OMB and OSTP Release S&T Guidance for FY 2012 Budgets

Jul 29, 2010

U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Peter Orszag and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director John Holdren released their annual joint memo to agency heads last week titled “Science and Technology Priorities for the FY 2012 Budget.”  The memo reiterates the U.S. Administration’s long-term goal for investment in R&D to reach 3% of GDP, and encourages agencies to pursue transformational and multidisciplinary approaches aligned with six “challenges and areas to be strengthened.”

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-30.pdf