NSF Congressional Update
107th Congress
November 27, 2001
Summary of NSF Appropriation for FY 02
On November 26, the President signed into law the
VA-HUD and Independent Agencies appropriations bill
(H.R. 2620) for the 2002 fiscal year, which includes
funding for the National Science Foundation. Overall,
NSF funding increased by $372.5 million to $4.789
billion. This represents an 8.4 percent increase over
the previous year.
 Within
the broader accounts, Research and Related Activities
will increase by 7.7 percent ($255.7 million), to
$3.598 billion; Education and Human Resources will
increase by 11.4 percent to $875 million; and the
Major Research equipment account will increase by
14.4 percent to $138.8 million. Salaries and Expenses
will increase by 9.9% to match the $170.0 million
request, and the Office of Inspector General will
receive the requested 9.7 percent increase to $6.8
million.
The appropriation provides for specific funding levels
for Science and Technology Centers ($26.61 million);
Major Research Instrumentation ($75.9 million); the
Information Technology Research program ($25 million);
Nanoscale Science and Engineering ($25 million).
 In
addition, Major Research and Facilities Construction
Projects are identified at the following specified
funding levels: Large Hadron Collider ($16.9 million);
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation ($24.4
million); High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform
for Environmental Research ($35.0 million); Terascale
Computing Systems( $35 million); ICE CUBE Neutrino
Detector ($15 million); and Atacama Large Millimeter
Array ($12.5 million).
Within the Education and Human Resources Directorate,
specific funding levels are provided for EPSCoR ($80
million plus $30 million in co-funding from the R&RA
account); the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority
Participation ($28 million); Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Undergraduate Program ($17 million);
Mathematics and Science Partnerships ($160 million);
Noyce Scholarships ($5 million); Office of Innovative
Partnerships ($11.00 million); Undergraduate Workforce
Initiative ($5 million); and $105 million to increase
the level of graduate student stipends to $21,500.
FY 2002 National
Science Foundation
Appropriations Table
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FY01
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Request
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House
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Senate
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FINAL
|
|
BIO
|
485.4
|
483.1
|
529.0
|
500.6
|
509.0
|
|
CISE
|
477.9
|
470.4
|
521.0
|
523.0
|
515.8
|
|
ENG
|
430.8
|
431.0
|
469.0
|
454.0
|
467.5
|
|
GEO
|
562.2
|
558.5
|
613.0
|
570.0
|
610.7
|
|
MPS
|
850.8
|
863.6
|
927.0
|
897.5
|
922.2
|
|
SBE
|
164.4
|
163.2
|
179.0
|
165.2
|
168.9
|
|
OPP
|
273.3
|
276.6
|
299.0
|
281.6
|
297.8
|
|
OIA
|
97.8
|
80.6
|
106.0
|
115.6
|
106.5
|
|
R&RA Total
|
3342.6
|
3326.9
|
3642.3
|
3514.4
|
3598.3
|
|
EHR
|
785.6
|
872.4
|
886.0
|
872.4
|
875.0
|
|
MRE
|
121.3
|
96.3
|
135.3
|
108.8
|
138.8
|
|
S&E
|
160.5
|
170.4
|
170.4
|
170.4
|
170.4
|
|
OIG
|
6.2
|
6.8
|
6.8
|
6.8
|
6.8
|
|
NSF Total
|
4416.4
|
4472.5
|
4840.1
|
4672.8
|
4789.3
|
BIO - Biological Sciences
CISE- Computer and Information Science and Engineering
ENG - Engineering
GEO - Geosciences
MPS - Mathematics and Physical Sciences
SBE - Science, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
OPP - Office of Polar Programs
OIA - Integrative Activities
R&RA - Research and Related Activities
EHR - Education and Human Resources
MRE - Major Research Equipment
S&E - Salaries and Expenses
OIG - Office of Inspector General
See also:
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