What project 796 buys
The Laboratory Resource Management project provides funding for the Defense Laboratory Office within the USW(R&E). The Defense Laboratory Office mission is to craft policy and provide the oversight necessary to both preserve current, and develop future, DoW in-house laboratory capabilities such that they continue to generate mission-critical innovations that increase the U.S. military advantage and enhance U.S. national security. The Defense Laboratory Office advocates and supports the DoW laboratory system in three areas: (1) facilities and infrastructure; (2) personnel and quality of workforce; and (3) technology transfer. FY 2022 added the Central Lab Investment Program (CLIP). This effort seeks to address infrastructure gaps within the Department’s Laboratory community by establishing a dedicated funding stream for the DoW’s laboratories to address infrastructure issues, including facility planning, design, construction, sustainment repair, and/or modernization. The DoW Laboratory Enterprise consists of more than 60 laboratories with approximately 67,000 employees (approximately 50,000 of whom are scientists and engineers). Section 211 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2017 also transferred the management of the laboratory demonstration program at Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) from the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness (USW(P&R)) to the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (USW(R&E)). Section 218 of the NDAA for FY 2018 amended the authority by re-designating management to the USW(R&E).
Project 796 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 37.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 40.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 43.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 45.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 48.6 |
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. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
CLIP will continue an annual cycle of calling for proposals for laboratory projects to modernize specific critical laboratory capabilities and facilities to realize the goals of the 2026 National Defense Strategy for a technically superior warfighting capability.
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work This project will continue to support the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for S&T with contract support, studies and analysis to develop policy, and provide the oversight necessary to execute current, and develop future, DoW in-house laboratory efficiencies such that they continue to generate mission-critical innovations that increase the U.S. military advantage,enhance U.S. national security, and execute the Secretary of War’s initiatives for a more technologically advanced military. Specific portfolios include: - S&T Workforce and STRL oversight - R&D Lab Infrastructure revitalization - Human and animal subject research - Medical, chemical, and extreme environment research policies
FY2026 to FY2027 change Minor budget increase of .026 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Propose and evaluate best practices for planning, programming, and executing infrastructure construction projects at DoW Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) and support methodologies for assessing their readiness to achieve their missions.
FY2025 accomplishments Propose and evaluate best practices for planning, programming, and executing infrastructure construction projects at DoD Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) and support methodologies for assessing their readiness to achieve their missions.