Funding and Support Descriptions
WHERE IT COMES FROM
FY 2019 Appropriations by Account ($8,075 million)
- 81% - Research and Related Activities (R&RA), $6,505 million
- 11% - Education and Human Resources (EHR), $922 million
- 4% - Agency Operations and Award Management (AOAM), $333 million
- 4% - Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC), $296 million
- < 1% - Office of Inspector General (OIG), $15 million
- < 1% - National Science Board (NSB), $4 million
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. $15.49 million was transferred from R&RA to EHR and AOAM, $12.0 million and $3.49 million, respectively.
WHERE IT GOES - INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY NSF
FY 2019 Obligations for Research and Education Programs ($7,798 million)
- 78% - Colleges, Universities and Academic Consortia, $6,079 million
- 13% - Private Industry (includes small businesses and non-profit organizations), $998 million
- 4% - Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, $308 million
- 5% - Other (includes federal, state and local governments; and international organizations), $412 million
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. NSF Research and Education Programs include R&RA, EHR, and MREFC appropriations.
HOW IT GETS THERE - NSF AWARD MECHANISMS
FY 2019 Obligations for Research and Education Programs ($7,798 million)
- 73% - Grants, $5,655 million
- 22% - Cooperative Agreements, $1,686 million
- 6% - Contracts, $457 million
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding. NSF Research and Education Programs include R&RA, EHR, and MREFC appropriations.
HOW IT IS SPENT
Number of NSF Competitive Proposals, New Awards, and Funding Rates
|
|
|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
FY 2017 |
FY 2018 |
FY 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Competitive Proposals |
|
49,635 |
49,306 |
49,425 |
48,336 |
41,033 |
|
New Awards |
|
12,016 |
11,893 |
11,456 |
11,717 |
11,252 |
|
Funding Rate (%) |
|
24% |
24% |
23% |
24% |
27% |
NSF Support of Academic Basic Research in Selected Fields (as a percentage of total federal support)
- 87% - Computer Science
- 67% - Biology
- 67% - Social and Psychological Sciences
- 67% - Mathematics
- 64% - Environmental Sciences
- 46% - Engineering
- 45% - Physical Sciences
- 25% - All Science and Engineering Fields
Note: Biology includes Biological Sciences and Environmental Biology. Biology and Psychological Sciences exclude National Institutes of Health.
Source: NSF/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research & Development, FY 2017.