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As U.S. Appropriations Bill Nears Passage, NSF Expecting 4 Percent Increase in 2022 Budget
Investment
March 9, 2022

As U.S. Appropriations Bill Nears Passage, NSF Expecting 4 Percent Increase in 2022 Budget

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Senate Appropriators OK 3 Percent Increase in NSF Budget
Academic Funding
September 24, 2019

Senate Appropriators OK 3 Percent Increase in NSF Budget

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Washington and Social Science: Will a Wall Derail Budget Train?
News
August 6, 2018

Washington and Social Science: Will a Wall Derail Budget Train?

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Census, NSF See Proposed Funding Increases in 2019
News
May 9, 2018

Census, NSF See Proposed Funding Increases in 2019

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UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year

UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year

The U.S. Senate Apropriations Committee calls for a National Science Foundation budget just a hair below what the House has asked for. Both houses’ requests are far above what the president has requested.

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No Drama As 2017 Science Funding Bill Passes Key Committee Vote

No Drama As 2017 Science Funding Bill Passes Key Committee Vote

Following a drama-free debut in subcommittee last week, the full Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives on a voice vote approved a 2017 funding bill for commerce, justice and science agencies in the U.S. government, including $7.4 billion for the National Science Foundation. The next step is a vote by the full House,

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Full Senate Panel Approves $7.5B NSF Budget for 2017

Full Senate Panel Approves $7.5B NSF Budget for 2017

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a $7.51 billion budget for the National Science Foundation in the coming fiscal year, although the committee’s House counterpart has yet to act on the issue.

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Senate Appropriators Set Aside $7.5B for NSF

Senate Appropriators Set Aside $7.5B for NSF

In a hearing before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on science spending Tuesday, the National Science Foundation’s budget was listed as $7.51 billion — $46 million above the same figure for the current fiscal year, but lower than what President Obama had asked for.

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Funding Social Science: A Primer on US Budgeting Process

Funding Social Science: A Primer on US Budgeting Process

Howard Silver examines the process in which federal research funding is arrived at — and points out how the process is, or isn’t, working in this Congress.

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Bill That Constrains Social Science Goes to Full Senate

Bill That Constrains Social Science Goes to Full Senate

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has pushed a bill that deprecates federal research spending for social science to the Senate as a whole.

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Social Science-Unfriendly Bill Advances in DC

Social Science-Unfriendly Bill Advances in DC

Legislation that would squeeze out social science and geoscience spending from their traditional share of the National Science Foundation budget will be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.

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