March 2, 2020 | Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
View Full Report:Â DOE Outlook – March 2, 2020
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science is making major investments in new research initiatives. Some of these research initiatives are tied to the Trump Administration’s research and development priorities in the Industries of the Future, such as Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information Science, while others are unique to meeting DOE missions, such as critical materials for energy applications and revolutionizing polymer upcycling. This analysis provides advance intelligence on future funding and research priorities for each major research initiative in the Office of Science.
The Office of Science currently has 13 major research initiatives. Seven were launched several years ago while six are proposed as new initiatives for fiscal year (FY) 2021. While Congress will ultimately decide final funding levels for these major initiatives through the FY 2021 appropriations process, which recently started in February 2020, the table below lists the major initiatives, proposed funding levels in FY 2021, and a comparison to prior years.