TABLE 3.1 . Estimated Costs of Proposed Programs
Program
New Funds (million dollars per year)
Core Programs:
Geobiology
7
Earth & Planetary Materials
5
Hydrology
5
Instrumentation and Facilities
10
Major Initiatives:
EarthScope
10 a
Natural Laboratories
20 b
Multidisciplinary Research:
Microorganisms in the Environment
4
Planetary Science
4
Education
3
Total
68
a Exclusive of EarthScope facilities funded through the MRE program.
b Includes $5 million for instrumentation and mobile laboratories.
In constructing the budget estimates in Table 3.1 , the committee considered
the following points:
• The average annual expenditures of the disciplinary core programs in EAR
is about $11 million, while EAR contributions to special emphasis areas
range from $1 million to $11 million ( Appendix A ). Programs with total
budgets of less than a few million dollars rarely develop thriving
constituencies; the committee thus refrained from recommending new
programs below this level. The budget figures in Table 3.1, correspond to
the annual costs of programs in current dollars.
• A substantial new core program in geobiology ($7 million) is needed to
take advantage of exceptional scientific opportunities and to furnish an
appropriate focus for EAR participation in the NSF-wide programs in
biocomplexity and the environment. In addition, the committee
recommends significant funding ($4 million) for a special emphasis area
in microorganisms in the environment, which would jump-start the
expanded EAR effort in geobiology.
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Program
New Funds (million dollars per year)
Core Programs:
Geobiology
7
Earth & Planetary Materials
5
Hydrology
5
Instrumentation and Facilities
10
Major Initiatives:
EarthScope
10 a
Natural Laboratories
20 b
Multidisciplinary Research:
Microorganisms in the Environment
4
Planetary Science
4
Education
3
Total
68
a Exclusive of EarthScope facilities funded through the MRE program.
b Includes $5 million for instrumentation and mobile laboratories.
In constructing the budget estimates in Table 3.1 , the committee considered
the following points:
• The average annual expenditures of the disciplinary core programs in EAR
is about $11 million, while EAR contributions to special emphasis areas
range from $1 million to $11 million ( Appendix A ). Programs with total
budgets of less than a few million dollars rarely develop thriving
constituencies; the committee thus refrained from recommending new
programs below this level. The budget figures in Table 3.1, correspond to
the annual costs of programs in current dollars.
• A substantial new core program in geobiology ($7 million) is needed to
take advantage of exceptional scientific opportunities and to furnish an
appropriate focus for EAR participation in the NSF-wide programs in
biocomplexity and the environment. In addition, the committee
recommends significant funding ($4 million) for a special emphasis area
in microorganisms in the environment, which would jump-start the
expanded EAR effort in geobiology.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
121
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original work has been recomposed from XML files created
from the original paper book, not from the original
typesetting files. Page breaks are true to the original; line lengths,
word breaks, heading styles, and other typesetting-specific
formatting, however, cannot be retained,
and some typographic errors may have been accidentally inserted.
Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative
version for attribution.