U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 24, 2007 |
| Report Number |
95-307SPR |
| Authors |
Christine M. Matthews |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) was created by the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (P.L. 81-507). The NSF has the broad mission of
supporting science and engineering in general and funding basic research across many
disciplines. The majority of the researchsupported bythe NSF is conducted at U.S. colleges
and universities. Approximately 81% ($2,149.9 million) of NSF’s FY1999 $2,654.8 million
research and development (R&D) budget was awarded to U.S. colleges and universities.1
Preliminary data reveal that for FY1999, the NSF provided approximately 52.5% of all
federally funded basic research conducted at the nation’s colleges and universities, with the
exclusionofbiomedicalresearchsponsored bythe National Institutes of Health. In addition,
NSF provides almost 30% ofthe totalfederalsupportforscience and mathematics education.
For more on NSF, see CRS Issue Brief IB10051, Research and Development Funding:
Fiscal Year 2001, MichaelE. Davey, Coordinator. This report will be updated periodically.
