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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The Biden Administration has released the President's FY 2023 Discretionary Request. This includes a total of $774.775M for OAR, a net increase of $107.748M (16.1 percent) from the FY 2022 Enacted levels.
The FY 2023 request will allow OAR to provide robust science that is instrumental to saving lives and property, managing natural resources, and maintaining a strong economy. With this funding, OAR research will continue to advance NOAA science and services by providing better forecasts and improving understanding of the Earth and its processes.
On March 15, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-103) was signed into law by President Biden. This provides a total of $6.1B for NOAA. This includes $4.42 billion for NOAA Operations, Research and Facilities (ORF) and $1.69 billion in Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (PAC).
Please visit the NOAA Budget Webpage for previous fiscal year budget information.
Finding opportunities for students to join OAR is critical to our success as we build the future of our organization.
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.
View the latest content from October 5, 2021's Climate and Resilience Risk Workshop in which key stakeholders discussed the climate policy landscape and explored challenges regarding climate data and climate change impacts to communities.