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Directorate for Biological Sciences FY 2006 Budget Request

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

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Directorate for Biological Sciences FY 2006 Budget Request

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  1. Directorate for Biological Sciences FY 2006 Budget Request Dr. Mary E. Clutter April 7, 2005

  2. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Mary E. Clutter, Assistant Director Joann P. Roskoski, Executive Officer Sonya E. Mallinoff, Planning and Budget Officer Tel: (703) 292-8400 Fax: (703) 292-9154 Information and Automation Resources Unit (IAR) Joanne G. Rodewald, Information Management Officer Tel: (703) 292-8406 Fax: (703) 292-9155 Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Michael Willig, Division Director Penelope Firth, Acting Deputy Director Tel: (703) 292-8480 Fax: (703) 292-9064 Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB) Thomas Brady, Division Director Judith Verbeke, Deputy Division Director Tel: (703) 292-8420 Fax: (703) 292-9153 Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Maryanna Henkart, Division Director Jerry Cohen, Deputy Division Director Tel: (703) 292-8440 Fax: (703) 292-9061 Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) Machi Dilworth, Division Director Muriel Poston, Deputy Division Director Tel: (703) 292-8470 Fax: (703) 292-9063 Human Resources Ecological Biology Behavioral Systems Biomolecular Systems Research Resources Ecosystem Science Developmental Systems Cellular Systems Population and EvolutionaryProcesses Environmental and Structural Systems Genes and Genome Systems Plant Genome Research Program Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Functional andRegulatory Systems Emerging Frontiers (EF) Effective September 2004

  3. NSF Budget Request by Appropriation Note: Totals may not add due to rounding

  4. ($ in Millions)

  5. 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

  6. Appropriations for the National Science Foundation FY 1998 - 2005 Dollars in Millions Total Growth FY 98 – FY 05: $2.0 billion (63%) NSF BIO FY’98 FY’99 FY’00 FY’01 FY’02 FY’03 FY’04 FY’05 FY’06 FY’07 (Enacted) (Request) [Authorized]

  7. Growth in BIO Budget FY 1995-2006(millions) Total Growth FY 95 – FY 06: $281 million (93%) Request Enacted

  8. Biological SciencesBudgetRequest 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

  9. BIO Budget Request by Priority Area ($ in Millions)

  10. BIO Budget Requestby Division Note: Totals may not add due to rounding

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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 trainingactivities

  14. 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)

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

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