National Science Foundation Budget Request for FY 1994: Physics
The fiscal year 1994 National Science Foundation budget request for physics is $142.60 million, which is an increase of 3.4% or $4.70 million above current funding if the supplemental funding legislation is passed.
RESEARCH PROJECT SUPPORT would increase by $2.70 million to $106.85 million. Previous budget breakdowns by elements (Elementary Particle Physics, etc.) are not given “in order to simplify the budgetary presentation.”
FACILITIES funding would increase by $2.00 million to $35.75 million. This includes “major, university-based accelerator facilities at Cornell University, at Michigan State University, and at Indiana University.”
The budget document states:
“Increased support for FCCSET initiatives in Advanced Materials and Processing (AMPP), Biotechnology, High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), Manufacturing, and Mathematics and Science Education (M&SE) totals $4.7 million.
“Explanation of Increases:
“Physics Research Project Support increases by $2.70 million or 2.6%. Within the total of $106.85 million, shifts of emphasis provide:
"$1.00 million increase for High Performance Computing and Communications to explore approaches to advanced problem solving in parallel computing;
"$1.20 million increase for Advanced Materials and Processing, Manufacturing, and Environmental Sciences to investigate the characteristics of materials irradiated with ultra-high power laser light of extremely short duration, the science of nanolithography using light forces acting on atomic beams, and environmental matters; and
"$1.50 million increase to strengthen research activities of undergraduate students and faculty at many colleges and universities around the nation.”
“Support for Physics Facilities increases by $2.00 million or 6.2%. Within the $35.75 million total, shifts in emphasis will provide:
"$2.00 million increase for improving the luminosity of the Cornell Electron Storage Ring; and
"$1.10 million for development of compact superconducting cyclotrons, improving the quality of materials in superconducting accelerator applications, and enhancing data processing and communication in conjunction with FCCSET initiatives Biotechnology, AMPP, and HPCC.”
