This chapter explores the role of the R&D Budget and Policy Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, including providing information resources, interactive dashboards, and reports on federal R&D trends. The hosts also discuss their journey from journalism to their current role and their involvement in giving talks, working with the media, and assisting policymakers with R&D spending analysis.
How do budgets evolve into policies? As Congress starts to appropriate money for President Biden’s 2023 budget requests, we talk with Matt Hourihan, director of the R&D Budget and Policy Program for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Hourihan tells of his own introduction to the byzantine mysteries of the budget, how the process works (and sometimes doesn’t work!), and what the numbers reveal about today’s science policy priorities.
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