NSF

Research grants agency

NSF is an abbreviation with two common meanings.

In banking, NSF means "non-sufficient funds"—a check bounces when the account has NSF.

In American science, NSF is the National Science Foundation, a federal agency that funds research: She got an NSF grant for her lab.

science-funding

grant

Bestow or award money

researchSystematic fact-finding effort
proposalFormal plan for consideration
fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions

funding · investigator · directorate · award · budget · Congress · merit · innovation · university · collaboration

athletics

track

Path or monitored route

meetCome into contact
championshipCompetition for top rank
recordPreserved account or achievement

qualifying · competition · regional · invitational · relay · sprinter · distance · athlete · scholarship · recruit

banking

overdraft

Spending past zero

checkOrder to pay
bounceSpring back after impact
feePayment for service

penalty · insufficient · declined · account · balance · returned · charge · transaction · bank · debit

Categories

Business AcronymsSKU, UPC, CEO, COO, POS
grantsfunding, research grants, government grants, awards, allocations
Payment Problemsunderpayment, shortfall, bounced check, bad check, partial payment
Research Institutionsresearch institute, research university, national lab, learned society, research hospital
Research OrganizationsNIH, NASA, DARPA, Max Planck, Los Alamos
cell transportvesicle, vesicles, endocytosis, exocytosis, trafficking

Opposites

account status

Found not guilty

approved · honored · paid · processed · covered

funding source type

NSFprivate foundation

Nonprofit funded by limited sources

DARPA · venture capital · self-funded · NIH

financial health

Dissolving liquid or financially stable

liquid · flush · in the black · creditworthy · excellent

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Profile: Mostly American · Timeless · Rated G