Mathematical and Physical Sciences in Virginia

NSF mathematical and physical sciences tagged to Virginia

CFDA 47.049 is titled Mathematical And Physical Sciences. Virginia is the place-of-performance state. $1,014,416,111 is the obligation sum on records that carry both keys. Two hundred three awards is a research-file thickness similar to Maryland’s Aging Research cell in spirit—many instruments, a mid-single-digit-million mean—while Virginia’s public-health crisis cell (93.354) puts a similar billion on 10 awards. Same state, different catalogs, different shapes.

The Virginia hub totals every program. The national 47.049 hub totals every state. This tie is the overlap. A Northern Virginia or university stamp does not, by itself, explain the 203-award count, and it does not prove Virginia science is more productive than research coded to the District of Columbia, which has its own 47.049 join in this harvest.

Two hundred three awards against $1,014,416,111 is a research-file thickness in the same neighborhood as Colorado’s 247-award Geosciences cell, despite different NSF catalog numbers. Similar thickness is not a reason to merge 47.049 and 47.050. Virginia’s MPS mean near $5.00 million and Colorado’s Geosciences mean near $4.83 million are separate divisions. This page keeps $1,014,416,111 on 47.049 only.

CFDA 47.049 versus other NSF assistance

Mathematical and Physical Sciences is one NSF catalog number. Geosciences is 47.050. Other NSF directorate codes are separate. Folding those lines into $1,014,416,111 would misstate this cell. Packet facts are the obligation total, 203 awards, state VA, and CFDA 47.049. No laboratory roster and no fiscal-year series are included.

The catalog title covers mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and related MPS assistance as the agency classifies it. USAspending still records a single CFDA key. This page does not split the $1,014,416,111 by subdiscipline.

Questions

How much Mathematical and Physical Sciences funding is obligated in Virginia?

USAspending records $1,014,416,111 in CFDA 47.049 obligations with Virginia place of performance, covering 203 awards. That is an obligation aggregate, not outlays.

Is CFDA 47.049 the same as Geosciences?

No. This cell is 47.049 only. Geosciences uses CFDA 47.050 and is not included in $1,014,416,111.

What is the average 47.049 award in Virginia?

Dividing $1,014,416,111 by 203 awards produces about $5.00 million per award. That mean is not a median and not a typical single-investigator grant.

Does this include all federal spending in Virginia?

No. Only CFDA 47.049 is in this cell. Other programs appear on the Virginia programs index.