The research account will basically maintain its current level of support, and the Major Research Equipment account will drop by one-fifth. Let me put these numbers in a different context. We see here these three goals identified in the NSF strategic plan. People are NSF's most important resource. They represent both the focus of our investments and the most important products of them.
People generate the ideas that are the currency of the new knowledge-based economy.
Tools enable scientific discovery, and they provide access to unique educational opportunities. They also open new opportunities for innovative applications well beyond basic research. Advances in information technology are a particularly striking example of this. NSF budget request by strategic goal These three goals work in concert. They reinforce each other in ways that boost U.S. leadership in all aspects of science and engineering research and education.