| Fiscal 2012 appropriation (in millions of dollars) | Fiscal 2013 request (in millions of dollars) | One-year change | |
| IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | |||
| Student assistance | |||
| Pell Grants (program costs) | $41,572 | $36,118 | -13% |
| Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants | $735 | $735 | 0% |
| Federal Work-Study | $977 | $1,127 | 15% |
| Student-aid administration | $1,043 | $1,126 | 8% |
| TEACH Grants | $41 | $11 | -73% |
| Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need | $31 | $31 | 0% |
| Teacher-education assistance | $41 | $201 | 390% |
| New loan volume | |||
| Stafford Loans | $35,554 | $32,044 | -10% |
| Unsubsidized Stafford Loans | $58,468 | $66,160 | 13% |
| PLUS Loans | $20,652 | $22,618 | 10% |
| Aid to disadvantaged students | |||
| TRIO programs for disadvantaged students | $840 | $840 | 0% |
| Gear Up | $302 | $302 | 0% |
| Discretionary institutional assistance | |||
| Historically black colleges | $228 | $228 | 0% |
| Hispanic-serving institutions | $100 | $100 | 0% |
| Tribal colleges | $26 | $26 | 0% |
| Hawkins Centers of Excellence | $0 | $30 | n/a |
| Career and technical education | |||
| State grants | $1,123 | $1,123 | 0% |
| Education research and statistics | |||
| Research, development, and dissemination | $190 | $202 | 6% |
| Statewide data systems | $38 | $53 | 39% |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $4 | $70 | 1650% |
| IN OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES | |||
| Scientific Research | |||
| National Institutes of Health (program level) | $30,702 | $30,702 | 0% |
| National Science Foundation | |||
| Total | $7,023 | $7,372 | 5% |
| Research | $5,689 | $5,983 | 5% |
| Education | $829 | $876 | 6% |
| Major research equipment | $197 | $196 | -1% |
| Agency operations and award management | $299 | $299 | 0% |
| Department of Agriculture | |||
| Cooperative research and education | $706 | $733 | 4% |
| Formula grants | $661 | $654 | -1% |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants | $264 | $325 | 23% |
| Extension activities | $475 | $462 | -3% |
| Integrated activities | $21 | $44 | 110% |
| Department of Commerce oceanic and atmospheric research | $3,131 | $3,161 | 1% |
| Department of Defense | |||
| Basic research | $2,112 | $2,117 | 0% |
| Applied research | $4,739 | $4,478 | -6% |
| Advanced-technology development | $5,411 | $5,266 | -3% |
| Department of Energy Office of Science | $4,874 | $5,001 | 3% |
| Department of Homeland Security Office of University Programs | $37 | $40 | 8% |
| Environmental Protection Agency science and technology | $794 | $807 | 2% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration science | $5,074 | $4,911 | -3% |
| Arts and Humanities | |||
| National Endowment for the Humanities, total | $146 | $154 | 5% |
| Education programs | $13 | $14 | 8% |
| Research programs | $15 | $15 | 0% |
| Office of Digital Humanities | $4 | $4 | 0% |
| Preservation and access programs | $15 | $16 | 7% |
| National Endowment for the Arts | $146 | $154 | 5% |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $232 | $232 | 0% |
| Source: U.S. government | |||
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