National Science Foundation

NSF partnerships expand National AI Research Institutes to 40 states WASHINGTON –Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, building on the first round of seven institutes funded in 2020. The combined investment of $220 million expands the reach of these institutes to include a total of 40 states and the District of Columbia. The institutes are focused on AI-based technologies that will bring about a range of advances: helping older ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303176&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published July 29, 2021 at 08:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

NSF selects Karen Marrongelle as chief operating officer Washington, DC -- The U.S. National Science Foundation has officially appointed Karen Marrongelle to serve as chief operating officer. Since 2018, she has led the NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources, or EHR, which supports research that enhances learning and teaching, and broad efforts to achieve excellence in STEM education at all levels and in all settings. Marrongelle is a leader in the STEM education research community, and her career has been ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303184&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published July 28, 2021 at 10:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

2021 NSF PREM grants to broaden participation in cutting-edge materials research Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation awarded its latest grants through PREM, Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials, to support eight collaborative research teams across the United States that will increase diversity in cutting-edge materials research, education and professions. Each six-year award provides nearly $4,000,000—for a total NSF investment of more than $30,000,000—and will support materials research partnerships between minority-serving ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303046&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published July 12, 2021 at 09:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

Jason Report on the Impacts of Large Satellite Constellations The U.S. National Science Foundation commissioned a study by the independent science advisory group JASON to assess the impact of current and planned large satellite constellations on astronomical observations in 2020. More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonreportconstellations/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published July 09, 2021 at 09:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

NSF selects Alexandra Isern as assistant director for geosciences The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Alexandra Isern to be the next assistant director of its Directorate for Geosciences, or GEO. She has spent the last 20 years at NSF serving in various roles within three divisions of the directorate, including leading the Surface Earth Processes and Antarctic Sciences Sections and serving a two-year stint with the National Science Board. Isern had been serving as acting assistant director since June. Prior to that appointment, she ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303047&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published July 08, 2021 at 09:00AM Read more at nsf.gov

NSF selects Susan S. Margulies to head the Engineering Directorate The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Susan S. Margulies to head the Directorate for Engineering. She is the first biomedical engineer to lead the engineering directorate, which supports fundamental research in emerging and frontier basic research areas. Since 2017, Margulies has been professor and chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, housed jointly at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. Previously, she held positions ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=303000&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click This is an NSF News item. Published July 01, 2021 at 09:55AM Read more at nsf.gov