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NASA 



7.01% 



USGS 

 7.11% 



EPA 



9.51% 



MMS 



2.90% -^ I DOE 



2.40% 



NSF 

 34.53% 



NOAA 

 16. 12% ^^_^ 



ONR 

 20.42% 



FIGURE 4-20 Distribution of federal support for ocean science in Fiscal 

 Year 1992. 



1982 dollars. The NSF budget grew at an annual rate of 14.4 

 percent during this time. More than half of this increase can be 

 attributed to inflation; in constant 1982 dollars, the total NSF 

 budget increased at an annual rate of 6.7 percent. This impressive 

 record indicates continuing support in both the administration 

 and the Congress for basic scientific research. 



Ocean Science The budget of NSF's Ocean Sciences Division (OCE) 

 has not increased as rapidly as the overall NSF budget over this 

 same period (Figure 4-21). In constant 1982 dollar terms, the OCE 

 budget grew 2.4 percent annually between fiscal years 1982 and 

 1992, a constant dollar growth rate about one-third that of the 

 overall NSF budget. Of the OCE growth, in constant 1982 dollar 

 terms, 58 percent can be attributed to growth specifically in Ocean 

 Science Research Support (OSRS). The Ocean Drilling Program 

 (ODP) accounts for 16 percent of the constant 1982 dollar growth 

 and Oceanographic Centers and Facilities (OCF) for 26 percent. It 

 is encouraging to note that the 5.5 percent increase in the OCE 

 budget from fiscal years 1990 to 1991 (in constant 1982 dollars) 

 and the 4.6 percent budget increase from 1991 to 1992 may signal 

 significant real growth in the OCE budget in the 1990s. 



Funding increases have not been uniform across the oceano- 

 graphic disciplines in OCE (Figure 4-22). The physical oceanogra- 

 phy budget increased more than the other three disciplines, ac- 



