U.S. National Science Foundation: An Overview

Matthews, Christine M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Executive departments;    Executive departments - National Science Foundation;    Budgets;    Science policy;    Scientific research;   

RP-ID  :  95-307
RP-ID  :  95-307_2012Mar15

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The National Science Foundation (NSF) was created by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (P.L.81-507). The NSF has the broad mission of supporting science and engineering in general and funding basic research across many disciplines. The agency provides support for investigator-initiated, merit-reviewed, competitively selected awards, state-of-the-art tools, and instrumentation and facilities. The majority of the research supported by the NSF is conducted at U.S. colleges and universities. The Administration's FY2013 budget request for NSF is $7,373.1 million, 4.8% above the FY2012 estimated level of $7,033.1 million.