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science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

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America's economic and national security depend on our ability to invest heavily in the technologies of today while making the discoveries that are the foundation for the technologies of tomorrow.

Sethuraman Panchanathan
NSF Director

NSF by the numbers

$9.9B

NSF’s Fiscal Year 2023 enacted budget

93%

Percent of budget supporting research, education and related activities

2000+

Organizations supported by NSF across every state and U.S. territory

300,000+

Researchers, entrepreneurs, students and teachers supported by NSF