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U.S. National Science Foundation - Functions, Funding & Programs (Hardcover)
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U.S. National Science Foundation - Functions, Funding & Programs (Hardcover)
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The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) primary responsibility is
to maintain the health and vitality of the U.S. academic science
and engineering enterprise. In addition to ensuring the nation's
supply of scientific and engineering personnel, the NSF promotes
academic basic research and science and engineering education
across many disciplines. The NSF provides support for
investigator-initiated, merit-reviewed, competitively selected
awards, state-of-the-art tools, instrumentation, and facilities.
NSF receives approximately 45,000 proposals for research, graduate,
and postdoctoral fellowships, and science, mathematics, and
engineering projects annually, and makes about 11,500 new funding
awards. Support is provided to academic institutions, industrial
laboratories, private research firms, and major research facilities
and centres. This book provides an overview of the funding issues,
functions and programs relating to the U.S. National Science
Foundation, with a focus on STEM education funding; EPSCoR;
performance and financial highlights.
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Imprint: |
nova science publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2012 |
First published: |
October 2012 |
Editors: |
James O Thompson
• Madison I Smith
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Dimensions: |
230 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
172 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-62257-007-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
1-62257-007-3 |
Barcode: |
9781622570072 |
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