Open AccessU.S. National Science Foundation Budget Proposal Focuses on Basic Research
Author(s) -
Kumar Mohi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2008eo100003
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , fiscal year , basic research , political science , investment (military) , science and engineering , transformative learning , research program , public administration , engineering , library science , sociology , engineering ethics , computer science , law , politics , pedagogy , philosophy , epistemology
The budget request of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for fiscal year (FY) 2009 focuses attention on basic research, establishes and supports several cross‐foundation investment projects designed to have a transformative impact across science and engineering, and puts foundation activities back on track to double their research budgets by the next decade. The foundation's total proposed budget is US$6.85 billion, an increase of 13% over that enacted for FY 2008. Most of this funding increase goes to NSF's Research and Related Activities (R&RA) account, which, at $5.59 billion, is $772.5 million above the FY 2008 enacted amount.