Tight times
| Agency | 2012 actual | 2013* estimated | 2014 requested | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research and public health | ||||
| National Institutes of Health | 30,702 | 30,899 | 31,173 | Nearly flat funding, but translational science centre gets a 15% boost |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 5,656 | 5,692 | 5,217 | Includes $20 million for the National Violent Death Reporting System and $10 million for research on the causes and prevention of gun violence |
| Food and Drug Administration | 2,507 | 2,521 | 2,558 | Overall $4.7-billion budget includes more than $2 billion in user fees that would bolster international food and medical-device safety programmes |
| Physical sciences | ||||
| National Science Foundation | 7,105 | 7,076 | 7,625 | An 8% rise, with interdisciplinary research and ‘big data’ projects seeing the biggest gains |
| NASA (science) | 5,074 | 5,116 | 5,018 | Mission to capture an asteroid debuts and funding to monitor near-Earth objects would double |
| Department of Energy Office of Science | 4,934 | 4,904 | 5,153 | Increases funds for applied and interdisciplinary energy research |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology | 751 | 755 | 928 | Agency is also pursuing a one-off request for $1 billion to fund up to 15 manufacturing innovation institutes |
| Earth and environment | ||||
| Environmental Protection Agency | 8,449 | 8,501 | 8,153 | A 4% decline includes hits to research, as agency prioritizes cutting greenhouse-gas emissions |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 4,906 | 5,263 | 5,448 | A plan to maintain continuity in weather-satellite data would shift climate sensors to NASA |
| US Geological Survey | 1,068 | 1,075 | 1,167 | Boosts spending on ecosystem research and climate science |
*2013 figures do not include the roughly 5% across-the-board cut arising from the sequester.
Source: White House Office of Management and Budget
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