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  1. Penn receives $2 million from National Science Foundation
    Daily Pennsylvanian logo Daily Pennsylvanian 12 hours ago

    National Science Foundation is giving a $2 million boost to four faculty research projects at Penn. The five Penn faculty recipients of the NSF grant include professors Joe Subotnik, Dennis Discher, Milo Martin, James Kikkawa and Arjun Yodh. The largest... Full Article at Daily Pennsylvanian

  2. Study: Seagrass can combat climate change
    United Press International logo United Press International 19 hours ago
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    "Seagrasses have the unique ability to continue to store carbon in their roots and soil in coastal seas," he said in a release from the National Science Foundation. "We found places where seagrass beds have been storing carbon for thousands of years." ... Full Article at United Press International

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago
    Avalon Organics(R) Celebrates Earth Day!Personal care leader reaffirms its commitment to organic ingredients and pure, natural beauty with NSF/ANSI 305-certified products.

    Avalon Organics(R) Celebrates Earth Day!Personal care leader reaffirms its commitment to organic ingredients and pure, natural beauty with NSF/ANSI 305-certified products. View Photo »

  4. the only pre-workout product on the market certified by both NSF International and Informed Choice as free of banned substances
    SOURCE: NutraIngredientsUSA 2 weeks ago
  5. Video: Can Government Innovation Grow the Economy?
    MSNBC logo MSNBC 19 hours ago
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    Discussing whether the government's efforts for public innovation will help grow the economy, with Dedric Carter, National Science Foundation. Related Links: Business & financial news headlines from msnbc.com Top of page Full Article at MSNBC

  6. Seven days: 18–24 May 2012
    Nature.com logo Nature.com 21 hours ago
    Current issue table of contents

    See pages 415 and 429 for more. Global research The heads of around 50 national funding agencies took part in the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC) at the headquarters of the US National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia,... Full Article at Nature.com

  7. Veolia Environmental Services Attains OHSAS 18001 Certification for On-Site Services at the Ohio State University
    Business Wire logo Business Wire 22 hours ago

    Veolia achieved OHSAS 18001 certification following successful audits conducted by NSF International Strategic Registrations. The audits included a detailed review of the groups’ written procedures, operational controls, leading metrics and improvement... Full Article at Business Wire

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago
    In this photo taken Thursday, March 29, 2012, the Lamprey River flows at Packers Falls in Durham, N.H. The University of New Hampshire is getting a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a project that explores how...

    In this photo taken Thursday, March 29, 2012, the Lamprey River flows at Packers Falls in Durham, N.H. The University of New Hampshire is getting a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a project that explores how... View Photo »

  9. Through PEER, collaboration will occur between scientists in developing countries and a variety of NSF awardees, including small businesses, CAREER awardees, large NSF centers and international consortia, as well as with single investigators. Each of these collaborations will bridge a shared goal of adv...
    SOURCE: National Science Foundation 2 weeks ago
  10. GMA unveiling of "The National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope"
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 12 months ago
  11. NSF Announces Six Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials Awards
    National Science Foundation logo National Science Foundation 23 hours ago
    Image of Howard University's NanoExpress, a mobile science theme park.

    Each award, resulting from NSF solicitation NSF 11-562, is for five years. These awards, including the 8 PREMs awarded in 2009, bring the total to 14 PREMs with an annual NSF support of $5.93 million. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an... Full Article at National Science Foundation

  12. NSF supports University of Miami climate and 'cloud computing' research
    EurekAlert logo EurekAlert 23 hours ago

    May 23, 2012 -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it has awarded the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science a grant for the application of the latest cloud computing technologies to climate and... Full Article at EurekAlert

  13. Seagrasses can store as much carbon as forests
    EurekAlert logo EurekAlert 23 hours ago

    Everglades LTER site. "Seagrasses only take up a small percentage of global coastal area, but this assessment shows that they're a dynamic ecosystem for carbon transformation," said James Fourqurean, the lead author of the paper and a scientist at... Full Article at EurekAlert

