A word? Disappointing. Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2005 Here’s a quick breakdown before I run off to the various Agency budget briefings:

NITRD FY 05

• NSF – $761 M; +$7 M over FY04; increase of 1%
• HHS (primarily NIH) – $371 M, +$3M over FY04; increase of 1%
• DOE – $354 M; +$10 M over FY04; increase of 3%
• NASA – $259 M; -$16 M below FY04; decrease of 6%
• DOD – $226 M; -$26 M below FY 04; decrease of 10%
• Commerce (includes NIST and NOAA) – $33 M; +$7 M over FY04; increase of 27%
• EPA – $4 M; unchanged from FY04

More details to come…