Directorate for Biological Sciences
FY 2006 Budget Request
Dr. Mary E. Clutter
April 7, 2005
Directorate for Biological Sciences
(BIO)
Mary E. Clutter, Assistant Director
Joann P. Roskoski, Executive Officer
Sonya E. Mallinoff, Planning and Budget Officer
Information and Automation Resources Unit
Tel: (703) 292-8400 Fax: (703) 292-9154
(IAR)
Joanne G. Rodewald, Information Management Officer
Tel: (703) 292-8406 Fax: (703) 292-9155
Division of
Biological Infrastructure
(DBI)
Division of
Environmental Biology
(DEB)
Division of
Integrative Organismal Biology
(IOB)
Division of
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
(MCB)
Machi Dilworth, Division Director
Muriel Poston, Deputy Division Director
Michael Willig, Division Director
Penelope Firth, Acting Deputy Director
Thomas Brady, Division Director
Judith Verbeke, Deputy Division Director
Maryanna Henkart, Division Director
Jerry Cohen, Deputy Division Director
Tel: (703) 292-8470 Fax: (703) 292-9063
Tel: (703) 292-8480 Fax: (703) 292-9064
Tel: (703) 292-8420 Fax: (703) 292-9153
Tel: (703) 292-8440 Fax: (703) 292-9061
Human Resources
Ecological Biology
Behavioral Systems
Biomolecular Systems
Research Resources
Ecosystem Science
Developmental Systems
Cellular Systems
Plant Genome Research
Program
Population and Evolutionary
Processes
Environmental and
Structural Systems
Genes and Genome Systems
Systematic Biology and
Biodiversity Inventories
Functional and
Regulatory Systems
Effective September 2004
Emerging Frontiers (EF)
NSF Budget Request
by Appropriation
($ in Millions)
FY 2005
Enacted
FY 2006
Change
Request Amount Percent
Research and Related Activities
4,220.55
4,333.49
112.94
2.7%
Education and Human Resources
841.42
737.00 -104.42
-12.4%
Major Research Equipment
and Facilities Construction
Salaries and Expenses
173.65
250.01
76.36
44.0%
223.20
269.00
45.80
20.5%
National Science Board
3.97
4.00
0.03
0.8%
Office of Inspector General
10.03
11.50
1.47
14.7%
5,605.00
132.18
2.4%
Total, NSF
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding
5,472.82
FY 2006 Request for
Research & Related Activities by Directorate
FY 2006 Request
($ in Millions)
FY
by Directorate
FY 2006
2003R&RA
ActualRequest
(NSF Total)
BIO
CISE
ENG (less SBIR/STTR)
SBIR/STTR
GEO
MPS
SBE
OISE
OPP
IA
Research & Related Activities Total
Totals may not add due to rounding.
FY 2004
Actual
$5,369.34
587.05
605.35
461.99
103.58
713.41
1,091.59
184.30
40.83
341.72
163.52
FY 2005
Enacted
576.61
613.72
458.54
102.76
694.16
1,069.86
196.90
33.73
344.36
129.91
FY 2006
Request
581.79
620.56
475.35
105.33
709.10
1,086.23
198.79
34.51
386.93
134.90
Change over FY
2005 Enacted
$
%
5.18
6.84
16.81
2.57
14.94
16.37
1.89
0.78
42.57
4.99
0.9%
1.1%
3.7%
2.5%
2.2%
1.5%
1.0%
2.3%
12.4%
3.8%
$4,293.34 $4,220.55 $4,333.49 11294.0%
$112.94
2.7%
NSF FY 2006 Budget Priorities

Strengthen core disciplinary research

Provide broadly accessible cyberinfrastructure
and world-class facilities

Broaden participation in the science and
engineering workforce

Sustain organizational excellence in NSF
management practices
Appropriations for the National Science Foundation
FY 1998 - 2005
Dollars in Millions
10,000
Total Growth FY 98 – FY 05: $2.0 billion (63%)
9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
NSF
2,000
1,000
0
[Authorized]
BIO
FY’98
FY’99
FY’00
FY’01
FY’02
FY’03
FY’04
FY’05
FY’06 FY’07
(Enacted) (Request)
Growth in BIO Budget FY 1995-2006
(millions)
$600
Total Growth FY 95 – FY 06: $281 million (93%)
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
$0
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
Enacted Request
Biological Sciences
Budget Request for FY 2006
• FY 2006 BIO Directorate Budget Request:
$581.79 Million
• Increase of $5.18 Million over FY 2005
• Decrease of $5.26 Million from FY 2004
BIO Budget Request
by Priority Area
($ in Millions)
Priority Area
Biocomplexity in the Environment
Change over
FY 2005 FY 2006
FY 2005
Enacted Request Amount Percent
39.86
30.43
-9.43 -23.7%
Nanoscale Science and Engineering
5.85
3.85
-2.00
-34.2%
Mathematical Sciences
2.21
2.21
0.00
0.0%
Human and Social Dynamics
0.50
0.50
0.00
0.0%
BIO Budget Request
by Division
($ in Millions)
FY 2005 FY 2006
Change
Enacted Request Amount Percent
Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
118.16
109.75
-8.41
-7.1%
Integrative Organismal Biology
103.5
101.76
-1.74
-1.7%
Environmental Biology
106.04
107.18
1.14
1.1%
Biological Infrastructure
80.62
82.93
2.31
2.9%
Emerging Frontiers
74.05
85.93
Plant Genome Research
94.24
94.24
0.00
0.0%
$581.79
$5.18
0.9%
Total, BIO
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding
$576.61
11.88 16.0%
Emerging Frontiers

NSF Priority areas:

Biocomplexity in the Environment
 Nanoscale Science and Engineering
 Mathematical Sciences
 Human and Social Dynamics

Assembling the Tree of Life

Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Environmental Genomics

Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research

Microbial Biology

Microbial Genome Sequencing Program
 Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

Broadening Participation
BIO FY 2006 Budget Priorities

Emphasis on 21st Century Biology

Maintain average annual
award size in divisions

Focus on microbial biology

Enhance support for Frontiers in
Integrative Biological Research (FIBR)

Continue Plant Genome Research Program
BIO FY 2006 Budget Priorities

Emphasis on Microbial Biology

New emphasis area in Emerging Frontiers
– Continued support for Microbial Genome Sequencing Program
– Microbial Observatories and Microbial
Interactions and Processes Program
transferred from MCB
– Other microbial research and training
activities
BIO FY 2006 Budget Priorities

Emphasis on Cyberinfrastructure

Support for instrumentation programs decreased
(- $5.1 M)

Funds from instrumentation redirected to support Biological
Databases and Informatics activities
(+ $7.0 M)
BIO FY 2006 Budget Priorities

Emphasis on Broadening Participation

New focus on underrepresented groups in Emerging
Frontiers ($4.0 M total)
– Increase support for research initiation
grants and career advancement awards
– Foster links between BIO and
LSAMP, AGEP, CREST
BIO FY 2006 Budget Priorities

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
($6.0 M)

Continued planning and development of NEON project
execution plan
 Critical need identified to develop cybernetwork and
sensor tools as NEON moves to construction stage
Summary

Emphasize 21st Century Biology

Maintain average annual award size ($171 K)

Increase cyberinfrastructure investment

Strengthen interagency partnerships and
international activities

Broaden participation at all levels