# Central Lab Investment Program (CLIP)

**R-2A activity** of project 796 — Laboratory Resource Management  
**Program element:** 0605798D8Z — Defense Technology Analysis  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605798D8Z/796/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605798D8Z/796

## Summary

This activity requests $34.2M in FY2027, 90% of project 796, up 21% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase of $6.029 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027 will enable additional CLIP lab modernization projects to be eligible for award.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 CLIP project awards will be made in FY 2026. Proposal selection and award prioritization is based on DoW mission impact, alignment with S&T priorities, cross-laboratory collaboration, and project executability. In addition, plans for the “FY 2027 CLIP Call For Proposals” will be initiated followed by FY 2027 CLIP proposals received and evaluated in FY 2026, pending award in FY 2027.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will address the challenges that the Service laboratories face in their attempts to fund laboratory and equipment capability improvements through a comprehensive strategic plan. Select and award laboratory infrastructure and equipment projects received under a FY 2024 call for proposals.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 34.2 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 796

- Laboratories and Personnel Office — FY2027 3.7

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605798D8Z project 796 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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