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FYI
The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News
Number 168: December 15, 1999

FY 2000 R&D Budgets: A Comparison

Now that the FY 2000 budget process is complete, it is interesting to compare changes in the various R&D budgets. Below is the ranking for programs covered by FYI. Note that these numbers, based on a comparison of FY 1999 and FY 2000 appropriations, do not take account any changes in program components or the across-the-board cut of less than 0.4% that will be implemented in various ways. Line items include aggregate budget categories and programs within those categories. The current annual inflation rate is approximately 2.4%

NIST Construction of Research Facilities Up 91.2%
National Institutes of HealthUp 15.0%
DOE Fusion Energy SciencesUp 12.3%
DOD Advanced Technology Dev. 6.3Up 8.5%
Total DOD 6.1, 6., 6.3Up 7.3%
NSF Research and Related ActivitiesUp 7.1%
DOD Applied Research 6.2Up 6.6%
Total NSFUp 6.5%
DOD Basic Research 6.1Up 5.7%
NSF Major Research EquipmentUp 5.6%
NSF Education and Human ResourcesUp 5.3%
NASA Life and Microgravity Sciences/App.Up 5.2%
DOE Nuclear PhysicsUp 4.0%
NASA Space Science /TD>Up 3.7%
NASA Earth SciencesUp 2.9%
DOE High Energy PhysicsUp 2.4%
DOE Physics (not inertial fusion)Up 2.0%
NASA Space StationUp 1.1%
NIST Sci.and Tech.Research/ServicesUp 1.1%
Dept. of Education Eisenhower ProgramUnchanged
Total NASADown 0.1%
NASA Science, Aeronautics, and TechnologyDown 0.8%
NIST Manufacturing Extension PartnershipDown 1.9%
DOE Basic Energy SciencesDown 2.1%
DOE Inertial Fusion (defense activities) Down 6.4%
NIST Advanced Technology ProgramDown 29.9%

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Richard M. Jones
Public Information Division
American Institute of Physics
fyi@aip.org
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