March 8, 2007
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funded at $5.91 billion for the 2007 Fiscal Year that began on October 1, 2006, and runs through September 30, 2007. The Research and Related Activities account received a $334.74 million increase over the figure for FY 2006, while the other accounts were funded at about the same level as the previous Fiscal Year.
The appropriations for NSF were included in H.J.Res.20, the $463.5 billion continuing resolution that provides funds for most of the federal government. Last year, Congress completed action on only two of the annual funding bills — for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The other agencies had been operating under a series of short-term continuing resolutions.
Please see the table below for details. Numbers are presented in millions of dollars.
|
FY 2006 Actual ($) |
FY 2007 Request ($) |
House Mark ($) | Senate Mark ($) |
FY 2007 Final ($) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Related Activities |
4,331.48 |
4,666 |
4,466.95 |
4,646.42 |
4,665.95 |
| Education and Human Resources |
796.69 |
816 |
832.43 |
835.75 |
796.69 |
| Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
190.88 |
240 |
237.25 |
237.25 |
190.88 |
| Salaries and Expenses |
246.81 |
282 |
268.61 |
256.50 |
248.25 |
| Office of Inspector General |
11.36 |
12 |
11.86 |
11.86 |
11.43 |
| Office of the National Science Board |
3.95 |
4.00 |
3.91 |
3.91 |
3.97 |
| Total |
$5,581.17 |
$6,020 |
$6,020 |
$5,992 |
$5,917.16 |
Totals may not add due to rounding.