Congress Completes FY2010 Appropriations with $150.5 Billion in R&D

AAAS - As a result of congressional action on the budget, the federal research and development investment for FY 2010 is an estimated $150.5 billion, $3.5 billion (2.0%) more than FY 2009, not including American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, and $3.0 billion (2.4%) more than the President's request. Congressional action increased defense R&D by $2.5 billion over the proposed cuts in the President's request to $86.5 billion, resulting in a $783 million (0.9%) increase over FY 2009. Non-defense R&D increased by $490 million through Congressional action to $64.0 billion, resulting in a $2.7 billion (4.4%) increase over FY 2009. A summary table by agency, along with detailed agency tables are available at http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/.