Harold then went on to cite laser surgery, CAT scans, fiber optic viewing, ECHOcardiography, and fetal sonograms as examples of these revolutionary advances. This brings us to why we are here today. NSF is the fulcrum for all of science and engineering. We support the fundamental work that benefits the work of the mission agencies down the line. This is an outstanding result given the constraints imposed by the spending caps.
Appropriations Let's look at the five appropriations accounts.
This will allow us to sustain our innovative base of activities and plant few new seeds, as well. These are the operating funds that make it possible for our workforce to deal with an ever-increasing workload, to do the job that makes NSF the superb agency that it is. Another perspective on the budget can be obtained by looking at Key Program Functions. The initiatives that I'll discuss in a moment are driving much of this increase, but they are by no means the entire story. The budget, as requested, continues to place priority on our ongoing efforts to address grant size and duration, to put increased emphasis on funding rates for new investigators.