Transcription of Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2018
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Federal Research and Development funding : FY2018 John F. Sargent Jr., Coordinator Specialist in Science and Technology Policy January 25, 2018 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 R44888 Federal Research and Development funding : FY2018 Congressional Research Service Summary President Trump s budget request for FY2018 includes $ billion for Research and Development (R&D). This represents a $ billion ( ) decrease from the FY2016 actual level of $ billion (FY2017 enacted levels were not available at the time of publication). Adjusted for inflation, the President s FY2018 R&D request represents a constant dollar decrease of from the FY2016 actual level. However, in 2016 the Office of Management and Budget changed the definition used for Development to experimental Development . This new definition was used in calculating R&D in the FY2018 budget, but no adjustments were made to data reported for FY2016 or FY2017 data to reflect the new definition.
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2018 Congressional Research Service 1 Introduction The 115th Congress continues its interest in U.S. research and development (R&D) and in evaluating support for federal R&D activities.
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}