The Energy Sciences Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter urging appropriations leaders to provide at least $8.6 billion in FY25 for the Department of Energy Office of Science as they prepare the final FY25 Energy-Water conference bill. As the letter explained, the DOE Office of Science is “the nation’s largest funder of the physical sciences” and “builds and maintains the nation’s largest collection of world-class scientific facilities.”
The letter also recommended that “Congress provide an additional $900 million in supplemental funding to increase total appropriations in FY 2025 for the DOE Office of Science to $9.5 billion, consistent with the FY 2024 authorized funding level in the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.” The letter noted that the funding would support an array of critical basic science and infrastructure needs, as well as key DOE priorities in artificial intelligence, quantum, microelectronics, and other areas.