National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency where discoveries begin and supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about US$6.87 billion (fiscal year 2010), the NSF funds approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.
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| Formed | May 10, 1950 |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.[1] |
| Employees | 1700 |
| Annual budget | $7.8 billion for 2018[2] |
| Agency executive | France A. Córdova, Director |
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The NSF's director, deputy director, and the 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB)[3] are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the United States Senate. The director and deputy director are responsible for administration, planning, budgeting and day-to-day operations of the foundation, while the NSB meets six times a year to establish its overall policies.
National Science Foundation Media
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Logo used from 1999 to 2009
- Controlling the taxonomic variable - Taxonomic concept resolution for a southeastern United States herbarium portal - NSF Grant Proposal.pdf
A grant proposal which the National Science Foundation chose to fund
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U.S. National Science Foundation staff on the occasion of the agency's 75th anniversary
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1st Director of the National Science Foundation Alan Tower Waterman
- Leland John Haworth.jpg
2nd Director of the National Science Foundation Leland John Haworth
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Picture of Richard C. Atkinson for biographical article
- John Brooks Slaugther.jpg
6th Director of the National Science Foundation John Brooks Slaughter
- Edward Alan Knapp.jpg
7th Director of the National Science Foundation Edward Alan Knapp
- Erich Bloch.jpg
8th Director of the National Science Foundation Erich Bloch
References
- ↑ "Visit NSF".
- ↑ "Trump, Congress approve largest U.S. research spending increase in a decade". Science AAAS. March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ National Science Board (NSB)
Other websites
Media related to National Science Foundation at Wikimedia Commons