NSF Congressional Highlight
Full-year Appropriations Bill Passed, NSF Funded at $6.8 Billion for FY 2011

May 23, 2011

Congress passed, and the President signed into law, a full-year continuing appropriations act that funds federal agencies through September 30, 2011. The final version of H.R. 1473 is the result of a bipartisan agreement reached late in the evening of Friday, April 8, averting by hours a threatened government shutdown. On April 14, the House approved the measure by a vote of 260-167. The Senate voted on the same day, approving the measure by a vote of 81-19, clearing the bill for the White House. President Obama signed it into law (P.L. 112-10) the following day.

NSF is funded at approximately $6.8 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2011, a $65 million, or one percent, reduction from the FY 2010 enacted spending level. The FY 2011 figure includes a 0.2 percent across-the-board rescission applied to all non-defense programs.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
FY 2011 ENACTED APPROPRIATIONS BY PROGRAM SUBACTIVITY

(Dollars in Millions)

Activity/Subactivity	FY 2011 Current Plan
Molecular & Cellular Biosciences	$123.78
Integrative Organismal Systems	$212.79
Environmental Biology	$142.69
Biological Infrastructure	$129.48
Emerging Frontiers	$102.81
TOTAL, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES	$711.56
Computing & Communication Foundations	$175.77
Information and Intelligent Systems	$168.74
Computer & Network Systems	$209.84
Information Technology Research	$80.74
TOTAL, COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING	$635.10
Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems	$158.74
Civil, Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation	$189.70
Electrical, Communications, & Cyber Systems	$97.28
Industrial Innovation & Partnerships	$162.71
Engineering Education & Centers	$125.28
Emerging Frontiers in Research & Innovation	$29.00
TOTAL, ENGINEERING	$762.71
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences	$257.61
Earth Sciences	$183.43
Integrative and Collaborative Education and Research	$91.83
Ocean Sciences	$351.90
TOTAL, GEOSCIENCES	$884.77
Astronomical Sciences	$236.46
Chemistry	$232.74
Materials Research	$294.59
Mathematical Sciences	$239.83
Physics	$278.55
Multidisciplinary Activities	$26.12
TOTAL, MATHEMATICAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES	$1,308.28
Social and Economic Sciences	$95.56
Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences	$91.18
SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities	$25.08
National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics 1	$35.41
TOTAL, SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL & ECONOMIC SCIENCES	$247.23
OFFICE OF CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE	$209.94
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING	$49.04
Arctic Sciences	$105.71
Antarctic Sciences	$69.16
Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics including [US Antarctic Logistical Support Activities]	$258.13 [67.52]
Polar Environment, Health, and Safety	$6.52
USCG Polar Icebreaking 2	$53.89
TOTAL, OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS	$493.40
EPSCoR Activities	$146.83
Other Integrative Activities	$113.43
TOTAL, INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES	$260.26
UNITED STATES ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION	$1.58
TOTAL, RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES	$5,563.87
Undergraduate Education	$284.97
Graduate Education	$170.90
Human Resource Development	$156.50
Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings	$248.67
TOTAL, EDUCATION & HUMAN RESOURCES	$861.03
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION	$117.06
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT	$299.40
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL	$13.97
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD	$4.53
TOTAL, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION	$6,859.87

Totals may not add due to rounding.

¹ The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics is the new name for the former Science Resources Statistics as authorized by the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, P.L. 111-358.

² The amount of $54.0 million was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard for icebreaking services to cover all anticipated operations and maintenance costs for FY 2011 less the 0.2% rescission, per P.L. 112-10.