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Full Biden FY22 Budget Request Released

The President's Budget Request (PBR) for Fiscal Year 2022 was released on May 28th. The release of a PBR typically marks the official start of the annual appropriations process on Capitol Hill. The step usually takes place on the first Monday in February. However, the PBR is often delayed in presidential transition years to allow a new administration time to set its spending priorities. The administration released a budget outline or "skinny budget" back in April.

The FY22 PBR generally reflects the Biden administration's plan to boost federal R&D programs. Outside of DOD, significant increases are requested in the PBR for federal research agencies and programs -see below.

Noteworthy:

  • NIH - The PBR includes $6.5 billion available through FY 2024 for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health that will collaborate "with industry, academia, nonprofits, and other Federal agencies, using traditional and nontraditional mechanisms like Other Transaction Authority, to scale up projects with the most promise for improving health and saving lives..."
  • DOE - The PBR includes $200 million for FY 2022 that "will invest in climate-related innovations necessary to enable adaptation, increase resilience and achieve net zero non-energy emissions by 2050."
  • NSF - Includes the creation of a technology directorate, as called for in the American Jobs Plan, Endless Frontiers Act (Senate), and NSF For the Future Act (House).

What research groups are saying:

APLU Statement on President Biden’s Budget Proposal

AAMC Statement on President’s FY 2022 Budget Proposal

Research!America Statement on President Biden's FY22 Budget Proposal

Research Account
Dollars in Millions		 FY20 FY21 FY20 – FY21 % Change FY22 PBR EST/TBD FY22 PBR – FY21 Enacted % Change EST/TBD FY22 Preliminary APLU Request* (>) FY22 APLU Request – FY21 Enacted % Change
Department of Defense, Science & Technology (6.1-6.3) 16,074 16,873 +4.97% 14,685 -12.97% 17,885 +6.00%
Department of Defense, S&T, Basic Research (6.1) 2,603 2,671 +2.61% 2,282 -14.56% 2,831 +5.99%
Department of Defense, DARPA 3,458 3,501 1.24% 3,528 +0.77% 3,712 +6.03%
ED, Institute of Education Sciences 623.5 642.5 +3.05% 737.5 14.79% 700 +8.95%
Energy, Office of Science 7,000 7,026 +0.37%  7,400  +5.32% 7,700 +9.59%
Energy, ARPA-E 425 427 +0.47% 500 +17.1% 500 +17.10%
EPA, Office of Science 716 729.3 +1.86% 829.9 +13.79% 773 +5.99%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Science Mission Directorate 7,139 7,301 +2.27% 7,931 +8.63% 9,000 +23.27%
NASA, Aeronautics Research Directorate 784 828.7 +5.70% 915 +10.41%  900 +8.60%
NASA, Space Technology 1,100 1,100 0.00%  1,400 +27.27%  1,500 +36.36%
National Endowment for the Humanities 162.3 167.5 +3.20% 177.6 +6.03% 225 +34.33%
National Institute of Food Agriculture, Ag. and Food Research Initiative 425 435 +2.35% 700 +60.92% 470 +8.05%
National Institutes of Health 41,700 42,900 +2.88%  52,000  +21.21% 46,111 +7.48%
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Manufacturing Extension Partnerships 146 150 +2.74%  275  +83.33% 165 +10.00%
NIST, National Network for Manufacturing Innovation 16 16.5 +3.13% 167 +912.12% 40 +142.42%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 548 570.6 +4.12% 722 +26.53% 640 +12.16%
NOAA, Sea Grant 67 69.5 +3.73% TBD TBD 107.9 +55.25%
National Science Foundation 8,280 8,487 +2.50%  10,200 +20.18%  10,000 +17.83%
Jonathan Nurse

R&D Prominent in Biden Address to Congress

R&D Prominent in Biden Address to Congress

Last night, President Biden used his first speech to a joint session of Congress to lay out an ambitious agenda intended to speed the nation's emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic crisis as well as to bolster global competitiveness. The need for significant increases in U.S. investments in research and development was given significant attention in the speech. 

"[The] American Jobs Plan will be the biggest increase in non-defense research and development on record. We’ll see more technological change — and some of you know more about this than I do — we’ll see more technological change this the next 10 years than we saw in the last 50. That’s how rapidly artificial intelligence, and so much more, is changing. And we’re falling behind the competition with the rest of the world.

