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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.
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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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