R&D funding in Stimulus Bill
The AAAS has released an analysis of R&D funding in the recently signed into law:
Tags: AAAS, Barack Obama, stimulusAAAS estimates that the final version of the 2009 economic stimulus appropriations bill contains $21.5 billion in federal research and development (R&D) funding, $18.0 billion for the conduct of R&D and $3.5 billion for R&D facilities and capital equipment (see Table). The final bill contains far more in R&D funding than the $13.2 billion in the House or the $17.8 billion in the Senate versions of the bill.
The three agencies highlighted for their support of economic competitiveness-related basic research in the America COMPETES Act of 2007 and President Bush’s American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) would receive $5.2 billion in the final stimulus bill.
