What federal science-funding
agencies received in fiscal year 2001, compared to what they might receive
in fiscal year 2002.
Agency/Program | FY 2001 Enacted | FY 2002 Requested | Percent Change |
Department of Energy | |||
-- Basic Energy Sciences | $991.7 million | $1004.7 million | 1.3% |
- Geosciences Research | $21.4 million | $21.4 million | 0.0% |
-- Fossil Energy R&D | $541.5 million | $449.0 million | -17.1% |
- Natural Gas R&D | $45.0 million | $21.0 million | -53.4% |
- Petroleum R&D | $66.9 million | $30.5 million | -54.4% |
Department of the Interior | |||
-- US Geological Survey | $882.8 million | $813.4 million | -7.9% |
- Water Resource Investigations | $203.5 million | $159.5 million | -21.6% |
- Geologic Division | $225.3 million | $213.8 million | -5.1% |
- National Mapping Program | $130.4 million | $123.7 million | -5.2% |
NASA | |||
-- Earth Science Enterprise* | $1278.0 million | $1515.0 million | 18.5% |
- Earth Science Program Science | $357.4 million | $357.4 million | 0.0% |
National Science Foundation | |||
-- Geoscience Directorate | $562.2 million | $558.5 million | -0.6% |
- Atmospheric Science | $188.5 million | $186.5 million | -1.0% |
- Earth Science | $115.8 million | $116.8 million | 0.8% |
- Ocean Science | $257.9 million | $255.3 million | -1.0% |
Environmental Protection Agency | |||
-- Science and Technology | $695.5 million | $640.5 million | -13.9% |
NOAA | |||
-- Oceanic & Atmospheric Research | $327.5 million | $330.2 million | 0.8% |
* ESE has undergone a budget restructuring from FY2001
Chart compiled by staff of the American
Geological Institute's Government Affairs
Program.
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