Kei Koizumi, Director of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program will present a detailed analysis of the President's FY 2004 budget at the 28th Annual Colloquium for Science and Technology Policy in Washington, D.C.
The president has proposed to beef up the brand-new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a $1.0 billion portfolio; a dramatic increase of almost 50 percent from the estimated 2003 level for comparable programs. At the same time, the Department of Defense (DOD), the largest federal sponsor of R&D, would see an increase of 7.1 percent to $62.8 billion in its R&D budget, with the intent that the entire increase amount go towards weapons systems development.
"Defense R&D, which includes DOD, the Department of Energy's (DOE) defense activities and defense-related activities in the new DHS, would total 55 percent of the federal R&D portfolio in FY 2004," Koizumi said.
On the non-defense side, however, many other agencies face leaner times down the road.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT), would all undergo R&D budget reductions, and the Department of Commerce would be required to eliminate two programs. R&D funding for DOD "Science and Technology" (S&T), which includes research, medical research, and technology development, would fall below even the 2002 funding level.
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2-Apr-2003