RDT&E Project · President's Budget PB2027

Science Alliances and Talent Development for DAF Superiority

Project 613004·PE 0601102F — Defense Research Sciences·U.S. Air Force·BA1
FY2027 Request
$26.9M
▲ 8.2% vs FY2026
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Project 613004 — Science Alliances and Talent Development for DAF Superiority requests $26.9M in FY2027, 9.1% of the $296.5M requested for program element 0601102F, up 8.2% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

FY2027 Request
$26.9M
▲ 8.1% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$24.9M
▼ 19% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$30.8M
Prior year
Project detail

What project 613004 buys

The major efforts in the Science Alliances and Talent Development for DAF Superiority Project are to facilitate interactions between the international and domestic research communities and Department of the Air Force researchers, and to develop scientists and engineers with an awareness of Department of the Air Force basic research priorities. These professional interactions and collaborations benefit the Department of the Air Force by increasing awareness of basic research priorities in the research community as a whole and attracting talented scientists and engineers to address Department of the Air Force needs. International interactions foster relationships with scientific partners and leverage international expertise in nascent scientific developments. This project also seeks to enhance interactions with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and other institutions, in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 4144, Research and Educational Programs and Activities: Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-serving Institutions of Higher Education.

Funding trajectory

Project 613004 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

25030.8FY25ACTUAL24.9FY26ENACTED26.9FY27REQUEST25.7FY2841.9FY2943.0FY3043.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual30.8
FY2026Enacted24.9
FY2027Request26.9
FY2028Outyear25.7
FY2029Outyear41.9
FY2030Outyear43.0
FY2031Outyear43.8
Inside the project

2 accomplishments / planned programs

The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.

FY2025 actual$15.3M
FY2026 enacted$15.4M
FY2027 request$14.6M

- Continue funding disruptive basic research opportunities at international universities and organizations discovered by engaging with and leveraging the worldwide research community. - Continue to explore foreign investments and influence premier scientific leaders on specific topics of interest to the Department of the Air Force…

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FY2025 actual$15.5M
FY2026 enacted$9.5M
FY2027 request$12.3M

- Continue identifying, recruiting, and increasing opportunities for new investigators to participate in critical Department of the Air Force research. - Continue to support basic science, mathematics, and engineering research efforts to include funding in microelectronics, materials, energy, aerospace, quantum science, and other fields…

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