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The National Science Foundation is the government's chief agency for financing basic research in all sciences. The National Science Foundation is the funding source for around 20% of federally-supported basic research in US universities and colleges. In the fields of science and engineering, the National Science Foundation is the federal agency responsible for assessing our national capacity. The NSF provides funding many individual research projects as well as for large scale infrastructure. The NSF provides the main source of funding for scientists in the United working in many areas of biological research. The NSF provides critical funding support to scientists who are not typically supported by other agencies, including those that carry out non-medical biological research, as well as those in the physical and behavioral sciences and engineering.
New "petascale" computer models depicting detailed climate dynamics, and building the foundation for the next generation of complex climate models, are in the offing.Researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Studies (COLA) in Calverton, Md., and the University of California at Berkeley are using a $1.4 million ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112166&govDel=USNSF_51
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Biologists and mathematicians from around the world will take part in a new institute dedicated to bringing top researchers together to find creative solutions to pressing problems in both scientific fields.Known as the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, or NIMBioS, the center is funded by a $16 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is located at the University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville.Mathematical biology is a growing field ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112167&govDel=USNSF_51
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President George W. Bush has named the recipients of the 2007 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for science and engineering. Honorees will receive the medals at a White House ceremony on Sept. 29, 2008."The 2007 National Medal of Science laureates have contributed to American science with their superb research," said Arden L. Bement, Jr., director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). "Their legacies have impacted our lives in numerous ways, from ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112173&govDel=USNSF_51
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Leaders of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today announced a major joint initiative for multi-core chip design and architecture. The three-year program, funded by the two organizations, will focus on several components of multi-core system architecture design that can significantly enhance and accelerate solutions for advancing semiconductor ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112163&govDel=USNSF_51
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With the assistance of a five-year $20 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Chemical Bonding Center (CBC) project, called "Powering the Planet," will increase the number of its collaborators to fulfill its goal of efficiently and economically converting solar energy and water into hydrogen and oxygen fuels.The hydrogen and oxygen gases produced will be usable by a fuel cell, where they will react to reform ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112154&govDel=USNSF_51
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The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their existence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and what's causing it?In an effort to find out, Derek Schutt of Colorado State University and Ken Dueker of the University of Wyoming took the hotspot's temperature.The scientists published results of their research, funded by the National Science ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112126&govDel=USNSF_51
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It's bad enough that I haven't found a mate. I'm also hungry and I'm losing stamina. I've lost the rest of my group and a large grizzly bear has positioned himself across my path. What's a wolf to do?Adopting the identity of a wolf is the key to learning about wolf behavior and ecology in WolfQuest, a computer game developed and hosted by the Minnesota Zoo with funding from the National Science Foundation. WolfQuest is one example of how, through computer gaming technology, learning ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112127&govDel=USNSF_51
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DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food inspection, improved border security and better defenses against disease-causing insects, among many other applications.But the approach as currently practiced churns out some results as inaccurately as a supermarket checker scanning an apple and ringing it up as an orange, according to a new Brigham ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112113&govDel=USNSF_51
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences has appointed Robert Detrick of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as its new director of the Division of Earth Sciences. Detrick is currently a senior scientist and vice president for Marine Facilities and Operations at WHOI, and will begin his NSF position on Nov. 3, 2008."We are delighted that Bob Detrick will be joining NSF in this important national leadership role," said Tim Killeen, ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112108&govDel=USNSF_51
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Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development (R&D) failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to recently released fiscal year (FY) 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF).The data from NSF's Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges showed an increase in federally funded expenditures of 1.1 percent in current dollars to $30.4 billion, but after adjusting for inflation, the ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112105&govDel=USNSF_51
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