Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriation

March 10, 2009

On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, almost six months after the beginning of the Fiscal Year, the Senate approved the $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill for FY 2009, sending it to the president for his signature. The Senate approved the bill on a voice vote after voting 62–35 to cut off debate. The House passed the bill February 25, 2009, by a vote of 245–178, with eight not voting.

The U.S. National Science Foundation received a total of $6.49 billion for FY 2009. 

Please see the table below for details. Numbers are presented in millions of dollars.

NSF Account

FY 2008 Current Plan ($)

FY 2009 Request ($)

FY 2009 Final ($)
Research and Related Activities1

4,821.47

5,593.99

5,183.10

  • Emergency appropriations (P.L. 110-252)

22.50

   
Education and Human Resources

725.60

790.41

845.26

  • Emergency appropriations (P.L. 110-252)

40.00

   
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction

220.74

147.51

152.01

Agency Operations and Award Management

281.79

305.06

294.00

Office of Inspector General

11.43

13.10

12.00

Office of the National Science Board

3.97

4.03

4.03

Rescission required under P.L. 110-1612

-33.00

   
Total

$6,094.50

$6,854.10

$6,490.40

1 Funding for EPSCoR was transferred to the research and related activities appropriation in FY 2008. It was previously funded with the education and human resources appropriation.

2 P.L. 110-161 required the rescission of $33 million from prior year unobligated balances.

Totals may not add due to rounding.