Federal Research and Development Budgeting and Priorities - Softcover

 
9781604566109: Federal Research and Development Budgeting and Priorities
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1604566108 ISBN 13: 9781604566109
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2008

Synopsis

This book summarises current research and development priority-setting issues - in terms of spending priorities, topical or field-specific priorities, and organisational arrangements to determine priorities. Federal R&D funding priorities have shifted over time, reflecting presidential preferences, congressional appropriations, and national priorities. Defence R&D predominated in the 1980s but decreased to about 50% of total federal R&D in the 1990s, reflecting Clinton Administration policies. In non-defence R&D, space was important in the 1960s as the nation sought to compete with the Soviet Union in the space race; energy R&D joined space as a priority during the 1970s; and since the 1980s, health R&D funding has grown as the cohort of aged population increases and the promise of life sciences and biotechnology affects national expectations. Defence and counter-terrorism R&D funding have been increased since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Together, Department of Defense (DOD) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding total about 77% of the FY2007 R&D request.

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Summarises the research and development priority-setting issues - in terms of spending priorities, topical or field-specific priorities, and organisational arrangements to determine priorities.

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1604566108
ISBN 13 
9781604566109
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
87
Editor
Mahoney Anita V