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[[underlined]]  Current Resources and Support [[/underlined]]

In FY 1982, total resources available to Science amounted to approximately $66,400,000 and 1,599 full-time employees.  Total funding consisted of approximately 67 percent federal appropriations, 19 percent federal grants and contracts, and 14 percent nonappropriated unrestricted and restricted trust funds.  A breakdown follow (before application of overhead recovery):

[[table, 3 columns]]
--- | [[underlined]] FY 1982
Source of Funds | Full-Time Employment | Funds ($000s) [[/underlined]]

Federal Salaries
  & Expenses | 1,306 | $44,652
Unrestricted trust | 101 | 6,415
Restricted trust | 10 | 2,458
Federal Grants
  & Contracts | [[underlined]] 182 | 12,848 [[/underlined]]

Total | 1,599 | $66,373 [[/table]]

The sources of support vary markedly from organization to organization. For example, the Marine Station at Link Port, Fort Pierce, Florida, which is administered by the Museum of Natural History, operates solely with restricted trust funds, while the Astrophysical Observatory, because of its unique national and international position as a research leader, has better than two-thirds of its dollar and personnel resources associated with federal grants and contracts.  The Tropical Research Institute and the Zoological Park, on the other hand, rely extensively on federal appropriations for maintenance of programs.

As is the case with other museums and galleries of the Institution, the Museum of Natural History and the Air and Space Museum conduct their basic exhibit, research, collections, and building services activities primarily with federal appropriations, but at the same time enjoy measured support from restricted or unrestricted trust sources, and from federal grant and contact work based upon their ability to obtain these funds.

[[underlined]] Future Year Prospectus [[/underlined]]

In FY 1988, trust fund expenses (restricted and unrestricted) may increase somewhat from their present level of $8,900,000. An increase in federal grant and contract work during the period is uncertain due to general budget reductions. Although there is continuing interest on the part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the capabilities of the Astrophysical Observatory to conduct selected research experiments related to the nation's space shuttle and satellite tracking programs, it is unclear as to what level NASA's space science programs will be funded in the future. Consequently, it is difficult at this time