The President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2007 was released this morning. The highlights can be found here and the details here. It includes the 14.1% increase for the DOE Office of Science as reported here last week. $60 M from the high energy physics budget is earmarked for Research&Development of the accelerator design for the International Linear Collider. I think that's a good thing, but others may be disappointed. Here's the accompanying language:
The HEP request also develops the most compelling new scientific opportunities for the U.S. HEP program in the next decade, including $60 million of R&D for a potential international linear collider, enabling a U.S. leadership role in a comprehensive, coordinated international R&D program. While the future trajectory of the HEP program has a strong emphasis on linear collider R&D, it will also provide a diverse array of other world-leading efforts, including the understanding of dark energy, strong U.S. participation in Large Hadron Collider physics, and forefront neutrino experiments and facilities.
