1. Funding Rates at NSF
June 2016

3. Proposals, Awards and Funding Rates
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
NSF
Proposals
55,542
51,562
48,613
48,999
48,051
Awards
12,996
11,192
11,524
10,829
10,958
Funding Rate
23%
22%
24%
ENG
13,226
12,314
11,338
10,738
11,878
2,375
2,064
2,065
2,212
2,145
18%
17%
21%
Report to the National Science Board on the National Science Foundation’s Merit Review Process, FY 2014

4. PIs in Early and Later Stages of Career and Research Proposal Success Rates
An early career PI is defined as someone within seven years of receiving his or her last degree at the time of the award. For the purposes of this report, PIs who received their last degree more than seven years before the time of their first NSF
award are considered later career PIs.
Report to the National Science Board on the National Science Foundation’s Merit Review Process, FY 2014

6. NSF Funding
OGS= OPPORTUNITY, GROWTH AND SECURITY INITIATIVE While further analysis of the President’s OGS Initiative is required, the Budget Request cites investing additional federal resources of $56 billion into education, research, infrastructure and process reform to “restore our global edge” as a priority. Energy and climate change research, continuing development of a national network of manufacturing institutes to spur economic development, and national security (including nuclear) research and development are identified as priorities as well. Research highlights include
National Science Foundation - $552 million in additional funding for NSF to fund an additional 1,000 grants to expand knowledge across disciplines in areas such as neuroscience and materials science and additional research traineeships in high priority areas, impacting thousands of graduate students
FY16 appropriation $7.46B (up $119M from FY15), 89% to support research and education
FY17 request $8.0B