National Center For Atmospheric Research - Funding and Management

Funding and Management

NCAR is managed by the nonprofit UCAR and is one of the NSF's Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, with approximately 95% of its funding coming from the federal government. However, NCAR is not a federal agency and its employees are not part of the federal personnel system. NCAR employs about 1,000 staff. Its annual expenditures in fiscal year 2008 were $181 million. Roger Wakimoto became director of NCAR in 2010.

Notable scientists on the staff at the center include Tom Wigley, Kevin Trenberth, and Caspar Ammann.

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