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Details of Obama’s Fiscal-2014 Budget for Higher Education and Science

April 10, 2013
Fiscal 2013 appropriations,
based on the continuing resolution
and not including sequestration cuts
(in millions of dollars)
Fiscal 2014 request
(in millions of dollars)
One-year change
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Student assistance
Pell Grants (program costs) $35,265 $29,868 -15%
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $735 $735 0%
Federal Work-Study $977 $1,127 15%
TEACH Grants $4 $1 -75%
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need $31 $31 0%
New loan volume
Stafford Loans $28,645 $29,345 2%
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans $59,186 $62,729 6%
PLUS Loans $18,602 $19,987 7%
Aid to disadvantaged students
TRIO programs for disadvantaged students $840 $840 0%
Gear Up $302 $302 0%
Discretionary institutional assistance
Historically black colleges $314 $313 0%
Hispanic-serving institutions $100 $100 0%
Tribal colleges $56 $56 0%
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 $85 124%
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $4 $260 6400%
IN OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
Scientific research
National Institutes of Health (program level) $31,057 $31,331 1%
National Science Foundation
Total $7,076 $7,626 8%
Research $5,767 $6,212 8%
Education $835 $880 5%
Major research equipment $169 $210 24%
Agency operations and award management $301 $304 1%
Department of Agriculture
Cooperative research and education $710 $801 13%
Formula grants $665 $657 -1%
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants $266 $383 44%
Extension activities $478 $459 -4%
Integrated activities $22 $28 27%
Department of Commerce oceanic and atmospheric research $379 $472 25%
Department of Defense
Basic research $2,117 $2,165 2%
Applied research $4,478 $4,626 3%
Advanced-technology development $5,266 $5,191 -1%
Department of Energy Office of Science $4,903 $5,152 5%
Department of Homeland Security Office of University Programs $37 $31 -16%
Environmental Protection Agency science and technology $798 $784 -2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration science $5,121 $5,018 -2%
National Endowment for the Humanities
Total $154.3 $154.5 0%
Education programs $13.0 $13.0 0%
Research programs $14.6 $15.4 5%
Office of Digital Humanities $4.2 $4.5 7%
Preservation and access programs $15.3 $15.8 3%
National Endowment for the Arts $154.3 $154.5 0%
Institute of Museum and Library Services $233 $226 -3%
Note: Figures are from the U.S. government. Dollar figures were derived from the individual departments or agencies as much as possible. Data from the White House Office of Management and Budget were used in other cases. As a result, figures for specific programs may not add up to the totals listed for each agency. Percentages have been rounded.

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Fiscal 2013 appropriations,
based on the continuing resolution
and not including sequestration cuts
(in millions of dollars)
Fiscal 2014 request
(in millions of dollars)
One-year change
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Student assistance
Pell Grants (program costs) $35,265 $29,868 -15%
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $735 $735 0%
Federal Work-Study $977 $1,127 15%
TEACH Grants $4 $1 -75%
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need $31 $31 0%
New loan volume
Stafford Loans $28,645 $29,345 2%
Unsubsidized Stafford Loans $59,186 $62,729 6%
PLUS Loans $18,602 $19,987 7%
Aid to disadvantaged students
TRIO programs for disadvantaged students $840 $840 0%
Gear Up $302 $302 0%
Discretionary institutional assistance
Historically black colleges $314 $313 0%
Hispanic-serving institutions $100 $100 0%
Tribal colleges $56 $56 0%
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 $85 124%
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $4 $260 6400%
IN OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
Scientific research
National Institutes of Health (program level) $31,057 $31,331 1%
National Science Foundation
Total $7,076 $7,626 8%
Research $5,767 $6,212 8%
Education $835 $880 5%
Major research equipment $169 $210 24%
Agency operations and award management $301 $304 1%
Department of Agriculture
Cooperative research and education $710 $801 13%
Formula grants $665 $657 -1%
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants $266 $383 44%
Extension activities $478 $459 -4%
Integrated activities $22 $28 27%
Department of Commerce oceanic and atmospheric research $379 $472 25%
Department of Defense
Basic research $2,117 $2,165 2%
Applied research $4,478 $4,626 3%
Advanced-technology development $5,266 $5,191 -1%
Department of Energy Office of Science $4,903 $5,152 5%
Department of Homeland Security Office of University Programs $37 $31 -16%
Environmental Protection Agency science and technology $798 $784 -2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration science $5,121 $5,018 -2%
National Endowment for the Humanities
Total $154.3 $154.5 0%
Education programs $13.0 $13.0 0%
Research programs $14.6 $15.4 5%
Office of Digital Humanities $4.2 $4.5 7%
Preservation and access programs $15.3 $15.8 3%
National Endowment for the Arts $154.3 $154.5 0%
Institute of Museum and Library Services $233 $226 -3%
Note: Figures are from the U.S. government. Dollar figures were derived from the individual departments or agencies as much as possible. Data from the White House Office of Management and Budget were used in other cases. As a result, figures for specific programs may not add up to the totals listed for each agency. Percentages have been rounded.

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