WHERE IT COMES FROM

FY 2017 Appropriations by Account ($7,472 million)

• 80% - Research and Related Activities (R&RA), $6,006 million
• 12% - Education and Human Resources (EHR), $873 million
• 5% - Agency Operations and Award Management (AOAM), $359 million
• 3% - Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC), $215 million
• < 1% - Office of Inspector General (OIG), $15 million
• < 1% - National Science Board (NSB), $4 million

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. MREFC includes $6 million transferred from R&RA to fund NEON construction. AOAM includes $29 million in transfers for NSF headquarters relocation expenses. Transfers to AOAM: $22 million from R&RA, and $7 million from EHR. These transfers were authorized by P.L. 115-31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017.

WHERE IT GOES - INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY NSF

FY 2017 Obligations for Research and Education Programs ($ 7,103 million)

• 78% - Colleges, Universities and Academic Consortia, $ 5,558 million
• 13% - Private Industry (includes small businesses), $ 951 million
• 3% - Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, $ 222 million
• 5% - Other (includes federal, state and local governments; nonprofit organizations; and international organizations), $ 372 million

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. NSF Research and Education Programs include Research & Related Activities, Education & Human Resources, and Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction appropriations.

HOW IT GETS THERE - NSF AWARD MECHANISMS

FY 2017 Obligations for Research and Education Programs ($ 7,103 million)

• 73% - Grants, $ 5,211 million
• 22% - Cooperative Agreements, $ 1,551 million
• 5% - Contracts, $ 341 million

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. NSF Research and Education Programs include Research & Related Activities, Education & Human Resources, and Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction appropriations.

HOW IT IS SPENT

Number of NSF Competitive Proposals, New Awards, and Funding Rates

	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017
Competitive Proposals	49,014	48,074	49,635	49,306	49,425
New Awards	10,844	10,981	12,106	11,893	11,456
Funding Rate (%)	22%	23%	24%	24%	23%

NSF Support of Academic Basic Research in Selected Fields (as a percentage of total federal support)

• 83% - Computer Science
• 69% - Biology
• 68% - Social and Psychological Sciences
• 64% - Mathematics
• 63% - Environmental Sciences
• 46% - Engineering
• 45% - Physical Sciences
• 27% - All Science and Engineering Fields

Note: Biology includes Biological Sciences and Environmental Biology. Biology and Psychological Sciences exclude National Institutes of Health funding from the total amount of federal support.

Source: NSF/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research & Development, FY 2015.