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Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 2001 Federal Science and Technology Budget

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. 2000. Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 2001 Federal Science and Technology Budget. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9818.
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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Engineering

Institute of Medicine

National Research Council

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. William A. Wulf is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Kenneth I. Shine is president of the Institute of Medicine.

The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. William A. Wulf are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND PUBLIC POLICY

MAXINE F. SINGER (Chair), President,

Carnegie Institution of Washington

BRUCE M. ALBERTS, * President,

National Academy of Sciences

ENRIQUETA C. BOND, President,

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund

LEWIS BRANSCOMB, Professor Emeritus,

Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

PETER DIAMOND, Institute Professor and Professor of Economics,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GERALD DINNEEN, * Retired Vice President,

Science and Technology, Honeywell, Inc.

MILDRED S. DRESSELHAUS,

Institute Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JAMES J. DUDERSTADT, President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering,

Millennium Project, University of Michigan

MARYE ANNE FOX, Chancellor,

North Carolina State University

RALPH E. GOMORY, President,

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

RUBY P. HEARN, Vice President,

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

BRIGID L. M. HOGAN, Investigator,

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and

Hortense B. Ingram Professor,

Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

SAMUEL PRESTON, Dean,

University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences

KENNETH I. SHINE, * President,

Institute of Medicine

MORRIS TANENBAUM, Retired Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer,

AT&T

IRVING L. WEISSMAN, Karele and Avice Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology,

Stanford University School of Medicine

SHEILA E. WIDNALL, Abbey Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Aeronautics,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON, Lewis P. and Linda L.

Geyer University

Professor,

Harvard University

WILLIAM A. WULF, * President,

National Academy of Engineering

RICHARD E. BISSELL, Director

DEBORAH D. STINE, Associate Director

MARION RAMSEY, Administrative Associate

*

Ex officio member.

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COMMITTEE ON THE FEDERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUDGET

JAMES J. DUDERSTADT (chair), President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering,

Millennium Project, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

HENRY J. AARON, Senior Fellow,

Brookings Institution

LEWIS M. BRANSCOMB, Professor Emeritus,

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

MARYE ANNE FOX, Chancellor,

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

RUBY P. HEARN, Senior Vice-President,

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ

ANITA JONES,

University Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

RICHARD E. BISSELL, Study Director

PETER HENDERSON, Program Officer

VIVIAN NOLAN, Research Associate

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Preface

In 1995, the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council issued a report entitled Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology, which recommended tracking of federal investments in the creation of new knowledge and technologies—what the report referred to as the federal science and technology (FS&T) budget.

COSEPUP is issuing this third annual report in order to identify potential impacts of the President's proposed FS&T budget. The Committee does not make recommendations about specific spending levels, but rather identifies aspects of the proposed budget as they affect the health of the nation 's research enterprise.

This report also appears in the AAAS's Intersociety Working Group, AAAS Report XXV: Research and Development FY2001, through a cooperative arrangement between our organizations.

The report has been reviewed by persons chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council's Report Review Committee. The purposes of the independent review are to provide candid and critical comments that will assist COSEPUP in making its report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards of objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: Bernard Burke (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), John Gibbons (National Academy of

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Engineering), Christopher Hill (George Mason University), Daniel Kelves (California Institute of Technology), Stephen Kohashi (Department of Housing and Urban Development), Kei Koizumu (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Charles Larson (Industrial Research Institute), John Mayo (Lucent Technologies), and Peter Raven (Chair, Report Review Committee).

The production of this report was the result of hard work of the project committee chaired by James Duderstadt. The project was aided by the help of the committee's professional staff: Richard E. Bissell, Peter Henderson, and Vivian Nolan.

Maxine F. Singer, Chair

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

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Figures and Tables

Figures

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FS&T Budget and Basic Research, FY 1994-FY 2001 (budget authority in billions of constant FY 2000 dollars),

 

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FY 2001 R&D, FS&T, and 21st Century Research Fund (in billions),

 

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Federal, Non-Federal, and Total Support for R&D as a Percent of GDP, 1953-1999,

 

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Tables

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Alternative Perspectives on the President's FY 2001 Science and Technology Budget (millions of current dollars),

 

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 2:

 

Federal Science and Technology (FS&T) Budget, by Agency, FY 1999-FY 2001 (millions of constant FY 2000 dollars),

 

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 3:

 

Trends in FS&T and R&D, FY 1994-FY 2001 (millions of constant FY 2000 dollars),

 

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Cross-Cutting National Science and Technology Council Initiatives, President's FY 2001 Budget (millions of constant FY 2000 dollars),

 

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In 1995, the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council issued a report entitled Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology, which recommended tracking of federal investments in the creation of new knowledge and technologies—what the report referred to as the federal science and technology (FS&T) budget.

Observations on the President's Fiscal Year 2001 Federal Science and Technology Budget, the third annual report, identifies potential impacts of the President's proposed FS&T budget. This report does not make recommendations about specific spending levels, but rather identifies aspects of the proposed budget as they affect the health of the nation's research enterprise.

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