October 25, 2022

NIST Budget Overview

Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology 

Dr. Heather Evans

Director, NIST Program Coordination Office
Where we are today 

•Continuing Resolution (CR) 

through December 16, 2022

•NIST's House and Senate 

marks out

•CHIPS and Science Act 

provides authorization levels

FY 2023

•OMB-OSTP R&D Priorities 

memo released July 22, 2022

•Normal White House budget 

process underway

•President's budget targeted 

for release in February 2023 

FY 2024 •NIST leadership will start 

planning in coming months 

FY 2025

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Fiscal Year 2023
FY 2023 Continuing Resolution Overview

NIST is on a flat budget 

through December 16, 2022 

$163 M in externally directed 

earmarks from FY 2022 are in 

process of being awarded

Does not include CHIPS 

Mfg. USA

$17 M

Earmarks

$163 M

Scientific & 

Technical 

Research 

Services (STRS)

$812 M

Mfg. 

Extension 

Partnership 

(MEP)

$158 M

Construction 

of Research 

Facilities 

(CRF)

$80 M

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FY 2021-2023 Budgets at a Glance

Earmarks 

In FY 22 NIST received $163.2 M in 

earmarks

House and Senate marks also 

identify earmarks for FY 23 

FY 23 Request vs. FY 22*

FY 23 request is +$400.7 M over FY 22 

enacted* levels. 

• STRS +$162.6 M, 

• MEP +$117.3 M, 

• CRF +$40.3 M, and

• Mfg. USA growth by a factor of 

nearly 6.

*Earmarks not included in FY 22 values for the 

purposes of comparison to the FY 23 request. 5
NIST FY 2023 Budget Status

($ in millions)

FY 20223/ FY 2023 FY 2023 +/- over FY 2023 +/- over

FY 2022 Emergency Act President's House FY 2022 Senate FY 2022

Enacted P.L. 117-43 Request Mark Enacted Mark Enacted

STRS $850.0 $22.0 $975.0 $953.0 4/ $103.0 $974.9 5/ $124.9

Laboratory Programs 705.8 22.0 855.4 TBD N/A TBD N/A

Corporate Services 17.4 0.0 18.5 TBD N/A TBD N/A

Stds Coord & Special Pgms 1/ 126.8 2/ 0.0 101.1 TBD N/A TBD N/A

ITS $174.5 $0.0 $372.3 $230.0 $55.5 $270.0 $95.5

Hollings Mfg Ext Partnership 158.0 0.0 275.3 212.0 54.0 200.0 42.0

Manufacturing USA 16.5 0.0 97.0 18.0 1.5 70.0 53.5

CRF $205.6 $0.0 $120.3 $291.2 $85.6 $451.4 $245.8

 Construc & Major Renovations 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Saf, Cap, Maint & Maj Repairs 80.0 0.0 120.3 150.0 70.0 129.7 49.7

Competitive Const. Grant Prg. 0.0 0.0 120.0 120.0

Extramural Construc projects 125.6 2/ 141.2 4/ 15.6 201.7 5/ 76.1

Total, NIST Discretionary 1,230.1 22.0 1,467.6 1,474.2 244.1 1,696.3 466.2

1/ Includes Baldrige Performance Excellence Program funding for $2.5M in FY 2022, $2.6M in FY 2023, and $2.8M in FY 2024.

2/ Includes $37.598M for STRS External Projects and $125.563M for CRF's NIST Extramural Construction. 

3/ From enacted $22M to carry out investigations of Surfside building failures from Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.

4/ Includes $18M for NIST External Projects earmark and $141M for NIST Extramural Construction earmark.

5/ Includes $47.5M for NIST External earmark and $201.7M for NIST Extramural Construction earmark.

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Proposed Increases in Detail 

STRS ITS

FY 2023 (President's Request)

Climate - $20 M

Cybersecurity - $18 M

Quantum Information Science - $15 M

Artificial Intelligence - $15 M

Bioeconomy - $14 M

Advanced Communications - $12 M

NCNR Controls and Corrective Actions - $10 M

PSCR - $10 M

Measurement Service Modernization - $8 M

Standards for Critical & Emerging Tech - $8 M

Circular Economy - $5 M

NIST Workforce Diversity and Equity - $5.78 M

iEdison System - $2 M

MEP - $124.2 M

Mfg. USA - $80.3 M

CRF - $36.8 M

House

• Supports majority of FY 2023 initiatives (not all at 

requested level) 

• Does not fund advanced communications R&D 

(Senate does) 

• Does not provide funds to build equity and 

diversity in the workforce (Senate does) 

• $18.1 M in external projects 

Senate

• Supports majority of FY 2023 initiatives (not all at 

requested level)

• Does not fund public safety communications 

research (House does) 

• Does not fund bioeconomy (House does) 

• $47.5 M in external projects 

Lower than President's request for both 

House and Senate (amount varies)

Higher than President's request for both 

CRF

House and Senate (amount varies) 7

FY 2023 Congressional Marks 
CHIPS and Science Act: 

NIST for the Future 
NIST for 

the Future 

Authorizes and codifies NIST role in bioscience, 

cybersecurity, greenhouse gas, advanced 

communications, international standards, and 

more 

Proposed budget growth across all NIST programs 

Provides additional NIST flexibilities for hiring and 

operations

NIST called on to work with National Science 

Foundation, Department of Energy, and other 

Departments and Agencies 

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Projected Budget Growth 

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

FY22

Enacted

FY 23 

President’s 

Request

FY23 CHIPS

and

Science

FY24 CHIPS

and

Science

FY25 CHIPS

and

Science

FY26 CHIPS

and

Science

FY27 CHIPS

and

Science

$ (thousands)

NIST Budget FY 23 - FY 27 under CHIPS and Science 

Scientific and Technical Research and Services

Construction of Research Facilities

Innovation and Industry Services

total

• Funding levels in the 

Act begin in FY 23 

similar to the President's 

FY 23 request 

• Gradual increase over 

five years to $2.28 B

• Nearly doubles (+86%) 

the NIST total budget 

from FY 22 - FY 27, but 

this growth is uneven: 

• +50% STRS

• +358% ITS

• -3% CRF
Supports Critical 

Technology 

Research

Strengthens 

Small 

Manufacturers

Combats 

Supply Chain 

Disruption

Grows 

Manufacturing 

USA

Promotes 

International 

Standards 

Leadership

$9.68 billion 5-year allocation & $4 billion over baseline

NIST for the Future Act

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Supports Critical 

Technology 

Research

Critical and Emerging Technologies

• Advanced Communications Research

• Artificial Intelligence

• Cybersecurity and Privacy

• Neutron Scattering

Biotech and Chemistry 

• Engineering Biology and Biometrology

• Biometrics Research and Testing

• Sustainable Chemistry

Infrastructure

• Greenhouse Gas Measurement Research

• Premise Plumbing Research

International Standards Development

Technology and Standards

Promotes 

International 

Standards 

Leadership

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Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Strengthens 

Small 

Manufacturers

Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership

Expansion Awards Pilot Program

National Supply Chain Database

Manufacturing USA

New institutes

Combats 

Supply Chain 

Disruption

Grows 

Manufacturing 

USA

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Discussion
Extended break (60 min.)