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2009 FEDERAL R&D BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS: *In President Bush's 2009 Budget, total Federal R&D is $147 billion, a record in real terms and an increase of $3.9 billion (three percent) over FY 2008. This represents a 61% increase compared to 2001's $91.3 billion. *With this Budget, Federal R&D investment under this Administration will total over $1 trillion, 42% more inflation-adjusted investment than the previous eight years. *Non-defense R&D increases six percent in the 2009 Budget over FY 2008, compared to less than one percent for overall non-security discretionary spending. *With the 2009 Budget, real growth in outlays for the conduct of nondefense R&D is up over 31% under this Administration, compared to less than 11% for the previous eight years. *Non-defense R&D outlays are estimated to be 10.6% of total non-defense discretionary spending in 2009, compared to 10.5% in 2008 and 10.5% in 2001. *Funding for basic research is $29.3 billion in 2009, up from $21.3 billion in 2001 a 37% increase. *Reinforcing the President's commitment to the American Competitiveness Initiative, which seeks to double investment in key civilian Federal science agencies (NSF, DoE Office of Science, NIST core) that support basic research in the physical sciences and engineering, the 2009 Budget calls for $12.2 billion total, an overall funding increase of $1.6 billion, or 15%. *NSF is increased 13.6% (+$822 million) to $6.85 billion in 2009 and by 55% since 2001. *DoE's Office of Science is increased 18.8% (+$749 million) to $4.72 billion in 2009 and by 48% since 2001. *National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) "core" intramural research and facilities are increased 21.5% (+$112 million) after accounting for earmarks and unrequested grants to $634 million in 2009 and 83% since 2001. *The President's 2009 Budget includes $1.7 billion for DoD basic research, $270 million more than requested in FY 2008 and 34% more than 2001.
