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Federal budget continues growth for innovation initiativesDecember 22, 2020
Department of Commerce
- EDA: Build to Scale – $38 million (+$5 million from FY 2020) – At least $30 million for the Venture Challenge and $6 million for the Capital Challenge
- EDA: STEM Apprenticeships – $2 million (no change)
- EDA total funding – $346 million (+$13 million)
- NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership – $150 million (+$4 million)
- NIST: Manufacturing USA – $16.5 million (+$0.5 million)
- NIST: Scientific & Technical Research & Services – $788 million (+$38 million)
- Minority Business Development Agency – $48 million (+$6 million) – Designates $9 million for broad agency announcements with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship
- Regional Innovation Clusters – $6 million (+$1 million from FY 2020)
- FAST Partnership Program – $4 million (+$1 million)
- Growth Accelerators Fund Competition – $2 million (no change)
- Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot – $3 million (new) – Initiative that will provide up to three grants to states to support access to cybersecurity tools
- Overall funding level – $8.5 billion (+$208 million from FY 2020) – Includes $210 million for quantum information science research
- I-Corps – $40 million (+$5 million)
- Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) – $200 million (+$10 million)
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – $7.9 billion (+$123 million from FY 2020)
- NIH – $42.9 billion (+$1.25 billion) – Includes $397 million for Institutional Development Awards (+$10 million) and $50 million for public and nonprofit biomedical research facilities
- BARDA – $596.7 million (+$35 million)
- Research, Development, Test & Evaluation – $107 billion (+$2.7 billion)
- Defense Manufacturing Communities – $50 million (+$25 million)
- Rural Innovation Stronger Economy – $5 million (no change from FY 2020)
- Rural Cooperative Development Grants – $26.6 million (no change) – Includes $2.8 million for technology transfer for rural areas program
- Agricultural Research Service – $1.5 billion (+$77 million)
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture – $1.6 billion (+$43 million)
- ARPA-E – $427 million (+$2 million from FY 2020)
- Office of Science – $7.0 billion (+$26 million)
- Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes – $28 million (did not receive a specific line item in FY 2020) – $14 million is for a new institute
- Office of Technology Transitions – (no line item given) – Includes an additional $5 million for a program to fund clean energy incubators that have support from state, regional and local entities
- Apprenticeship Grant Program – $185 million (+$10 million from FY 2020)
- Strengthening Community College Training Grants – $45 million (+$5 million)
- Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities – $35 million (+$5 million) – For use in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority
- Science office – $7.3 billion (+$162 million from FY 2020)
- EPSCoR – $26 million (+$2 million)
- Regional Economic Development – $8 million (no change)
- STEM Engagement – $127 million (+$7 million)
- CDFI Fund – $270 million (+$8 million)
- Appalachian Regional Commission – $180 million (+$5 million)
- Delta Regional Authority – $30 million (no change)
- Department of Education: Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development Grants – $10 million (new) – Competitive program to support higher education enrollment and completion for high-skill/wage or in-demand programs
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