FY15 Budgets for NIH, NSF, Federal Statistical Agencies Finalized

摘要

The Senate extended its adjournment date for the 113th Congress to finalize the fiscal year 2015 (FY15) budgets for most of the federal government. (The Department of Homeland Security is on another continuing resolution through February.) One of the few bright spots was NSF, which received a 2.4% increase over its FY14 budget. The NIH received an FY15 budget of $30.1 billion, which is a half percent above its FY14 level and means NIH loses purchasing power due to inflation. In addition to the $30.1 billion, the NIH received $240 million for Ebola research funding. For an indication of what this level might mean for proposal success rates, consider how the FY14 proposal success rates fared with a 2% increase over the FY13 level (Table 2).