ST Funding in the New Administration Matt Hourihan

S&T Funding in the New Administration Matt Hourihan March 27, 2017 For the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Forum AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program http: //www. aaas. org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15

§ A new Administration that… § Prioritizes defense buildup and the nuclear triad § Pledges tax cuts and (eventual) balanced budgets § Promises to leave the major entitlements alone § Focuses on nondefense budget as source of deficit reduction § Proposes major cuts to federal R&D § Is marginally more generous to basic research than applied research and technology § Follows an Administration that… § Generally attempted to prioritize R&D investments § Placed special emphasis on applied energy technology Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 2

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Reagan vs Trump § Reagan: Sustained the consensus on government’s role in basic research in general, while attacking applied tech, environmental R&D; supported big science § Trump looking to cut all of it § 115 th Congress seems much less willing than the 97 th Congress to meet Administration even halfway § Some very negative reactions! § 60 -vote requirement for spending caps § Over time, Reagan did evolve § i. e. called for NSF doubling 20 years before America COMPETES Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 15

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