National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh today detailed the president's $7.373 billion fiscal year 2013 budget request for the agency, emphasizing that new knowledge resulting from federal investments in science and technology is needed to ensure the nation's future prosperity and global competitiveness.
As part of the President's Plan for Science and Innovation, his budget sustains the commitment to double funding for three key science agencies: NSF, the Department of Energy's Office of Science and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology laboratories. The fiscal 2013 budget for NSF includes an increase of $340 million, or 5 percent, over the fiscal 2012 enacted budget level.
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