National Science Foundation
Federal science agency
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent U.S. government agency that funds scientific research and education.
Established in 1950, it supports basic research across most scientific disciplines except medicine, which falls under the National Institutes of Health.
Her dissertation was funded by an NSF grant.
The agency also tracks science and engineering statistics and promotes STEM education.
Inadequate balance indicator
- federalDivided governmental authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- directorateGoverning administrative body
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
administration · policy · institution · infrastructure · establishment · charter · governance · management
Act of finding something
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- publicationIssued written material
empirical · investigation · fieldwork · laboratory · findings · inquiry · evidence · validation
Bestow or award money
- awardHonor given for merit
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- budgetPlan for spending
- allocationDistribution of shares
sponsorship · investment · disbursement · broader impacts · supplement · fellowship · indirect costs · cost-sharing
Four-discipline academic grouping
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- universityHigher education institution
- graduateOne who earned degree
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
postdoctoral · curriculum · outreach · workforce development · K-12 · mentorship · training · diversity
Sudden important advance
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
prototype · convergence · emerging technology · advancement · pioneering · cutting-edge · translational · partnerships
NSF
Inadequate balance indicator
- federalDivided governmental authority
- governmentAuthority over a state
- directorateGoverning administrative body
oversight · administration · policy · institution · infrastructure · establishment · charter · governance · management · authority
discovery
Act of finding something
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
publication · empirical · investigation · fieldwork · laboratory · findings · inquiry · evidence · validation · quantitative
grant
Bestow or award money
allocation · sponsorship · investment · disbursement · broader impacts · supplement · fellowship · indirect costs · cost-sharing · matching funds
STEM
Four-discipline academic grouping
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- universityHigher education institution
- graduateOne who earned degree
undergraduate · postdoctoral · curriculum · outreach · workforce development · K-12 · mentorship · training · diversity · inclusion
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
commercialization · prototype · convergence · emerging technology · advancement · pioneering · cutting-edge · translational · partnerships
- science educationSTEM, biology class, hands-on experiments, biology textbook, lab experiments
- Chemistry Educationchemistry labs, chemistry teacher, chemistry textbooks, general chemistry, organic chemistry
National Science Foundationresearch laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
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