Quick Look: President Bush's FY 2009 Budget:  National Science Foundation -- Feb. 4 2008

The California Institute prepares a quick analysis of the President's budget request on the day it is released.  For the FY 2009 Budget, the budget was released the morning of February 4, 2008.  The following represents an examination of this portion of the budget from a California perspective.  For analysis of other components visit our 2009 Budget page.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)

Funding for NSF would increase by 14 percent over FY08 under the President’s FY09 budget. Research spending, the primary account at the National Science Foundation (NSF), would be funded at $5.6 billion, a 16 percent increase over the $4.8 billion in estimated FY08 funding. The Budget expects the increased funding will support an additional 1,370 research grants.

Total NSF spending would increase to $6.8 billion in FY09 from $6 billion in FY2008 estimated funding.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Teachers

Funding for the Math and Science Partnership program is increased $2.5 million to $51 million. The Robert Noyce Scholarship Program request is $11.6 million, up $800,000.

Oceans Research

The Budget requests $17 million for activities to support the interagency Ocean Research Priorities Plan. In addition, the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program and the Academic Research Fleet budget requests increase by $21.8 million.

 

Interagency R&D Priorities

Nanotechnology

The Budget requests $397 million for nanotechnology research and facilities, an increase of about $8 million to continue advancing fundamental understanding of those devices and materials with revolutionary properties

Climate Change Science Program

The Budget requests $220.6 million for the program, an increase of $15.35 million over FY08 funding.

Climate Change Technology Program

The Budget requests $23.5 million, an increase of $2.5 million over the FY08 estimate.

Networking and Information Technology R&D

The Budget requests $1.09 billion, almost $159 million more than the estimated FY08 spending of $931 million.

 

The California Institute prepares a quick analysis of the President's budget request on the day it is released.  The FY 2009 Budget was released the morning of February 4, 2008.  The following represents an examination of this portion of the budget from a California perspective.  For analysis of other components visit our 2009 Budget page.

Official Source Material for FY 2009 Budget -- For your reference, the following are links to mirrored copies of OMB 2009 Budget materials (which are also available from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget via direct download)

 

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