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FY2017 National Science Foundation

Latest update APR 02, 2024

On this page you will find fiscal year 2017 budget and appropriations tables for National Science Foundation (NSF) programs, as well as a high-level summary of related committee and chamber actions in Congress and FYI analysis and coverage of those programs.

Complete FYI coverage of this agency.

FYI Analysis
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The final appropriations bill for fiscal year 2017 provides flat funding for the National Science Foundation’s research and education programs. Unlike in previous fiscal years, the bill does not include constraints on how NSF is to distribute funds among its six research directorates.
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Senate appropriators are proposing to hold funding for NSF research steady in fiscal year 2017, while House appropriators would increase it by less than 1 percent. Appropriators from both chambers would leave decisions about how to divvy up the $6 billion research account to the foundation.