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  1. Avalon Organics(R) Celebrates Earth Day!Personal care leader reaffirms its commitment to organic ingredients and pure, natural beauty with NSF/ANSI 305-certified products.
  2. In this photo taken Thursday, March 29, 2012, the Lamprey River flows at Packers Falls in Durham, N.H. The University of New Hampshire is getting a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a project that explores how population and land use changes in the...
  3. This undated photo provided by the Florida Museum of Natural History, shows geology doctoral student Aldo Rincon. Rincon is the lead author on a study appearing online this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describing two new ancient camel species from Panama. Rincon and...
  4. In this undated photo made available by the Florida Museum of Natural History, shows the lower jaw of Aguascalietia panamaensis, a new species of ancient camel described by University of Florida researchers online in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The fossil represents one of...
  5. In this July 15, 2011 photo, on the world's longest ice runway, 16,800 feet long, logistics workers offload cargo from a New York Air National Guard LC-130 transport plane mounted with landing skis, at Summit Station, a remote research site operated by the U.S. National Science...
  6. In this Saturday, July 16, 2011 picture, Liz Morris, 64, of Cambridge University's Scott Polar Research Institute, tests her vehicle days before a monthlong, 500-mile research trip on snowmobile, near Summit Station, a small research facility situated 10,500 feet above sea level, on...
  7. In this Saturday, July 16, 2011 photo, Liz Morris, 64, left, of Cambridge University's Scott Polar Research Institute, talks with her assistant John Sweeny as they test their vehicles days before a monthlong, 500-mile research trip on snowmobile, near Summit Station, a small research...
  8. This July 15, 2011 photo shows the main building at Summit Station, a remote research site operated by the U.S. National Science Foundation, (NSF), situated 10,500 feet above sea level, on top of the Greenland ice sheet. The structure is periodically jacked up on its support columns to...
  9. In this Friday, July 15, 2011 picture, ice stretches out in all directions for hundreds of miles, as snow drifts over tracks surrounding Summit Station, a small research facility situated 10,500 feet above sea level, on top of the Greenland ice sheet. Liz Morris, 64, of Cambridge...

