LEVEL OF FUNDING BY PROGRAM
                                                  (Dollars in Thousands)
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                                                                                      CHANGE
                 PROGRAM ELEMENT                  FY 1995  FY 1996  FY 1996  FY 1997 FY 97 Req/FY 96 Est
                                                   ACTUAL  REQUEST ESTIMATE  REQUEST  AMOUNT   PERCENT
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COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER AND COMPUTATION RESEARCH
Computer & Computation Research Project Support    $39,776  $42,910  $39,500  $43,420   $3,920      9.9%
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  Total                                            39,776   42,910   39,500   43,420    3,920       9.9%
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INFORMATION, ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Information, Robotics & Intelligent Systems Research
Project Support                                     31,893  35,130    32,390   35,570   3,180       9.8%
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  Total                                             31,893  35,130    32,390   35,570   3,180       9.8%
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MICROELECTRONIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Microelectronic Information Processing Systems
Research Project Support                           25,368   28,140   25,950   28,440    2,490       9.6%
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  Total                                            25,368   28,140   25,950   28,440    2,490       9.6%
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ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Advanced Computational Infrastructure              74,395   77,460   69,360   70,560    1,200       1.7%
New Technologies                                    5,823    6,600    9,000   10,000    1,000      11.1%
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  Total                                            80,218   84,060   78,360   80,560    2,200       2.8%
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NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND INFRASTRUCTURE
NSFNET                                             45,528   46,220   44,040   44,140      100       0.2%
Networking & Communications Research Project 
Support                                            11,317   13,340   10,740   12,950    2,210      20.6%
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  Total                                            56,845   59,560   54,780   57,090    2,310       4.2%
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CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES
CISE Institutional Infrastructure                  20,242   22,210   21,000   22,880    1,880       9.0%
CISE Instrumentation                                3,486    3,560    3,020    9,040    6,020     199.3%
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  Total                                            23,728   25,770   24,020   31,920    7,900      32.9%
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Total, CISE                                      $257,828 $275,570 $255,000 $277,000  $22,000       8.6%