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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On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260) was signed into law by President Trump. This provides a total of $5.65B for NOAA. This includes $4.10 billion for NOAA Operations, Research and Facilities (ORF) and $1.55 billion in Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (PAC).
OAR Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF) - OAR received $570.6 million in ORF funds, an increase of $22.2 million from FY 2020.
Climate Research - OAR Climate Research is funded at $182.0M, which is a $12.5M increase from FY 2020 enacted. This rejects the proposed AOML Climate Research, Arctic Research and Climate Competitive Research terminations within this subactivity.
Weather and Air Chemistry Research - OAR Weather and Air Chemistry Research is funded at $139.4M, which is a $5.7M increase from FY 2020 enacted. This rejects the proposed ARL Closure, and Vortex-SE and Infrasonic terminations within this subactivity.
Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research - Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research is funded at $231.5M, which is an increase of $2.9M above the FY 2020 enacted.
Innovative Research and Technology - Innovative Research and Technology is funded at $17.8M, which is $1.0M above FY 2020 enacted.
OAR Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (PAC) - OAR received $43.5M in PAC funds, an increase of $1.5M from FY 2020 enacted.
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We receive many questions about the timing of the budget process. The timeline is intended as a guide to help explain the process from budget formulation to execution.
NOAA Research has updated its Strategic Plan to create a framework aligned with the NOAA 5-year Research & Development Plan released last year.
Read about OAR's $74.7 million investment across four areas, approximately half of which will support extramural investigators.