. R&D Has Topped 3% of GDP For the First Time Ever (March)
- A Primer on Federal R&D Budget Trends (February)
- R&D in the FY 2021 Omnibus: Review and Estimates (January)
- The Budget Control Act May Have Cost Over $200 Billion in Federal R&D (January)
2020
- Wartime Innovation: Lessons From the Office of Scientific R&D (December)
- A Snapshot of U.S. R&D Competitiveness: 2020 Update (October)
- The Winding Path Ahead for Science Funding (August)
- "How Thick is the Sand": the Economics of Targeted Research (July)
- The Senate is Making Things Little Easier for Research Appropriations (May)
- Public Research Investments and Patenting: An Evidence Review (May)
- Guide to the President’s Budget: Research & Development FY 2021 (May)
- FY21 Appropriations Dashboard (March)
2019
- Update: In the Age of Trump, Congress Keeps Boosting Science Funding (December)
- Budget Deal Means Research Programs Likely to Dodge Cuts, See Boosts – And Then…? (July)
- Task Force Report Highlights Threats to U.S. Scientific Leadership (May)
- FY20 R&D Appropriations Dashboard
- R&D in the President's FY 2020 Budget (March)
- Basic Science, Agricultural Research, NASA Would Finish Strong in FY 2019 Omnibus (February)
- FY 19 R&D Appropriations Dashboard
- Federal R&D Budget Trends: A Short Summary (January)
2018
- The Federal Government is Tweaking What Counts as R&D: Q&A (June)
- Guide to the President's Budget: Research & Development FY 2019 (June)
- Does the Long-Term Fiscal Picture Mean Trouble for Science and Innovation? (April)
- FY18 Omnibus Coverage: Summary (March) & Agency Recaps (April)
- FY18 R&D Appropriations Dashboard
- 2019 Science Budget Backs Off Some Cuts, Not Others (February)
- Congress Budget Deal Would Raise Spending Caps (February)
2017
- Guide to the President's Budget: Research & Development FY 2018 (September)
- Deep Cuts for NIH, Other Life Sciences in FY 2018 Budget Plan (June)
- Defense S&T, Geosciences, and Environmental R&D Constrained in FY18 Budget (June)
- Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Climate Research Among FY18 Reductions (May)
- Energy, Basic Science, Some Space Programs Face Big FY18 Budget Cuts (May)
- Congress Rejects White House Approach, Pursues Targeted Science & Technology Boosts (May)
- U.S. and E.U. R&D Budgets Remain Flat, Asian Investment Decelerates (April)
- The Trump Administration's Science Budget: Toughest Since Apollo? (March)
- First Trump Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to Several Science Agencies (March)
- Two Proposals That Could Influence the Trump Budget Team's Thinking (January)
- Science and Technology Funding Under Obama: A Look Back (January)
2016
- Notes on President-Elect Trump's Pick for Budget Director (December)
- Federal R&D Budget Trends: A Summary (December)
- Science and Technology in Congress: FY 2017 (November)
- FY 2017 R&D Appropriations So Far: A Roundup (September)
- Q&A: GAO Seeking Comment on Technology Readiness Assessment (August)
- With Congress Gone Until Labor Day, Here's Where Science Funding Stands (August)
- A Look At International R&D Funding (June)
- FY 2017 Appropriations Coverage
- Guide to the President's Budget: Research & Development FY 2017 (March)
- Q&A: Driving Legacy Sector Innovation (January)
2015
- FY16 Omnibus Coverage: Summary (Dec. 17) & Additional Detail (Dec. 30)
- FY16 Appropriations Coverage: Collected Updates
- Budget Deal Explained: Two Years of Funding Room (October)
- FY 2016 R&D Appropriations So Far: A Roundup (September)
- FY 2017 Science Budget, Obama's Last, to Reprise Familiar Themes (July)
- Q&A: Making Use-Oriented Research More Useful (July)
- Modest Science Appropriations, Few Surprises So Far (June; see also FY 2016 Appropriations)
- America COMPETES Update: Innovation Bill Passes House While Senate Unveils Energy Proposal (May)
- Science Agency Budgets in America COMPETES 2015 (April)
- A Q&A with the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (April)
- AAAS Report XL: Research and Development FY 2016 (April)
- House, Senate Budgets Adopt Sequester Status Quo, For Now (March)
- A Primer on Recent Trends in Federal R&D Budgets (January)
2014
- FY15 Omnibus Coverage: Summary (Dec. 11) and Additional Detail (Dec. 17)
- FY15 Appropriations Coverage: Collected Updates
- FY 2016 Budget to Again Prioritize Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Climate, Neuroscience (July)
- COMPETES Funding Update: The Senate Gets Involved (July)
- AAAS Report XXXIX: Research and Development FY 2015 (April)
- The President’s Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative: What’s In It? (April)
- The Federal Budget Process 101
- The House Budget Resolution and R&D Funding (April)
- Agency Budgets in the FIRST Act and America COMPETES (March)
- Federal Investment and the Peace Dividend (February)
2013