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All,
Unfortunately, Sue Ann is correct. While the amounts requested for EHR and each of the divisions contained therein -- including Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), which houses ISE/AISL -- the ISE/AISL program is slated for that significant cut. For a detailed look at the EHR request, visit: http://nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2013/pdf/16-EHR_fy2013.pdf (pages 7-8).
I'm in the process of completing an overview of the President's FY 2013 budget request, which will cover NSF and a number of other Federal agencies, and will share that with ASTC and listserv members as soon as it is ready. With regard to the proposed cuts to the ISE/AISL program, ASTC's Public Policy Committee, which has been actively engaged on a number of issues over the last year, will be discussing this during our next weekly conference call and will outline our strategic direction in light of this news. We'll be reaching out for your input and support as this year's appropriations process -- which has really just begun with the release of the FY 2013 budget request -- moves forward.
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From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Ann Heatherly
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:44 PM
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Subject: Re: FY 2013 NSF request for Informal Science Education Down by 22%
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No it's not. The NSF FY budget request is bigger overall by about 5%. ISE took a really big hit compared to other education programs particularly undergraduate and graduate education programs and research on learning.
Take a look:
http://nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2013/toc.jsp
Sue Ann Heatherly
Senior Education Officer
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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> Bob, is the total NSF budget being reduced? or the total EHR budget?
> or is this just re-prioritizing away from informal into other
> education and research areas?
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> eric
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> On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Charlie Carlson wrote:
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>> To amplify Paul's remarks and Bob's alert, a general retrenchment of
>> Federal spending and priorities is happening (has been happening). I
>> think the pressure is across the Federal budget. This is likely to
>> continue into the foreseeable future. 2020 maybe a turning point,
>> but I make no extraordinary claims of prescience. It will likely
>> take more than 5 years to get our economic house re-ordered.
>> C
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>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Bob,
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>>> Would you say this is a gradual trend to squeeze "informal" projects
>>> out of NSF's portfolio, or are all NSF divisions facing similar
>>> cutbacks in the FY
>>> 2013 budget?
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>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Robert Russell <[log in to unmask]>
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>>>>
>>>> Did anyone see the FY 2013 budget? ISE is being cut about 25%, from
>>>> $61
>>>> million to $48 million, and renamed to Advancing Informal STEM
>>>> Learning.
>>>> Yikes!
>>>>
>>>> From the NSF budget document: "AISL (formerly ISE) (-$13.58 million
>>>> to a total of $47.82 million) will support fewer awards, focusing
>>>> on the research and model-building contributions of the program to
>>>> better understand effective means and innovative models for
>>>> engaging today's young people and adults in science outside of
>>>> school settings."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob Russell
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