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Suggested Citation:"F: National Science Foundation Proposal Success Rates." National Research Council. 2000. Federal Funding of Astronomical Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9954.
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National Science Foundation Proposal Success Rates

The raw data on NSF proposal success rates for research proposals, for all of the Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST) and by field including ATI, are given in Table F.1. For the figures, proposal success fraction represents the number accepted versus the number received, but the average proposal size has been normalized to 1997 dollars using the deflators given in Appendix C. Data were assembled by R. Konkel, an NRC contractor, who served as a consultant to the committee and obtained data from M. Aizenman, deputy director of the NSF AST, and Guenther Riegler, director of the Research Program Management Division at NASA's Office of Space Science.

Suggested Citation:"F: National Science Foundation Proposal Success Rates." National Research Council. 2000. Federal Funding of Astronomical Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9954.
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TABLE F.1 NSF Proposal Acceptance Rates and Average Funding, FY 1988 to FY 1999

 

AST

ATI

EXC

GAL

SAA

PLA

Year

Prop.

Succ.

Size

Prop.

Succ.

Size

Prop.

Succ.

Size

Prop.

Succ.

Size

Prop.

Succ.

Size

Prop.

Succ.

Size

1988

337

123

43,016

50

10

58,042

108

44

40,000

65

25

43,000

88

32

34,700

20

7

50,000

1989

312

139

49,980

33

17

62,400

85

32

50,874

49

20

53,475

106

55

45,512

27

9

56,133

1990

286

150

53,000

31

25

59,248

78

43

49,700

61

30

59,714

80

36

57,333

18

10

41,083

1991

291

148

53,919

39

26

68,000

88

48

58,792

58

26

68,333

89

37

41,550

12

7

35,000

1992

321

151

57,292

44

24

77,291

78

38

68,000

49

21

56,100

126

53

47,300

13

8

54,900

1993

357

114

60,069

54

21

83,000

87

29

60,267

57

23

63,963

134

53

48,483

19

2

8,133

1994

354

166

51,850

50

30

71,436

76

32

56,741

48

19

45,948

108

50

41,950

41

21

40,000

1995

382

118

55,417

50

11

97,913

72

21

66,702

52

20

53,147

126

31

62,000

32

10

40,000

1996

391

107

67,753

26

7

168,735

95

24

55,000

73

15

81,667

95

28

58,833

36

8

60,907

1997

489

158

64,000

48

18

102,544

119

43

65,000

82

22

62,500

112

31

60,000

43

15

46,991

1998

366

102

81,957

45

14

140,541

133

32

99,989

58

14

72,572

103

31

57,555

41

11

64,898

1999

419

109

77,795

38

8

149,579

124

32

85,844

48

11

83,882

114

30

66,313

31

4

68,158

NOTES: Acronyms are defined in Appendix H. Prop. = number of proposals received; Succ. = number of proposals accepted; Size = average grant size in current-year dollars. Funding for FY 1999 not yet available.

Suggested Citation:"F: National Science Foundation Proposal Success Rates." National Research Council. 2000. Federal Funding of Astronomical Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9954.
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Suggested Citation:"F: National Science Foundation Proposal Success Rates." National Research Council. 2000. Federal Funding of Astronomical Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9954.
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The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), at its meeting on September 8, 1997, was briefed on the legislative report accompanying the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the National Science Foundation (NSF). The report raised a number of questions about trends in support for research in astronomy and the overall robustness of the programs providing that support. At its meeting, the CAA heard the views of NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on these issues. In consultation with the Board on Physics and Astronomy, the Space Studies Board, and representatives of NASA and NSF, the committee accepted the task of studying three of the questions raised by the House Science Committee (HSC). It was intended that the results of the study would help guide federal support of basic research for the next decade and serve as analytical input to the new 2000 decadal survey of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee (AASC). The study would not offer specific funding recommendations, but rather would provide a background analysis of the alignment between available resources, agency priorities, and the vitality of the basic research program.

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