National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting a national science policy by supporting basic research and education in science. The National Science Board is the policy-making body of the NSF. It consists of 25 members appointed by the president with the consent of Congress. Founded in 1950, the NSF does not conduct research of its own but makes support grants to qualified educational and nonprofit institutions and awards fellowships to individual scientists, teachers, and students. The foundation supports projects in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, social, and engineering sciences, including the U.S. Antarctic Program, the Ocean Drilling Program, and programs in global geoscience. It supports the development of improved science curriculum materials and fosters the interchange of scientific ideas nationally and internationally. Among the more important permanent NSF-supported facilities are: National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colo.), National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Bank, W.Va.), Kitt Peak National Observatory (Tucson, Ariz.), National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Arecibo, Puerto Rico), and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (La Serena, Chile).
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U.S. SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON (R-TX) CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON (R-TX) HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET REQUEST
Washington Transcript Service; 5/2/2006; 12273 words;
... HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET ... ARDEN BEMENT, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION WARREN WASHINGTON, CHAIRMAN ... former director of the National Science Foundation, was scheduled for our ...
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REP. ALAN B. MOLLOHAN CHAIRMAN REP. ALAN B. MOLLOHAN HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
Washington Transcript Service; 2/27/2008; 21581 words;
... HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ... BEMENT JR., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION STEVEN BEERING, CHAIR ... budget request for the National Science Foundation is a mixed bag. On the ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:DR. ARDEN L. BEMENT, JR.
Congressional Testimony; 2/26/2008; 4579 words;
... Bement, Jr. Director National Science Foundation Committee on House Science ... pleased to present the National Science Foundation`s budget for the 2009 fiscal year. The National Science Foundation (NSF) proposes a fiscal ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:JAMES M. JEFFORDS
Congressional Testimony; 7/12/2000; 1352 words;
... R-VT) Hearing on: The National Science Foundation Good morning and welcome ... from the Director of the National Science Foundation, as well as two panels ... blueprint for creation of the National Science Foundation. NSF was established in ...
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Does Government Funding Make for Weird Science?(National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)
Insight on the News; 9/13/1999; Price, Joyce Howard; 837 words;
The National Science Foundation funds basic ... wasteful. The National Science Foundation, or NSF, got some rare national attention ... spokesman for the National Taxpayers ... relationship to science. Most people ... math and science after the ... mathematics, ...
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A scientific mandate: interview with Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation. (Special report: technology in higher ed.).(Interview)
Black Issues in Higher Education; 3/13/2003; 2479 words;
... Congress through the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to promote ... the 11th director of the National Science Foundation in 1998, recently spoke ... misconception about the National Science Foundation (NSF) and what it does ...
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Facilitating proposal development: helping faculty avoid common pitfalls. (Shop Talk).(National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health funding)
Journal of Research Administration; 4/1/2003; Porter, Robert; 3156 words;
... gets the bad news, and that individual ... some private foundations, will often ... and private foundations will often attract ... Community of Science (COS) and the ... heads of other National Science Foundation grantee organizations ... Washington DC: National Science ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:RITA COLWELL
Congressional Testimony; 7/12/2000; 2342 words;
... Colwell, Director National Science Foundation Before the ... support for NSF's science and engineering ... activities. The Foundation's priorities ... increase the Foundation has ever received ... frontiers of science and engineering ... are really national priorities ... the ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:DR. STEVEN BEERING
Congressional Testimony; 2/26/2008; 3888 words;
... commitment in support of the National Science Foundation and its investments in ... significantly impacted the National Science Foundation`s mission to support basic ... continual attention at the National Science Foundation in keeping with its mission ...
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FY99 AUTHORIZATION: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:NEAL LANE
Congressional Testimony; 4/22/1998; 2369 words;
... National Science Foundation Before the ... 1999 for the National Science Foundation. I want to ... KDI is a Foundation-wide effort ... Advisors on Science and Technology ... Jose Mercury News, ... only seven ... in all of science and engineering ... and computer ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION:DR. CATHERINE T. HUNT
Congressional Testimony; 3/29/2007; 3998 words;
... reauthorization of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Our Society was ... strong supporters of the National Science Foundation, an agency of particular ... the bill creating the National Science Foundation on May 10, 1950. The act ...
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Political Science at the NSF: The Report of a Committee of the American Political Science Association.(National Science Foundation)
PS: Political Science & Politics; 12/1/2000; Davenport, Christian Golden, Miriam Lupia, Arthur Sigelman, Lee Sorauf, Frank Walt, Stephen Welch, Susan; 2836 words;
... explore political science's standing with the National Science Foundation. As is the ... quarters of the Foundation they are seen as soft sciences, lacking in ... spot in the Foundation's relations ... the political science program seem ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION:DR. STEVEN BEERING
Congressional Testimony; 3/20/2007; 10266 words;
... mathematical and science skills early ... require solid foundations in science and math ... Education in Science, Technology ... Commission. Science and Technology ... Research and Science Education ... as former Science Committee ... March 2007 National Science Board ...
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:CHARLES M. VEST
Congressional Testimony; 7/12/2000; 1576 words;
... Education, Labor and Pensions National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2001 Authorization ... opportunity to champion the National Science Foundation at this important juncture ... mistake about it - the National Science Foundation is the bedrock of America ...
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FISCAL 2006 BUDGET: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION:DR. MARK WRIGHTON
Congressional Testimony; 3/9/2005; 3589 words;
... the policies for, the National Science Foundation (the Foundation, NSF ... Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSB/CPP-04-20). The Board ... Programmatic Expansion of the National Science Foundation (NSB-03-151); -- provided ...
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