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Congress Passes FY 2010 Budget
- NIH |
- NSF |
- Veterans Affairs |
- NASA
On December 16, 2009 President Barack Obama signed the omnibus appropriations legislation that will fund various federal agencies in fiscal year (FY) 2010. Included in the $446.8 billion omnibus are the bills that provide funding for research programs at the NIH, NSF, VA and NASA.
National Institutes of Health
Congress set the budget for the NIH at $31.0 billion for FY 2010. This sum is $692 million over FY 2009 and represents a 2.2% increase for the agency, a total that falls below the projected inflation rate for the biomedical sciences (3.3%). However, in addition to the regular budget, in FY 2010 NIH will spend the remainder of the $10.4 billion in stimulus money it received as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Back to TopNational Science Foundation
In FY 2010, NSF will receive $6.9 billion, $436 million over its FY 2009 appropriation. This represents a 6.7% increase and is consistent with the President’s stated goal of doubling the agency’s budget over the next several years. NSF will also continue to spend ARRA funds in FY 2010.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Medical and prosthetic research at the VA was increased to $581 million in FY 2010, a jump of 13.9% or $71 million over the FY 2009 level. The legislation includes $48 million for research to address the needs of veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The NASA budget increased to $18.7 billion, which is $942 million (5.3%) over FY 2009. The Human Research Program will receive $151.5 million, the same funding level as FY 2009.
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