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Appendix B: Overview of NASA Structure and Budget
Pages 90-92

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... 1986 1989 1992 1995 Research Contracts and Grants OLMSA disciplines RES/LS 4 6 8 12 RES/MGS 3 2 8 5 Subtotal OLMSA disciplines OSS disciplines 7 8 16 17 11 16 24 22 16 18 13 5 10 RES/AA RES/SSP 13 RES/LPX 9 4 Subtotal OSS disciplines 29425139 OES disciplines RES/ES18122648 Subtotal OES disciplines 18122648 Subtotal above: net space research 546293104 Percentage of total NASA awards 1.91.71.92.1 Other Space Science Activities Instrument design and development IDD/Various25394238 Spacecraft design and development SDD/Various3344 Operation of science facilities OPS/Various2299 Operation of support facilities SUP/Various71156 Centers of excellence CENX/Various2136 Subtotal (includes net space research above) 93118156167 Other NASA Activities Training grants NOT981423 National Space Grant College awards NSGC002020 Other education programs EDU331129 Centers of excellence CENX/NSSa2172637 Technology programs TECH8373631 Technology transfer programs TTXR7181719 Balance of NASA University Awards Total university awards 122201280326 aNSS = not space science.
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... SOURCES OF DATA AND METHOD OF DEVELOPMENT 87 Smaller Awards (<$300,000) Number CASE Field FY FY 1986 1989 Consolidated Awards Number FY 1992 FY FY FY FY FY 1995 1986 1989 1992 1995 Agricultural science Biological science Environmental biology Life sciences (not elsewhere classified)
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... Assignment of Awards to NASA Science Disciplines The two-stage process used by the task group to assign larger and then smaller NASA contracts and grants to the general analytical categories described above was also used to develop historical statistics relevant to the major NASA science disciplines and the three NASA science program offices the Office of Earth Science (OES) , the Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA)
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  • space science
  • earth science
  • microgravity sciences


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