June 14, 2022

NIST Budget Overview

Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology 

Dr. Jason Boehm

Director, NIST Program Coordination Office
Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023
FY 2022 Enacted Budget Overview

$1.23 B total

Earmarks* for first time in 

10 years

Budget essentially flat 

from FY 21

*$163 M in earmarks include:

• $37.6 M in STRS External Projects

• $125.6 M in Extramural 

Construction 

Scientific & 

Technical 

Research 

Services (STRS)

$812 M

Mfg. 

Extension 

Partnership 

(MEP)

$158 M

Earmarks

$163 M

Construction 

of Research 

Facilities (CRF)

$80 M

Mfg. USA

$17 M
FY 2021-2023 Budgets at a Glance

FY 22 vs. FY 21

FY 22 is +$195.6 M over FY 21. With 

$163.2 M in earmarks, this increase is 

effectively +$32.4 M.

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.
Recipient Project $

CNY Defense Alliance Smart Technology Lab Initiative 200 K

Colorado State Univ. Soil CCS Research Project 1 M

Emporia State Univ. Cyber Security Center 1.5 M

Mississippi State Univ. Training and Standards for UAS Certification 4 M

Pittsburg State Univ. Polymer and Plastics Research at National Institute for Materials Advancement 3 M

Plymouth State Univ. Technology and Equipment upgrades 1 M

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NMR Facility Enhancement 984 K

Roux Institute at Northeastern Univ. Advanced and Additive Manufacturing Center Development 1 M

The Univ. of Mississippi Core Testing Facility for Graphene and Graphene Like Materials 2 M

Univ. of Buffalo High-performance Computing Drug Discovery Initiative 1 M

Univ. of Charleston (WV) Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation and Research Training 385 K

Univ. of Colorado JILA Lab Equipment 950 K

Univ. of Delaware Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Equipment 3 M

Univ. of Kansas Medical Center Research Equipment Upgrades 5 M

Univ. of New Mexico UNM Decedent Image Database 374 K

Univ. of Rhode Island Blue Technology Research Initiative 1.5 M

Univ. of Southern Mississippi Establishment of a joint Industry Academic Laboratory to provide Calibration Services 5 M

Univ. of Southern Mississippi Graphene Product Validation Lab 2 M

West Virginia Univ. Procurement of Technology to respond to opioid and violence epidemics in WV 705 K

Wichita State Univ. Additive Manufacturing Technologies Research and Standardization 3 M

FY22 STRS External Projects: $37.6 M
FY22 CRF Extramural Constr.: $125.6 M

Recipient Project Amount ($)

Burlington Technical Center Burlington Aviation Technology Center 

Facility

10 M

Fort Hays State University Renovation of Forsyth Library 17 M

Kansas State University 

Salina Aerospace and 

Technology Campus

Acquisition and Renovation of Aerospace 

Simulation Center

4.75 M

Missouri State University Ozarks Health and Life Science Center 20 M

University of Maine Green Engineering and Materials 

Research

10 M

University of New 

Hampshire

Jackson Estuarine Lab Expansion and 

Renovation

3.813 M

University of South Alabama 

College of Medicine

Renovation and Expansion of Research 

and Education Facilities

60 M
FY 2021-2023 Budget

1/ Includes Baldrige Performance Excellence Program funding for $2.5M in FY2021, $2.5M in FY2022, and $2.7M in FY 

2023.

2/ From supplemental funding of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

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

4/ From enacted $22M to carry out investigations of Surfside building failures from Extending Government Funding 

and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.

FY 2021

Enacted

FY 20212/

ARP Act

P.L. 117-2

FY 2022

Annualized CR

FY 2022 

Enacted

FY 20224/

Emergency Act 

P.L. 117-43

FY 2023 

President’s 

Request

+/- over FY 

2022 

Enacted

STRS $788.0 $0.0 $788.0 $850.0 22.0 $975.0 $125

Laboratory Programs 687.1 0.0 686.6 TBD 22.0 855.4 N/A

Corporate Services 17.5 0.0 17.5 TBD 0.0 18.5 N/A

Stds Coord. & Special Pgms.1/ 83.4 0.0 83.9 TBD3/ 0.0 101.1 N/A

ITS $166.5 $150.0 $166.5 $174.5 $0.0 $372.3 $197.8

Hollings MEP 150 0.0 150.0 158.0 0.0 275.3 117.3

Manufacturing USA 16.5 150.0 16.5 16.5 0.0 97.0 80.5

CRF $80.0 $0.0 $80.0 $205.6 $0.0 $120.3 ($85.3)

Constrc. & Major Renovations 6.1 0.0 6.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Saf, Cap, Maint & Maj. Repairs 73.9 0.0 73.9 80.0 0.0 120.3 40.3

Extramural Construc Projects 125.63/ (125.6)

Total, NIST Discretionary 1034.5 150.0 1034.5 1230.1 22.0 1467.6 237.5
FY 2022 and 2023 Budget Initiatives

STRS ITS

CRF

FY 2022 (Enacted) FY 2023 (Request)

Climate - $1.5 M

Cybersecurity - $5.25 M

Quantum Information Science - $2.2 M

Artificial Intelligence - $0.58 M

Bioeconomy - $2.552 M

Wildfires and Wildland Urban Interface - $1 M

NCNR Restart - $9 M

PSCR - $1.5 M

Public Health Risk to First Responders - $1 M

Standards for Critical & Emerging Tech - $0.6 M

Circular Economy - $1 M

NIST Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - $0.02 M

Forensic Science - $0.7 M

MEP - $8 M

Mfg. USA - $0 

CRF - $0 

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
NIST Budget History and 

Comparison with Similar 

Agencies
NIST STRS and ITS Budget Trends

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Dollars (millions)

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NIST STRS and ITS Budget (2001-2022)

STRS

ITS
Comparison with Similar Agencies

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Dollars (milliions)

Fiscal Year

Similar Agency Budgets (2006-2022)

NASA

NOAA

NSF

DOE Office of

Science

NIST
Comparison with Similar Agencies

Year / Agency NASA NOAA NSF

DOE Office of 

Science NIST

2007 4.87% -0.41% 7.87% -10.70%

2008 12.43% 0.31% 0.75% 11.67%

2009 -0.29% 11.94% 7.01% 8.36%

2010 5.30% 8.45% 6.72% 4.59%

2011 -1.47% -3.19% -0.97% -12.43%

2012 -3.68% 6.80% 2.54% 0.10%

2013 -5.09% 0.60% -2.12% -5.18% 2.46%

2014 4.64% 6.31% 4.18% 9.64% 10.49%

2015 2.06% 3.88% 2.40% 0.03% 1.64%

2016 7.08% 5.82% 1.62% 5.51% 11.59%

2017 1.91% -1.58% 0.11% 0.82% -1.24%

2018 5.51% 4.12% 3.95% 16.12% 25.89%

2019 3.68% -8.19% 3.97% 5.19% -17.77%

2020 5.25% -0.76% 3.46% 6.30% 4.92%

2021 2.84% -0.20% 1.58% 0.37% 0.10%

2022 3.30% 9.38% 4.15% 0.00% 18.84%

Annual Percentage Change in Appropriations Compared to Previous Year

Colors range from 

red to green, 

where red is the 

lowest 

comparative 

increase each 

year and 

green is the 

higher 

comparative 

increase each 

year.
Comparison with Similar Agencies

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% Earmarks

% Earmarks in FY22 Budget