The FY 2009 Budget

Thomas N. Cooley, NSF Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences March 13, 2008

Percentage Composition of Federal Government Outlays

40% 20% 0% 100% 80% 60%

Payments to Individuals All Other Net Interest National Defense 1940 1971 2008

Net Interest All Other Payments to Individuals

$1,760B $361B $261B $607B

1,500 1,000 500 0

$ in Billions

3,000 2,500 2,000

Federal Spending - FY 2008

Total = $2.9 Trillion

Net Interest Entitlem ents

Social Security Defense Discretionary Non-Defense Discretionary

Defense R&D as a Percent of Total Defense Discretionary Budget Authority -- FY 2008 Total Defense Discretionary Non-R&D Budget Authority $568B 88% 12% Total Defense Discretionary R&D Budget Authority $76B Total = $644B

Federal Civilian R&D as a Percent of Total Civilian Discretionary Budget Authority -- FY 2008 Total Federal Civilian Discretionary Non-R&D Budget Authority $385B 88% Total = $438B 12% Total Federal Civilian R&D Budget Authority $52B

So, where’s the $$$$$?

• Basic Research ($29.2 B out of $145.4 B): – DOD: – NIH: – NASA: – DOE/Sci.

– NSF – USDA: – Commerce: – Interior: – DHS: +4.0 % +0.1 % -9.1 % +16.7 % +17.4 % -6.8 % +83.3 % -7.0 % +12.8 %

FY 2009 Budget Request

FY 2009 Budget Request American Competitiveness Initiative America COMPETES Act

The Big Picture NSF FY 2009 Budget TOTAL: $6.85 billion Increase: 13%

FY 2009 Budget Request by Appropriations Account (millions) Appropriations Account Research & Related Activities FY 2009 Request $5,593.99

Education & Human Resources Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction Agency Operations & Award Management National Science Board $790.41

$147.51

$305.06

$4.03

Inspector General $13.10

TOTAL, NSF $6,854.10

Change from FY 2008 $772.52 (16.0%) $64.81 $-73.23

(8.9%) (-33.2%) $23.27

(8.3%) $0.06

$1.67

(1.5%) (14.6%)

$789.10 (13%)

Science & Engineering Beyond Moore’s Law FY 2009 Investment : $20 million

Beyond Moore’s Law

• To position the U.S. at the forefront of communications and computation capability beyond the physical and conceptual limitations of current systems.

• Activities will encourage transformational activities as well as creating partnering opportunities with the private sector and national laboratories to accelerate innovation.

Adaptive Systems Technology FY 2009 Investment : $15 million

Adaptive Systems Technology

• Focuses on generating creative pathways and natural interfaces between human and physical systems that will revolutionize the development of novel adaptive systems.

• Is essential to advances in highly innovative adaptive control systems, hybrid computer architectures, improved electronic PDA’s, and computer-based, self-paced, learning and training tools.

Dynamics of Water Processes in the Environment FY 2009 Investment : $10 million

Water

• Aims to increase fundamental understanding of the Earth’s freshwater systems and provide the scientific basis for decision-making about water resources.

• Efforts will include fundamental research on the complex processes and feedbacks that affect the vulnerability and resilience of freshwater systems to climate and environmental change.

Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation FY 2009 Investment : $100 million

CDI

• To advance science and engineering along fundamentally new pathways opened by computational capabilities • Three specific foci: – From Data to Knowledge – Understanding System Complexity – Virtual Organizations

Petascale Computing & Cyberinfrastructure FY 2009 Investment : $682 million

Interdisciplinary Research Science and Technology Centers FY 2009 Investment : $76 million

Major Research Instrumentation FY 2009 Investment : $ 115 million

U.S. Climate Change Science Program FY 2009 Investment : $221 million

• Climate Change • Cyberinfrastructure • NNI • N&ITR&D • CAREER • REU • RUI • STCs

Highlights

• FY 2008 FY 2009 • $205.25 $220.60M

• $628.80 $681.95 M • $388.69 $396.79 M • $931.48 $1090.25 M • $167.76 $181.91 M • $ 57.73 $ 61.55 M • $ 31.53 $ 35.23 M • $ 64.95 $ 76.02 M

Sustained Support for All Disciplines Astronomy Biology Computing Earth & Environment Engineering Education Nano People & Society Materials Mathematics Physics Polar

• Directorate • BIO • CISE • ENG • GEO • MPS • SBE • OPP • OIA

R&RA

• FY 2009 Increase • 10.3 % • 19.5 % • 19.2 % • 12.8 % • 20.2 % • 8.5 % • 10.9 % • 18.8%

Education

Enduring Strategies in Education * Broadening participation in the S&E workforce * Strengthening teacher preparation * Integrating research and education * Stimulating students through inquiry-based learning * Reaching a broader public through informal education

Math and Science Partnerships

Graduate Fellowships and Traineeships Graduate Fellowships: FY 2009 Request $125 GK-12: IGERT: $57 $64 % Increase 29.7% 3.6% 1.5%

• Division • DRL • DUE • DGE • HRD

EHR

• FY 2009 Increase • 5.8 % • 4.2 % • 19.1 % • 9.2 %

MREFC

South Pole Station

Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction ALMA IceCube AdvLIGO

Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction ATST

Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction ARRV NEON OOI

• AdvLIGO • AARV • ALMA • IceCube • ATST

MREFC

• FY 2008 FY 2009 • $32.75

• $42.00

$51.43 M -0 • $102.07 $82.25 M • $25.91

$11.33 M • -0 $ 2.50 M

Research.gov

The Future of America “To keep America competitive into the future, we must trust in the skill of our scientists and engineers and empower them to pursue the breakthroughs of tomorrow.” The President’s State of the Union Address 2008

The Future of America

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