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2 Budget and Portfolio
Pages 13-20

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... A key difference is that the Arctic Section's $30.5 million includes all logistics costs, whereas antarctic science is supported by a separate logistics section, the Polar Research Support Section, which has a total budget of about $162.4 million. (It is difficult to determine how much of this directly supports research compared to the other goals related to the U.S.
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From page 14...
... Other areas of NSF also contribute funds to support ANS projects when their interests overlap, including 18 percent from other programs within OPP, 11 percent from the Atmospheric Sciences Division, 6 percent from the Engineering Directorate, and 3 percent from the Ocean Sciences Division. In reverse, the dollars given by ANS to other NSF programs was $248,000; this was
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... The data used, however, are not perfectly parallel. In fact, they show two different characterizations one matching the old disciplinary programs pre-1996 and a variation provided by ANS staff that includes biological oceanography as a separate category because that is a significant component of ANS activities.
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... , the number and percent actually awarded, the percent of successful proposals per discipline, the percent of total funds allocated by discipline, and a ratio calculated to indicate the percentage of proposals received in each discipline to the percent awarded in that discipline. A ratio of close to 1 indicates general agreement between percentage submitted and percentage accepted.
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... and as influenced by proposal pressures, priorities determined through specific strategic thinking, leveraging funds important to international activities, and careful decisions to fund occasional large, complex proposals that clearly fit the ANS mission. Regarding the percent of successful proposals, as shown in Table 2-4, the committee notes that proposal pressure alone is no indication of quality, and low acceptance rates should not be misinterpreted as a sign of quality.
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Key Terms

  • proposals received
  • sciences section
  • success rate
  • disciplinary programs
  • funds allocated

  • biological oceanography
  • polar research
  • oceanography proposals
  • ans staff
  • atmospheric sciences

  • arctic sciences
  • acceptance rates
  • ocean sciences
  • total funds
  • support section

  • antarctic sciences
  • low acceptance
  • total proposals
  • successful proposals
  • occur periodically

  • percent awarded
  • fairly constant
  • constant despite
  • seek joint
  • whereas antarctic

  • specific strategic
  • ans activities
  • total received
  • arctic portion
  • separate logistics


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