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about $6.02 billion (fiscal year 2008), NSF funds approximately 20 percent of... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. the only pre-workout product on the market certified by both NSF International and Informed Choice as free of banned substances
    SOURCE: NutraIngredientsUSA 2 weeks ago
  2. Through PEER, collaboration will occur between scientists in developing countries and a variety of NSF awardees, including small businesses, CAREER awardees, large NSF centers and international consortia, as well as with single investigators. Each of these collaborations will bridge a shared goal of adv...
    SOURCE: National Science Foundation 2 weeks ago
  3. I am very pleased that nearly 500 scientists in developing countries submitted PEER proposals linked to awards from every NSF research directorate, demonstrating robust international interest and unmet potential at the interface of science and development
    SOURCE: National Science Foundation 2 weeks ago
  4. APSU Geosciences student headed to Iowa this summer for NSF Program
    SOURCE: Leaf Chronicle 3 weeks ago
  5. I’m so excited to be an NSF Fellow, and more excited to be at UD!
    SOURCE: UDaily 3 weeks ago
  6. NSF’s Graduate Research Program Fellowship is bestowed to exceptional students who demonstrate significant potential to contribute to scientific innovation and education ... We wish our NSF Fellows great success as they pursue their graduate degrees and aspire to become the leaders of tomorrow.
    SOURCE: UDaily 3 weeks ago
  7. NSF’s Graduate Research Program Fellowship is bestowed to exceptional students who demonstrate significant potential to contribute to scientific innovation and education ... We wish our NSF Fellows great success as they pursue their graduate degrees and aspire to become the leaders of tomorrow.
    SOURCE: UDaily 3 weeks ago
  8. Proposals submitted or due on or after January 18, 2011, must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled 'Data Management Plan.' This supplementary document should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results.
    SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education 3 weeks ago
  9. It’s one thing to... tell people that science, technology and innovation have been responsible for more than half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years ... But... NSF grants to two Stanford students, and how that led to the formation of a company than now employs 30,000 people and generates $64...
    SOURCE: American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science 3 weeks ago
  10. And don't say that we could write a grant proposal for that. The National Science Foundation is not going to buy you kibble.
    SOURCE: Boing Boing 3 weeks ago
  11. We have a model for the construction of TMT where NSF funds come in later in the process, and we are ready to move forward with building now ... We look forward to continuing to work with our international partners in this important scientific endeavor.
    SOURCE: Hawaii 24/7 4 weeks ago
  12. This NSF proposal is another major step for TMT ... We are very pleased with this opportunity to engage with the astronomical community in the United States.
    SOURCE: Hawaii 24/7 4 weeks ago
  13. The initial concept came out of a National Science Foundation sponsored meeting
    SOURCE: The Pasiano Online 4 weeks ago
  14. BCCI is using all the privileges and benefits of being the de-facto NSF for cricket, it sends nominations for the various Government sports awards like the Dronacharya Award, Arjun Award, etc and that under Government Rule only NSFs can make and later scrutinise such nominations.
    SOURCE: Firstpost 1 month ago
  15. Today there seems to be greater momentum and a critical mass around gender issues with the recent submission of the ADVANCE grant to the National Science Foundation
    SOURCE: The Daily Cougar 1 month ago
  16. Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) and is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Program on Assessment of Student Achievement
    SOURCE: OpPapers.com 1 month ago
  17. This means any researcher with a National Science Foundation grant or any person at an academic institution or anyone at a large corporation can now do science that's impossible to do on an internal system in so short a timeframe
    SOURCE: TechWeb 1 month ago
  18. the National Science Foundation was interested in these areas that are vulnerable due to all the drilling. So we have before and after samples to compare ... We have found seafood with lesions, missing appendages, and other abnormalities.
    SOURCE: Inter Press Service News Agency 1 month ago
  19. Creating just one efficacious, cosmetically elegant formula that meets the NSF/ANSI 305 standard is a daunting task in itself, so reformulating the entire line was an enormous accomplishment
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 1 month ago
  20. Now that we have $500,000 in National Science Foundation funding, we are able to reduce the risk for investors
    – Sam Adams SOURCE: Madison.com 1 month ago
  21. The likelihood of a university choosing to do what we've done is very, very small. The National Science Foundation spent around $100 million over 10 years to provoke this kind of change on large campuses in the 1990s. After five or six years, they ended it--concluding that its penetration into universit...
    SOURCE: Minding the Campus 1 month ago
  22. This grant, once again, points to the significance of the work being done at SolRayo and the University of Wisconsin. We are thrilled to be working with the National Science Foundation on this important research.
    SOURCE: MarketWire 1 month ago
  23. During my NSF Fellowship, I hope to build upon these findings by assessing the energetic cost and exploring the effects of long-term CO2 exposure in the Gulf toadfish. I am excited to utilize this fellowship to contribute to a rapidly expanding field of ocean acidification research ... Additionally, I w...
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 1 month ago
  24. During my NSF Fellowship, I hope to build upon these findings by assessing the energetic cost and exploring the effects of long-term CO2 exposure in the Gulf toadfish. I am excited to utilize this fellowship to contribute to a rapidly expanding field of ocean acidification research ... Additionally, I w...
    SOURCE: EurekAlert 1 month ago
  25. Studies funded by NSF’s SEES Ocean Acidification solicitation are well-positioned to determine the specific mechanisms responsible for larval mortality in Pacific Northwest oyster hatcheries
    – David Garrison SOURCE: RedOrbit 1 month ago

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