On July 21st, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), issued a joint memorandum directing the heads of agencies and departments in their FY2012 budget submissions to reallocate resources from low priority areas to science and technology (S&T) efforts that would address six specific challenges. The six challenges are:
- Economic growth and job creation
- Improving health outcomes while reducing health care costs
- Clean energy
- Mitigating climate change
- Sustainability and biodiversity
- National security