Status Report

AIP FYI #12: FY 2005 National Science Foundation Budget Request: Selected Programs

By SpaceRef Editor

February 5, 2004

Filed under American Institute of Physics, NASA Budget, US

The FY 2005 National Science Foundation budget request to Congress
is an almost 500-page document that describes in considerable detail
the foundation’s plans for the fiscal year starting October 1. This
FYI provides the percentage and dollar changes between the current
year and FY 2005 request for selected physics-related programs. The
headings below correspond to those found in the Table of Contents in
the NSF budget request found at
http://nsf.gov/bfa/bud/fy2005/toc.htm; see this document for program
descriptions.

MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES:

Overall funding up 2.2% or $24.0 million from $1,091.5 million to $1,115.5 million.
Astronomical Sciences: Up 4.0% or $7.8 million from $196.6 million to $204.4 million.
Materials Research: Up 0.9% or $2.3 million from $250.9 million to $253.2 million.
Physics: Up: 3.6% or $8.1 million from $227.7 million to $235.8 million.

GEOSCIENCES:

Overall funding up 2.2% or $15.4 million from $713.1 million to $728.5 million.
Atmospheric Sciences: Up 2.0% or $4.9 million from $238.8 million to $243.6 million.
Earth Sciences: Up 2.7% or $4.0 million from $151.6 million to $155.6 million.
Ocean Sciences: Up 2.0% or $6.5 million from $322.7 million to $329.3 million.

ENGINEERING:

Overall funding up 1.9% or $10.8 million from $565.1 million to $575.9 million.
Bioengineering and Environmental Systems: Down 2.5% or $1.3 million from $51.0 million to $49.8 million.
Chemical and Transport Systems: Down 2.5% or $1.7 million from $68.9 million to $67.2 million.
Civil and Mechanical Systems: Up 27.3% or $18.3 million from $67.2 million to $85.5 million.
Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation: Up 0.1% or $0.1 million from $65.8 million to $65.9 million.
Electrical and Communications Systems: Down 2.5% or $1.9 million from $74.6 million to $72.7 million.
Engineering Education and Centers: Down 2.5% or $3.3 million from $134.0 million to $130.7 million.

OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS:

Overall funding up 2.2% or $7.6 million from $342.2 million to $349.7 million.
U.S. Polar Research Programs: Up 2.8% or $7.6 million from $274.1 million to $281.7 million.
U.S. Antarctic Logistical Support: Flat funding at $68.1 million

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION (MRFEC):

Overall funding up 37.6% or $58.3 million from $155.0 million to $213.3 million. Note that not all projects below received funding in this current fiscal year.

ONGOING MRFEC PROJECTS: