{"product_id":"federal-research-and-development-funding-jr-john-f-sargent-9781477641392","title":"Federal Research and Development Funding: Fy2013","description":"Congress has received President Obama's budget request for FY2013 which includes $140.820 billion for research and development (R\u0026amp;D), a $1.951 billion (1.4%) increase from the FY2012 estimated funding level of $138.869 billion. The request represents the President's R\u0026amp;D priorities; Congress may opt to agree with part or all of the request, or may express different priorities through the appropriations process. In particular, Congress will play a central role in determining the extent to which the federal R\u0026amp;D investment can grow in the context of increased pressure on discretionary spending and how available funding will be prioritized and allocated. Low or negative growth in the overall R\u0026amp;D investment may require movement of resources across disciplines, programs, or agencies to address priorities. Funding for R\u0026amp;D is highly concentrated in a few departments. Under President Obama's FY2013 budget request, seven federal agencies would receive 95.8% of total federal R\u0026amp;D funding, with the Department of Defense (50.6%) and the Department of Health and Human Services (22.3%, primarily for the National Institutes of Health) accounting for nearly three-fourths of all R\u0026amp;D funding. Among the largest changes proposed in the President's request, the R\u0026amp;D budget of the Department of Defense would fall by $1.535 billion (-2.1%), while R\u0026amp;D funding for the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) would increase by $1.329 billion. The NIST growth is fueled by increases in funding for its core research laboratories and by the establishment of two new initiatives: $1 billion for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, which seeks to promote the development of manufacturing technologies with broad applications, and $300 million for a Wireless Innovation (WIN) Fund to help develop cutting-edge technologies for public safety users. President Obama has requested increases in the R\u0026amp;D budgets of NIST, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science that were targeted for doubling over 7 years, from their FY2006 levels, by the America COMPETES Act, and over 10 years by the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010. The funding requested for FY2013 is consistent with a doubling timeframe of 17 years, much longer than authorized by either act. The President's budget request continues support for three multi-agency R\u0026amp;D initiatives in FY2013, proposing $1.766 billion for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, an increase of $70 million (4.1%) over FY2012; $3.807 billion for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program, an increase of $69 million (1.8%); and $2.633 billion for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, an increase of $136 million (5.6%). In recent years, Congress has used a variety of mechanisms to complete the annual appropriations process after the start of the fiscal year. This may affect agencies' execution of their R\u0026amp;D budgets, including delaying or canceling some planned R\u0026amp;D and equipment acquisition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jr. John F. Sargent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477641394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477641392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.12d","brand":"Jr. John F. Sargent","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48622452015359,"sku":"9781477641392","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/federal-research-and-development-funding-jr-john-f-sargent-9781477641392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}