LEVEL OF FUNDING BY SUBACTIVITY AND PROGRAM
                                                        (Dollars in Thousands)
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                                                                                CHANGE
                                    FY 1996  FY 1997     FY 1997  FY 1998  FY 98 Req/FY 97 CP
                                     ACTUAL  REQUEST CURRENT PLAN REQUEST    AMOUNT   PERCENT
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COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER AND COMPUTATION RESEARCH
Computer & Computation 
 Research Project Support           $40,219  $43,420     $42,890  $46,420   $3,530       8.2%
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  Total                              40,219   43,420      42,890   46,420    3,530       8.2%
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INFORMATION, ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Information, Robotics & Intelligent 
 Systems Research Project Support    32,898   35,570      35,140   39,790    4,650      13.2%
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  Total                              32,898   35,570      35,140   39,790    4,650      13.2%
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MICROELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Microelectronic Information Processing 
 Systems Research Project Support    26,330   28,440      28,090   30,360    2,270       8.1%
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  Total                              26,330   28,440      28,090   30,360    2,270       8.1%
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ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Advanced Computational 
 Infrastructure                      72,258   70,560      69,960   69,960        0       0.0%
New Technologies                      8,174   10,000      10,000   10,000        0       0.0%
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  Total                              80,432   80,560      79,960   79,960        0       0.0%
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NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NSFNET                               42,233   44,140      42,740   47,740    5,000      11.7%
Networking & Communications 
 Research Project Support            12,803   12,950      12,950   14,520    1,570      12.1%
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  Total                              55,036   57,090      55,690   62,260    6,570      11.8%
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CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES
CISE Institutional Infrastructure    23,686   22,880      22,540   25,870    3,330      14.8%
CISE Instrumentation                  3,832    9,040       9,040    9,510      470       5.2%
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  Total                              27,518   31,920      31,580   35,380    3,800      12.0%
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Total, CISE                        $262,433 $277,000    $273,350 $294,170  $20,820       7.6%