# STEM Education - H-1B Visa

**Agency:** National Science Foundation  
**Account:** Total, NSF Mandatory Funding  
**Source document:** National Science Foundation · p. 23  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/nsf/stem-education-h-1b-visa  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 150.5 |
| FY2027 | request | 150.5 |

## National Science Foundation discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $4.00B, FY2026 $8.80B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Directs H-1B visa petitioner fees to scholarships for low-income STEM students through the S-STEM program and to K-12 public-private partnerships through Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST).


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › National Science Foundation › National Science Foundation › Total, NSF Mandatory Funding › STEM Education - H-1B Visa


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*