OAR Budget

Budget Process

We receive many questions about the timing of the budget process.  The timeline below is intended as a guide to help explain the process from budget formulation to execution. 

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FY 2023 President's Budget Request

• Climate Research Labs and Cooperative Institutes: $89.0M ($13.0M increase above the FY 2021 enacted)
• Regional Climate Data and Information: $45.0M ($2.5M increase above the  FY 2021 enacted) 
• Climate Competitive Research: $66.0M ($2.0M increase above the FY 2021 enacted)

Weather and Air Chemistry Research - OAR Weather and Air Chemistry Research is funded at $144.4M, which is a $5.0M increase from FY 2021 enacted. 

• Weather and Air Chemistry Research Labs and Cooperative Institutes: $87.7M ($2.2M increase from the FY 2021 enacted and at the President’s Budget Request level)
• U.S. Weather Research Program: $26.8M (increase of $263K from FY 2021 enacted.

Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research - Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research is funded at $237.0M, which is an increase of $5.6M above the FY 2021 enacted. 

• Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research Labs and Cooperative Institutes: $37.1M (increase of $610K from the FY 2021 enacted)
• National Sea Grant College Program base: $76.0M (a $1.0M increase above the FY 2021 enacted)
• Marine Aquaculture: $13.5M (an increase of $500K  from the FY 2021 enacted and $376K above the President’s Budget Request)
• Ocean Exploration and Research: $43.4M ($400K increase above the FY 2021 enacted and equal to the President’s Budget Request)
• Integrated Ocean Acidification: $16.0M (an increase of $500K above the FY 2021 enacted and $302K above the President’s Budget Request) 
• Sustained Ocean Observations and Monitoring: $49.0M (increase of $3.6M from  the FY 2021 enacted, but $17.8M below the President’s Budget Request) 
• National Oceanographic Partnership Program: $2.0M (a decrease of $1.0M from the FY 2021 enacted) 

Innovative Research and Technology - Innovative Research and Technology is funded at $18.0M, which is $200Kabove FY 2021 enacted and $4.0M below the President’s Budget Request. 

• High Performance Computing (HPC) Initiatives ORF - HPC ORF is funded at $18.0MM, ( an increase of $200K above the FY 2021 enacted).

OAR Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (PAC) - OAR received $48.5M in PAC funds, an increase of $5M from FY 2021 enacted.

• Research Supercomputing: Research supercomputing PAC is funded at $48.5M, which is a $5.0M increase above the FY 2021 enacted. 

Special Appropriations

• Overview Report of 2019 Hurricane Supplemental (PDF version)
• Overview Report of 2018 Hurricane Supplemental (PDF version)
• Sandy Supplemental

Please visit the NOAA Budget Webpage for previous fiscal year budget information.