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NSF Congressional Highlight
Summary
of NSF Appropriation for FY 02
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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 |
|
FY01 |
Request |
House |
Senate |
FINAL |
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BIO |
485.4 |
483.1 |
529.0 |
500.6 |
509.0 |
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CISE |
477.9 |
470.4 |
521.0 |
523.0 |
515.8 |
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ENG |
430.8 |
431.0 |
469.0 |
454.0 |
467.5 |
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GEO |
562.2 |
558.5 |
613.0 |
570.0 |
610.7 |
![divider line](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114140627im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/hex-b6b6b6.gif) |
MPS |
850.8 |
863.6 |
927.0 |
897.5 |
922.2 |
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SBE |
164.4 |
163.2 |
179.0 |
165.2 |
168.9 |
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OPP |
273.3 |
276.6 |
299.0 |
281.6 |
297.8 |
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OIA |
97.8 |
80.6 |
106.0 |
115.6 |
106.5 |
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R&RA
Total |
3342.6 |
3326.9 |
3642.3 |
3514.4 |
3598.3 |
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EHR |
785.6 |
872.4 |
886.0 |
872.4 |
875.0 |
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MRE |
121.3 |
96.3 |
135.3 |
108.8 |
138.8 |
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S&E |
160.5 |
170.4 |
170.4 |
170.4 |
170.4 |
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OIG |
6.2 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
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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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