TABLE 1
Fiscal year
| New proposals received
| New awards
| Declinations
| Funding rate (in percent) |
| | | | |
1994 | 199 | 51 | 148 | 26
|
1995 | 128 | 51 | 77 | 40
|
1996 | 127 | 39 | 88 | 31
|
1997 | 143 | 48 | 95 | 34 |
Total, 1994-97 | 597 | 189 | 408 | 32
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TABLE 2
Fiscal year
| Number of proposals submitted
| Number of proposals funded
| Percentage of proposals funded (in percent) |
| | | |
92 | 173 | 53 | 31
|
93 | 97 | 35 | 36
|
94 | 79 | 32 | 41
|
95 | 52 | 22 | 42
|
96 | 1126 | 53 | 41
|
97 | 97 | 34 | 35 |
Total, FY 1992-97 | 624 | 229 | 37
|
1Because of a shift of submission dates, some proposals that would have been submitted in FY 1995 were submitted in FY 1996.
TABLE 3
NSF PERMANENT WORK FORCE
| FY 1996
| FY 1997
| Change
| |
| | | Number
| Percent |
Black
| 407
| 401
| 6
| 1.5
|
Hispanic
| 19
| 19
|
|
|
Asian American/Pacific Islander
| 38
| 39
| +1
| +2.6
|
American Indian/Alaska Native
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
Minorities, Total
| 466
| 461
| 5
| 1.1
|
White
| 647
| 639
| 8
| 1.2 |
Total, Work force
| 1,113
| 1,100
| 13
| 1.2
|
TABLE 4
NSF PROFESSIONAL WORK FORCE
| FY 1996
| FY 1997
| Change
| |
| | | Number
| Percent |
Black
| 30
| 30
|
|
|
Hispanic
| 6
| 6
|
|
|
Asian American/Pacific Islander
| 16
| 16
|
|
|
American Indian/Alaska Native
| 2
| 2
|
|
|
Minorities, Total
| 54
| 54
|
|
|
White
| 308
| 302
| 6
| 2.0 |
Total, Work force
| 362
| 356
| 6
| 1.7
|