The Science Budget in 2018 Matt Hourihan For

The Science Budget in 2018 Matt Hourihan For the Council on Government Relations 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

Elements in recent play: § The Budget Deal (the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018). Which leads into… § FY 2018 Appropriations (briefly lapsed twice, but negotiations now underway – resolved in a few weeks? ) § The new White House budget for FY 2019, released last week Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 2

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Quick Notes on FY 19 Proposed Budget § NIH: consolidates AHRQ, NIOSH, NIDILRR to bring NIH to 30 institutes; $750 m for opioids research § Salary capped at 90%, lowered to $152 k from $187 k § DOE: Big increase for exascale computing while other disciplines cut; ITER funded § ARPA-E killed (again), other technology cut § NSF: research increased 2%; two vessels instead of three § NASA: WFIRST killed, Earth Science cut, Planetary Science prioritized; moon projects and commercial space § USDA: ARS and formula funds trimmed, AFRI flat from FY 17, several lab closures § Multiple agencies: Climate and environment broadly targeted § Coming soon: the return of trillion-dollar deficits Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 10

Quick Notes on FY 19 Proposed Budget § NIH: consolidates AHRQ, NIOSH, NIDILRR to bring NIH to 30 institutes; $750 m for opioids research § Salary capped at 90%, lowered to $152 k from $187 k § DOE: Big increase for exascale computing while other disciplines cut; ITER funded § ARPA-E killed (again), other technology cut § NSF: research increased 2%; two vessels instead of three § NASA: WFIRST killed, Earth Science cut, Planetary Science prioritized; moon projects and commercial space § USDA: ARS and formula funds trimmed, AFRI flat from FY 17, several lab closures § Multiple agencies: Climate and environment broadly targeted How much does all this matter? § Coming soon: the return of trillion-dollar deficits Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 11

Looking Ahead § FY 2018: Congress has until March 23 to finalize appropriations § Trump Admin recommendations will likely be ignored (again) § FY 2019: a similar story to 2018 on appropriations? § Won’t see spending bills until after FY 2018 is dealt with § Will probably be less generous than FY 2018 will be § Not finalized until late fall given election? § Infrastructure plan? § FY 2020: cap negotiations one more time § Who controls Congress next year? Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 12