Guest Post: Proposed House Budget Would Reduce Federal R&D By An Estimated $442 Billion or 19% Over 10 Years
Guest post by Matt Hourihan at FAS on the potential impacts of discretionary budgetary caps on federal R&D.
CRA Government Affairs
Roundup of FY2024 Research Agency Requests: Nuanced Budget Numbers for the Requests for NIST, NIH, and NASA
/In: Funding, FY24 Appropriations, Research /by Brian MosleyIn our continuing series following the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request, we close out with a roundup of an assortment of Federal research agencies: NIST, NASA, and NIH.
NSF FY2024 Request: President Biden Calls for Another Strong Budget for NSF
/In: Artificial Intelligence, Funding, FY24 Appropriations, Research /by Brian MosleyIn our continuing series following the Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget request, we now turn to the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Department of Energy FY 2024 Request: Healthy Increases for ASCR and ARPA-E with Focus on AI, QIS, and Other Administration Priorities
/In: Funding, FY24 Appropriations, Research /by Brian MosleyFirst in a series of posts on the FY24 agency budget requests that are important to the computing research community. First up: the Department of Energy, which calls for healthy increase to the Office of Science, ASCR, and ARPA-E
President Biden Releases Some Topline Budget Numbers for Fiscal Year 2024; Numbers for Multiple Science Agencies Do Well; NSF Receives 14% Increase
/In: Funding, FY24 Appropriations, Research /by Brian MosleyThe Biden Administration released some details of their $6.9 trillion budget request for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). Research agencies across the federal government will do well under President Biden’s budget request, particularly NSF, much as they did in last year’s request.
Post 2022 Election Analysis: Control of Congress, Outlook for 2023, Impact on Lame Duck Session, and Finalizing FY23 Budget
/In: FY23 Appropriations, Research /by Brian MosleyThe 2022 Midterm Elections have come and gone, yet most of Washington is still trying to make sense of what happened.
U.S. Must Follow Through on NSF Funding or Risk Falling Behind Competitors, Says Former CRA Board Chair
/In: People, R&D in the Press, Research /by Brian MosleyIn an opinion piece published in The Hill, Dan Reed, former CRA Board Chair and current National Science Board Chair, and Darío Gil, a member of the National Science Board and senior vice president and Director of IBM Research, say that Congress must follow through on fully funding NSF or risk dooming the CHIPS and Science Act.
White House Announces New Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
/In: Artificial Intelligence, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe Biden Administration released a set of principles aimed at creating a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to, “help guide the design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated systems so that they protect the rights of the American public.”
PCAST Releases Report on Revitalizing the Nation’s Semiconductor Ecosystem, with Investments in a National Research Agenda a Major Component
/In: Funding, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report outlining steps the Biden Administration should take for leveraging $11 billion in the Chips and Science Act at the Dept of Commerce.
Dr. Arati Prabhakar Confirmed as Next Presidential Science Advisor
/In: People, R&D in the Press, Research /by Brian MosleyThe United States Senate confirmed Dr. Arati Prabhakar as the next Presidential Science Advisor and Director of the Office of Science & Technology Policy.
