Billions for Biodefense: Federal Agency Biodefense Funding, FY2009–FY2010

Table 1. U.S. Government Civilian Biodefense Funding,
FY2001–FY2010 (in $millions)
        FY
2001
FY
2002
FY
2003
FY
2004
FY
2005
FY
2006
FY
2007
FY
2008
(actual)
FY
2009
(est.)
FY
2010
(budget)
Total
HHS271.02,940.03,738.03,818.94,148.24,132.34,066.33,993.34,309.14,524.135,941.2
DoD273.9823.7422.1417.4429.6583.0555.0578.0623.8686.85,393.4
DHSa,b,c– – 422.01,788.02,981.2567.3353.8359.42,542.2396.19,410.0
Agricultured– − 200.0109.0298.0247.0186.0215.0218.0233.01,706.0
EPA20.0187.2132.9118.797.4129.1153.1157.4156.7159.81,312.5
State3.870.967.267.167.222.923.328.430.936.8418.4
NSF0.09.031.331.031.031.326.915.015.015.0205.4
Total
USG Civilian
Biodefense
Funding
568.74,030.85,013.56,350.18,052.65,712.95,364.45,346.67,895.76,051.654,386.8
Total
USG Civilian
Biodefense
Funding (minus
BioShield
funds)
568.74,030.85,013.55,465.15,545.65,712.95,364.45,346.65,720.76,051.6 
BioShield Funds– – – 885.02,507.0– – – 2,175.0  
Spent through
FY2009 
48,335.2 
Spent through
FY2009 +
FY2010
Budget
54,386.8
aThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in FY2003.
bDHS was unable to provide complete data; accordingly, some items are missing. See Table 5.
cDHS FY2004 and FY2005 budgets include one-time advanced appropriations for Project BioShield of $890 million and $2.5 billion, respectively, obligated for use through FY2008. The FY2009 budget also includes a one-time advanced BioShield appropriation of $2.2 billion, obligated for use through FY2013.
dFY2001–FY2002 numbers not available due to budget methods used by USDA.
Sources: HHS Budget in Brief FY2010; DHS Budget in Brief FY2010; DoD RDT&E Defense-Wide Budget; DoD FY2010 Budget Justifications; Department of the Army FY2010 Budget Justification; USDA Budget Summary FY2010; EPA Budget in Brief FY2010; Department of State Budget in Brief FY2010; NSF Budget in Brief FY2010; Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (P. L. 109-417).