Tech Submits Federal Budget Requests
Recently, Tech’s federal relations director, Robert Knotts, briefed the campus community on the Institute’s federal appropriations requests now that the FY15 budget process is in full swing.
“We are proactively working to minimize the effects of a budget landscape that is still focused on cutting,” said Knotts. “The good news is that the budget deal that ended sequestration brings some stability, and federal research priorities are very much in line with core and emerging strengths at Georgia Tech.”
Each year, Georgia Tech, in coordination with other major research consortia, formally submits requests to members of the Georgia congressional delegation.
Requests ask the members of Congress to weigh in with the Appropriations Committees in support of federal programs that are important to Georgia Tech. In some cases, these initiatives are elevated by letters of support signed by members of Congress. Letters can be found at www.gov.gatech.edu.
Programmatic Requests
This year’s programmatic requests that benefit a large population of campus include support for basic and applied research at the Department of Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Energy Office of Science, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Pell Grant program, NASA Space Technology, and Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Targeted Requests
Georgia Tech also submitted requests for continued support for specific programs, including the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Procurement Assistance Center, and the Southeastern Trade Adjustment Center, all of which operate out of Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2).
Additional requests were submitted for the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Technical Assistance Program and Regional Innovation Strategies Program; the Georgia Water Resources Institute; the Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), Effective Teaching and Learning: STEM, and First in the World Competition; Title VI of the Higher Education Act (supporting international education); the Food & Drug Administration Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program; the AMAC assistive technology center; and the NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.