Reps. Dunn and Lawson Push for Higher NSF Funding
The Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations process on Capitol Hill is underway. Members of Congress are now conveying their funding priorities to leaders of the relevant spending committees. As requested by FSU, Representatives Neal Dunn and Al Lawson have put forward spending recommendations in support of federal research and student aid programs.
Today, Reps. Dunn and Lawson joined 159 other representatives to push for increased funding for the National Science Foundation in Fiscal Year 2019. In a letter to appropriators, the group calls for a budget of $8.45 billion for NSF, which would represent an increase of greater than 8%.
The appropriations process will play out over the next several months and likely not conclude until after the November midterm elections.