President Bush's 2005 Budget:
Defense and Homeland Security R&D Up; Other Programs Down or Flat

In his FY 2005 budget, released on February 2, President Bush proposed $132 billion for research and development (R&D) across all federal agencies, a 10 percent increase from FY 2004. Nearly all of President Bush's proposed $132 billion request in R&D went to the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH); in aggregate, funding for all other R&D agencies remained flat.
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President Bush Requests Increased Funding for FreedomCar and Hydrogen Fuel Initiatives

A year after President Bush launched a $1.2 billion hydrogen fuel initiative to support the technology, fuel and infrastructure challenges to creating a hydrogen-powered economy, Congress and the Administration have steadily followed through to make this plan a reality.
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"Small" Science Funding Grows Slightly

The President's FY 2005 Budget provides almost $1 billion for the multi-agency National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a doubling over levels in 2001. Launched as an Executive Branch initiative in 2001, the NNI has become one of the Bush Administration's top multi-agency research and development priorities. Ten federal agencies currently fund NNI activities, and several other agencies participate in coordination.
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