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Appropriations Trends for Selected Programs, FY 1996-98

NOV 24, 1997

FYI #142 looked at the change in appropriations (in constant 1998 dollars) for selected science and technology programs between FY 1996 and FY 1998. This FYI takes that same information and ranks the agencies and programs based on whether their funding has gone up or down over the past two years (again, in constant 1998 dollars.)

Agency/

% Change

Program

FY96-98

Rank

INCREASED:

NIST Manufacturing Extens-

ion Partnerships

+35.7%

1

NSF Research & Related

Activities

+4.6

2

NIST Total

+4.0

3

DOD Applied Research (6.2)

+3.0

4

NIST Core Laboratories

+1.5

5

NSF Total

+1.2

6

NSF Education &

Human Resources

+0.5

7

REMAINED THE SAME:

DOE Nuclear Physics

0.0

8

DECREASED:

DOE Total

-1.8

9

DOE High Energy Physics

-3.1

10

NASA Human Space Flight

-4.1

11

NASA Total

-6.7

12

DOD Basic Research (6.1)

-8.2

13

NASA Science, Aeronautics

& Technology

-8.8

14

DOE Fusion Energy

-9.7

15

NIST Advanced Techno-

logy Program

-17.2

16

DOE Basic Energy Sciences

-19.8

17

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