United States DEPARTMENT of Commerce

R E Q U I R E D S U P P L E M E N T A R Y S T E W A R D S H I P I N F O R M A T I O N ( u n a u d i t e d )
(In Millions)
Performance Goal
FY 2005
Basic
Research
Applied
Research
Development
Promote Innovation, Facilitate Trade, Ensure Public Safety and
Security and Help Create Jobs by Strengthening the Nation’s
Measurements and Standards Infrastructure $ 66.6 $ 325.6 $ 14.3 $ 406.5
Accelerate Private Investment in and Development of
High-risk, Broad-Impact Technologies - 96.1 96.0 192.1
Total $ 66.6 $ 421.7 $ 110.3 $ 598.6
Total
(In Millions)
Performance Goal
FY 2004
Basic
Research
Applied
Research
Development
Provide Technical Leadership for the Nation’s Measurements and
Standards Infrastructure; and $ - $ - $ - $ -
Assure the Availability and Efficient Transfer of Measurement and
Standards Capabilities Essential to Established Industries $ 65.0 $ 319.7 $ 13.7 $ 398.4
Accelerate Private Investment in and Development of
High-risk, Broad-impact Technologies - 96.9 96.9 193.8
Total $ 65.0 $ 416.6 $ 110.6 $ 592.2
Total
NOAA:
NOAA conducts a substantial program of environmental R&D in support of its mission, much of which is performed to improve
the U.S.’s understanding of and ability to predict environmental phenomena. The scope of research includes:
Improving predictions and warnings associated with the weather, on time scales ranging from minutes to weeks;
Improving predictions of climate, on time scales ranging from months to centuries;
Improving understanding of natural relationships to better predict and manage renewable marine resources and coastal
and ocean ecosystems.
NOAA also conducts research that is intended to provide a solid scientific basis for environmental policy-making in government.
Examples of this research include determining the stratospheric ozone-depleting potential of proposed substitutes for
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and identifying the causes of the episodic high rural ozone levels that significantly damage crops
and forests.
NOAA conducts most R&D in-house; however, contractors to NOAA undertake most systems R&D. External R&D work
supported by NOAA includes that undertaken through federal-academic partnerships such as the National Sea Grant College
Program, the Cooperative Institutes of the Environmental Research Laboratories, the Climate and Global Change Program, and
the Coastal Ocean Program.
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