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Investing in Science and the Department of Energy’s

Core Research Mission

The climate crisis calls for a new moonshot. To achieve President Biden’s goal of reaching net-
zero emissions by no later than 2050, the United States needs to develop, demonstrate, and
deploy the technologies that are available today while continuing transformative scientific and
technological research that could lead to game-changing breakthroughs. At the Leaders Summit
on Climate on Earth Day 2021, President Biden charged the Department of Energy with
speeding the development of critical clean energy and carbon pollution reduction technologies.
In response, the Department of Energy launched the Energy Earthshots initiative to accelerate
technological breakthroughs and transform key energy technologies over the next decade—
lowering costs, raising performance, creating new jobs, and helping to achieve the President’s
ambitious climate goal to achieve net zero emissions economywide no later than 2050.

The Inflation Reduction Act invests in the Department of Energy’s core research mission and
world-class laboratories to continue to build the scientific foundation for rapid decarbonization.

Funding Overview

The Inflation Reduction Act provides $2 billion to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science
and national laboratories.

• $1.55 billion to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to support national
laboratory infrastructure improvements. On November 4, 2022, the Department of
Energy announced how it will allocate this funding to upgrade scientific facilities,
modernize infrastructure, and address deferred maintenance projects at the Department of
Energy’s national laboratories. This funding—one of the largest ever investments in
national laboratory infrastructure—will advance solutions-driven research and innovation
conducted by America’s best scientists to tackle the nation’s greatest challenges and put
America in position to achieve the President’s ambitious climate goals.

• $450 million to support infrastructure improvements at three key national
laboratories: the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory,
and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Programs Covered in This Chapter
IRA
Agency Program Name Amount
Section
Department of Energy 50172(a) National Laboratory Infrastructure - Office of Science $1,550,000,000

Department of Energy 50172(b) National Laboratory Infrastructure - Office of Fossil $150,000,000
Energy and Carbon Management
Department of Energy 50172(c) Idaho National Laboratory Infrastructure Investments $150,000,000

Department of Energy 50172(d) National Laboratory Infrastructure - Office of Energy $150,000,000
Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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