News and updates

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has prepared a preliminary analysis (below) of the higher education components of President Obama’s FY10 Budget Request. Additional information will be provided as the UW Office of Federal Relations and various higher education associations examine the budget request. In the Federal Budget section of this website, budget briefing materials from the federal agencies are available for review. Members of the UW community are encouraged to provide feedback to the Office of Federal Relations on specific components of the budget request that impact their programs.

In the coming days, UW will provide recommendations on the President’s Budget Request (PBR) to the state of Washington congressional delegation.

Preliminary APLU Analysis of FY10 PBR Continue reading “APLU Provides Preliminary Analysis of FY10 President’s Budget Request”

NOAA has requested a total of $4.5 billion in FY 2010, which is an increase of $110M over the FY 2009 enacted level. The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) requests a total of $404.6 million which is an increase of $3.7 million over the FY 2009 enacted level.

In summary, OAR requests:
$209.8 million for Climate Research
$63.9 million for Weather and Air Quality Research
$107.4 million for Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research
$13.1 million for Information Technology, R&D, and Science Education, and
$10.4 million for Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.

FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials

DOD FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials

Press Release

DoD Releases Fiscal 2010 Budget Proposal

President Barack Obama today sent to Congress a proposed defense budget of $663.8 billion for fiscal 2010.  The budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $533.8 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $130 billion to support overseas contingency operations, primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The proposed DoD base budget represents an increase of $20.5 billion over the $513.3 billion enacted for fiscal 2009.  This is an increase of 4 percent, or 2.1 percent real growth after adjusting for inflation. Continue reading “DOD FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials”

NASA FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials

Statement from Acting Administrator

Today, I am pleased to release NASA’s FY2010 budget request in the amount of $18.686 billion to advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system and conduct aeronautics research. The budget request represents an increase of $903.6 million, about 5 percent, above the amount provided NASA in the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act.

The FY 2010 budget does a number of things: it supports the Administration’s commitment to deploy a global climate change research and monitoring system; it funds a strong program of space exploration involving humans and robots with the goal of returning Americans to the moon and exploring other destinations; and it supports the safe flight of the Space Shuttle to complete assembly of the International Space Station by the Space Shuttle’s planned
retirement. Continue reading “NASA FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials”

**UPDATE** NSF Budget Materials Available

The National Science Foundation has not yet released electronic versions of its FY10 budget request briefing materials. However, the Office of Management has provided an overview of the NSF budget. President Obama has proposed an NSF increase of 8.55% over the FY2009 appropriations level, from $6.49 billion to $7.045 billion.  Within the total request, the Research & Related Activities (R&RA) account is $5.853 billion, the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) account is $117 million, and the Education and Human Resources (EHR) account is $973 million.