Press Release 16-013
February 9, 2016
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France
A. Córdova today outlined how President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2017 request
for NSF supports research into critical national issues, including clean energy
technologies, food sustainability, disaster response and education. The FY2017
budget requests $8 billion, an increase of about 6.7 percent, or about $500
million, over the enacted FY2016 budget.
"This budget proposes priorities that count on
robust funding. It allows NSF to remain one of the country’s leaders in funding
research, development and -- most importantly -- the people who are our innovators
and discoverers," Córdova said.
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