April 2013
President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year, released on April 10, would increase investments in social science and education research. The requests for the Institute of Education Sciences and for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorates for Education and Human Resources and for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences are displayed below.
Institute of Education Sciences: Appropriations History
and FY 2014 Request ($ millions)
|
2012
(Actual)
|
2014
(Request)
|
Agency Total |
593.6 |
593.6 |
Research, Development, and
Dissemination |
189.8 |
593.6 |
Statistics |
108.7 |
122.7 |
Regional Educational Laboratories |
57.4 |
57.4 |
Assessment |
138.3 |
132.3 |
Research in Special Education |
49.9 |
59.9 |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
38.1 |
85.0 |
Special Education Studies and Evaluations |
11.4 |
11.4 |
NSF Directorate of Education and Human Resources:
Appropriations History and FY 2014 Request ($ millions)
|
2012
(Actual)
|
2014
(Request) |
Agency Total |
830.5 |
880.3 |
Division of Research on Learning
in Formal and Informal Settings |
273.2 |
277.9 |
Division of Undergraduate Education |
190.5 |
227.0 |
Division of Human Resource Development |
129.4 |
130.3 |
Division of Graduate Education |
237.4 |
245.2 |
NSF Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences:
Appropriations History and FY 2014 Request ($ millions)
|
2012
(Actual) |
2014
(Request) |
Agency Total |
254.2 |
272.4 |
Social and Economic Sciences |
97.3 |
102.5 |
Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences |
92.5 |
97.4 |
SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities |
28.2 |
30.7 |
National Center for Science
and Engineering Statistics |
36.2 |
41.8 |
Note. Amounts for 2013 are not included because final FY 2013 appropriations have not yet been calculated to account for sequestration and adjustments included in legislative language in the FY 2013 continuing resolution bill signed into law on March 26.