Slide Title: Funding Rate, NSF Research Grants

Slide Image: A bar graph showing the declining funding rate of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grants. The graph shows the number of proposals and awards, and the funding rates (percent) from 1999 to 2004:

FY 1999 - out of around 20,000 proposals, 30% of the proposals were funded

FY 2000 - out of around 21,000 proposals, 30% of the proposals were funded

FY 2001 - out of around 23,000 proposals, 27% of the proposals were funded

FY 2002 - out of around 25,000 proposals, 27% of the proposals were funded

FY 2003 - out of around 28,000 proposals, 24% of the proposals were funded

FY 2004 - out of around 30,000 proposals, 21% of the proposals were funded