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Emerging Challenges to Federal Funding for Science and Innovation
Jerry SheehanGovernment Program Manager
July 15, 2005
The American Waterfall of Technological Innovation
Federal Funding Drives R&D at Universities
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Universities are Critical Performers of R&D for NIH and NSF
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The Long Wave of Federal Spending Shows A Troubling Pinching of Discretionary Spending
Congressional Budget Office, Jan 2005
The Growing Deficit Puts Pressure on Discretionary Spending
The Elephant in the Room
Budget Pressures Cause Basic Research to Flatline
FY06 R&D Funding by Select Agency
The Time of Troubles
DARPA Funding Trends
DARPA Support for IT Research
Total IT research funding
University IT research
funding
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004
Annual funding, $M
~125M for FY05
43% reduction in 5 years!
Impact of Funding Change on NSF
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The Forces of Globalization: American Science and Engineering Dominance is
Challenged
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Source: Richard Freeman, National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2005
Market Forces and Impacts on Computer Science Majors
Percentage of freshmen interested in CS
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
The Only Thing We Have To Fear is Fear Itself:Reaction to International Students
Foreign Student Enrollment: The Impact of 9/11 in Historical Context
Source: Institute for International Education, Open Doors 2004 Report
California is Heavily Impacted by Changein Foreign Student Enrollment
Source: Institute for International Education, Open Doors 2004 Report