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In the past, Federal funding for scientific research, technology, and education have yielded innovations that have transformed American life-technologies like the Internet, digital photography, bar codes, Global Positioning System technology, laser surgery, and chemotherapy. Today, the United States faces a new set of challenges, and science and technology can be a powerful ally in addressing them. The 2010 Budget builds on early
accomplishments of the Obama Administration to make strategic Federal investments in research and development (R&D), 21st century technology, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Already in this Administration, the President has signed into law the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-8) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111-5). Both boosted the budgets of key programs not only for their potential contributions to economic recovery but also because science and technology can help reorient the U.S. economy through strategic investments in clean energy, broadband, health
care information technology, and education. These laws are critical down payments toward doubling Federal investments in key science agencies over a decade, meeting a Presidential commitment to invest $150 billion during the next 10 years in a clean energy future, and enhancing America’s capacity to understand the dimensions of climate change and respond to them effectively. The 2010 Budget builds on these early accomplishments with continued investments in R&D, technology, and STEM education.

 

 

The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Budget proposes $147.6 billion for the Federal investment in research and development (R&D). That is $555 million or 0.4 percent more than the 2009 enacted level (see Table 1). In 2009, 2009 enacted appropriations and preliminary allocations of Recovery Act funding increase the Federal R&D investment to a record $165.4 billion; Recovery Act funds will be spent in 2009 and 2010 (see text box: R&D Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). In real terms, the 2009 enacted level and 2010 Budget are among the two largest R&D investments in history (see Figure 1). These investments, spread across two dozen Federal departments and independent agencies, reflect the Administration’s recognition that science, technology, and innovation are critical tools for making progress toward the national goals of a prosperous economy, a clean energy future, a healthy American people, and a strong and secure America. The Federal R&D investment also recognizes that the urge to probe more deeply into the unknown and expand the frontiers of human knowledge is at the core of the American experience.

 

 

 

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