Decades ago, we used to invest 2 percent of our gross domestic product in America, 2 percent of our gross domestic product in research and development. Today, Mr. Secretary, that’s less than 1 percent. China and other countries are closing in fast. We have to develop and dominate the products and technologies of the future. Advanced batteries, biotechnology, computer chips, clean energy.

The National Institutes of Health, the N.I.H, I believe, should create a similar advanced research projects agency for health. And that would — here’s what it would do: It would have a singular purpose, to develop breakthroughs to prevent, detect and treat diseases like Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer. I’ll still never forget when we passed the cancer proposal in the last year as vice president, almost $9 million going to N.I.H. You’ll excuse the point of personal privilege. I’ll never forget you standing, Mitch, and saying, name it after my deceased son. It meant a lot.

But so many of us have deceased sons, daughters and relatives who died of cancer. I can think of no more worthy investment. I know of nothing that is more bipartisan. So let’s end cancer as we know it. It’s within our power. It’s within our power to do it."

Since his election, Biden has made no secret of intention to propose significant increases for federal research agencies. The American Job Plan proposes an unprecedented increase of $180 billion for R&D. Additionally, an outline of the president's Fiscal Year 2022 budget request includes double-digit increases for the NSF, NIH, NASA, and NIST. 

The R&D components of the president's agenda largely have bipartisan support. However, it remains to be seen if the total price-tag of the president's plans yield enough congressional opposition to halt the efforts. 

Jonathan Nurse

Slow but Steady Start for FY22 Appropriations Process

A president's budget request for the coming fiscal year is typically released in early February and marks the beginning of the appropriations process on Capitol Hill. However, during presidential transition years the PBR is usually delayed by several weeks.

Appropriators on Capitol Hill are moving forward with the FY22 appropriations process, despite the lack of a full budget request from the White House. Over the last few weeks, the House Appropriations subcommittees have held hearings with federal agency leaders, including from the National Science Foundation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation. Additionally, individual members are reviewing funding recommendations from stakeholders. The Senate pace is a bit behind the House. However, appropriations have heard from NSF and Defense officials. 

The White House has released a budget outline or "skinny budget" and indicated that a full budget request should follow in May. Research and student financial aid line-items detailed in the budget outline are captured below.

FSU is working with SUS counterparts and national higher education and research advocacy groups to engage the Hill on FY22 appropriations. Individual faculty and staff who have line-items within the budget that they would like to discuss with the Florida delegation are asked to contact Federal Relations so that efforts can be coordinated and appropriately reported on Lobbying Disclosure Act quarterly submissions. 

Research Account
Dollars in Millions		 FY20 FY21 FY20 – FY21 % Change FY22 PBR EST/TBD FY22 PBR – FY21 Enacted % Change EST/TBD FY22 Preliminary APLU Request* (>) FY22 APLU Request – FY21 Enacted % Change
Department of Defense, Science & Technology (6.1-6.3) 16,074 16,873 +4.97%     17,885 +6.00%
Department of Defense, S&T, Basic Research (6.1) 2,603 2,671 +2.61%     2,831 +5.99%
Department of Defense, DARPA 3,458 3,501 1.24%     3,712 +6.03%
ED, Institute of Education Sciences 623.5 642.5 +3.05%     700 +8.95%
Energy, Office of Science 7,000 7,026 +0.37%  7,400  +5.32% 7,700 +9.59%
Energy, ARPA-E 425 427 +0.47%     500 +17.10%
EPA, Office of Science 716 729.3 +1.86%     773 +5.99%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Science Mission Directorate 7,139 7,301 +2.27%     9,000 +23.27%
NASA, Aeronautics Research Directorate 784 828.7 +5.70% 915 +10.41%  900 +8.60%
NASA, Space Technology 1,100 1,100 0.00%  1,400 +27.27%  1,500 +36.36%
National Endowment for the Humanities 162.3 167.5 +3.20%     225 +34.33%
National Institute of Food Agriculture, Ag. and Food Research Initiative 425 435 +2.35%     470 +8.05%
National Institutes of Health 41,700 42,900 +2.88%  51,000  +18.88% 46,111 +7.48%
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Manufacturing Extension Partnerships 146 150 +2.74%  275  +83.33% 165 +10.00%
NIST, National Network for Manufacturing Innovation 16 16.5 +3.13%     40 +142.42%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 548 570.6 +4.12%     640 +12.16%
NOAA, Sea Grant 67 69.5 +3.73%     107.9 +55.25%
National Science Foundation 8,280 8,487 +2.50%  10,200 +20.18%  10,000 +17.83%
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