National Science Foundation fiscal year 2016 budget request continues commitment to discovery, innovation and learning

National Science Foundation fiscal year 2016 budget request continues commitment to discovery, innovation and learning

02/02/2015 01:30 PM EST

Today, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France A. Córdova outlined President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request to Congress for NSF. The FY16 request calls for $7.7 billion for NSF, an increase of $379 million over FY15, which is an increase of 5.2 percent.
The budget request includes support for new approaches to research on sustainability, global climate, the food-energy-water nexus, cognitive ...

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