AIP FYI #51: A Final Look: Budget Changes in FY 2003

The following is one last look at the FY 2003 appropriations outcomes. The
numbers below are the percentage changes between FY 2002 and FY 2003
(current year) for physics-related budgets tracked by FYI. For further
information on the below budgets, consult “Latest Congressional Budget
Action FY 2003” at http://www.aip.org/gov/budginfo.html Note that program
content has changed between years in some of the below budgets.

Department of Education Mathematics and Sciences Partnerships Budget: Up
703.2%

NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering: Up 148.5%

NASA Space Science Budget: Up 22.1%

NSF Research and Related Activities Budget: Up 12.7%

NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Budget: Up 12.4%

NSF Geosciences Budget: Up 12.3%

NSF Engineering Budget: Up 12.3%

DOE Advanced Computing Research Program Budget: Up 11.5%

NSF Budget (Total): Up 10.4%

DOE Nuclear Physics Program Budget: Up 8.3%

NIST Laboratory Budget: Up 8.3%

NSF U.S. Polar Research Programs Budget: Up 7.2%

NSF Major Research Equipment and Facilities Budget: Up 7.0%

NASA Biological and Physical Research Budget: Up 5.3%

NASA Earth Science Budget: Up 5.1%

DOE Basic Energy Sciences Program Budget: Up 3.8%

NIST Budget (Total): Up 3.4%

DOE High Energy Physics Program Budget: Up 2.9%

Department of Education Improving Teacher Quality Program Budget: Up 2.8%

DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Program Budget: Up 2.4%

NSF Education and Human Resources Budget: Up 1.0%

USGS Budget (Total): Up 0.6%

NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Budget: Down 0.6%

DOE Office of Science (Total): Down 1.5%

NIST Advanced Technology Program Budget: Down 3.5%

DOE Biological and Environmental Research Program Budget: Down 9.1%

NASA Human Space Flight Budget: Down 10.1%

NASA Academic Programs Budget: Down 11.0%

Richard M. Jones

Media and Government Relations Division

The American Institute of Physics

fyi@aip.org

(301) 209-3094