NSF’s “FY 2002 Budget Request to Congress” details the
Geosciences request. The Geosciences Activity request would
decrease 0.6%, or $3.65 million, from $562.19 million to
$558.54 million.
There are three Subactivities within the Geosciences Activity:
The Atmospheric Sciences Subactivity budget would decrease
1.0%, or $1.95 million, from $188.45 million to $186.50
million.
Within the Atmospheric Sciences Subactivity, the Atmospheric
Sciences Research Support budget would decrease 1.0%, or $1.20
million, from $117.07 million to $115.87 million. The budget
for the National Center for Atmospheric Research would
decrease 1.1%, or $0.75 million, from $71.38 million to $70.63
million.
The Earth Sciences Subactivity budget would increase 0.8%, or
$0.98 million, from $115.81 million to $116.79 million.
Within the Earth Sciences Subactivity, the Earth Sciences
Project Support budget would increase 1.2%, or $0.91 million,
from $78.28 million to $79.19 million. The Instrumentation
and Facilities budget would increase 0.2%, or $0.05 million,
from $28.47 million to $28.52 million. The Continental
Dynamic budget would increase 0.2%, or $0.02 million, from
$9.06 million to $9.08 million.
The Ocean Sciences Subactivity budget would decrease 1.0%, or
$2.68 million, from $257.93 million to $255.25 million.
Within the Ocean Sciences Subactivity, the Ocean Section
budget would decrease 1.5%, or $1.48 million, from $97.58
million to $96.10 million. The Integrative Program Section
budget would decrease 0.5%, or $0.44 million, from $83.29
million to $82.85 million. The budget for the Marine
Geosciences Section would decrease 1.0%, or $0.76 million,
from $77.06 million to $76.30 million.
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Richard M. Jones
Public Information Division
The American Institute of Physics
fyi@aip.org
(301) 209-3095
http://www.aip.org/gov
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