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Brought to you by NSF Every day you encounter something made possible by the National Science Foundation. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/btyb/index.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 This is an NSF News item. Published May 22, 2019 at 10:33PM Read more a…

National Science Foundation announces new Diamond Achievement Award The National Science Foundation has announced a new award -- the NSF Diamond Achievement Award -- which will be presented for the first time to the international team of researchers who recently cap…

National Science Foundation names Jennifer Dionne and Mark Braverman its 2019 Alan T. Waterman awardees The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named materials scientist Jennifer Dionne and computer scientist Mark Braverman the recipients of this year's Alan T…

NSF press conference on first result from Event Horizon Telescope project The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold a press conference to announce a groundbreaking result. What: Press conference on groundbreakin…

National Science Foundation presents the President’s FY 2020 budget request Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released details of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Budget Request to Congress, which includes a proposed level of funding for the …

Media call: NSF Fiscal Year 2020 budget request Media are invited to join a 30-minute call about the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget request to Congress. The call will include information on the new budget proposal, th…

Penguins... And More! The National Science Foundation manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, which coordinates all U.S. scientific research (including penguin research!) on the southernmost continent and in the Southern Ocean. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special…

Modernization of NSF’s logistics hub in Antarctica ready to move forward The National Science Board (NSB) has authorized the National Science Foundation (NSF) to move forward with the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science (AIMS) project. AIMS is planned…

Antarctic research vessel to deliver ailing individual to British research station Acting on the advice of medical experts, National Science Foundation (NSF) officials have directed the NSF-chartered research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer to put ashore a person in nee…

Upgraded LIGO to search for universe's most extreme events The National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding Caltech and MIT $20.4 million to upgrade the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), building upon the agency's four-decade inves…

Expert panel to discuss next generation gravitational wave detector Media invited to expert panel discussing next generation gravitational wave detector NSF and UKRI to host conversation on future directions for LIGO research Media are invited to attend an expert …

NSF selects Joanne Tornow to head its Biological Sciences directorate The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Dr. Joanne Tornow to serve as head of the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Tornow has served with NSF for nearly two decades, with a c…

Statement on executive order to maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence President Donald J. Trump is expected to sign an executive order Feb. 11, titled " Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence ." The order aims to promo…

Ocean expedition to West Antarctic Ice Sheet seeks to reveal climate history in region with greatest sea ice loss The West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea off Antarctica could play a pivotal role in future sea level rise, but many questions remain unanswered…

Media call: NSF post-shutdown Q&A Media are invited to join a 30-minute call to learn about how National Science Foundation (NSF) activities were affected by the funding lapse. The call will include updates on impacts, including rescheduling panels and extendin…

NSF announces awards for soft robotics research The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing $20 million in 10 research awards to push forward the frontiers of engineering research in soft robotics. "Configurable, strong, mobile robots could safely explo…

Two contract employees die in Antarctica Two fire technicians at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been pronounced dead following an incident at a generator building that powers a radio transmitter near the station. The incide…

Number of doctorates awarded by US institutions in 2017 declined slightly U.S. institutions awarded 54,664 research doctorate degrees in 2017, a slight decline from the number awarded in 2016, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), an annual census of r…

Expeditions in Computing: 10 years transforming science and society The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Expeditions in Computing ( Expeditions ) program is recognizing a decade of investments in ambitious computing research. That research has included big da…

Live from the ocean research vessel Atlantis Scientists and engineers on a deep-sea expedition aboard the research vessel Atlantis in the East Pacific Ocean will be broadcasting live to the American Geophysical Union fall meeting exhibit booth from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m…