National Science Foundation

U.S. government agency that supports fundamental research and education in non-medical fields of science and engineering
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Leadership & Staff

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Ferdinand Rivera Professor San Jose State, NSF Intermittent Expert
• Program Director, Division of Research on Learning & Expert ('12→?)*
Renee Crain Wagner Executive secretary, Arctic Executive Steering Committee
• program manager (Feb '02→?)
Kathie Olsen Former Deputy Director (Bush Appointee) of the National Science Foundation
• Senior Advisor, Office of Information and Resource Management (Jan '09→?)
France A. Córdova
• Director ('14→'20)
Glenn Ellison An American economist who is Gregory K. Palm Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Panelist
Patrick D Gallagher Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer - University of Pittsburgh
• Committee Member of the Math and Physical Science Advisory Committee
David P. Maher Computer Science Researcher, Intertrust, Specialist in Secure Communications
• Consultant*
Subra Suresh President NTU Sinapore, previously Carnegie Mellon University
• Director ('10→'13)*
Rita Colwell environmental microbiologist; 11th Director of the NSF
• Director ('98→'04)
Richard Demillo Professor, Georgia Tech
• Former Director Computing and Computation Research ('88→'91)*

Donors

Center for Embedded Network Sensing NSF Funded Project at UCLA
• Grant · 39,000,000 USD ('02)
Drexel University Office of University and Community Partnership http://drexel.edu/civicengagement/centers-initiatives/digital-on-ramps/
• Grant · 1,700,000 USD (Oct '16)
Learning In Informal and Formal Environments Center (LIFE Center) Scientific Research Into the Social Aspects of Learning
• Funder ('04)
Learning In Virtual Environments NSF Funded Project of the Human Interface Technology Lab at UW
• Funder
Promoting Learning Through Annotation of Embodiment (PLAE) Project using OpenPTrack Software Systems for IoT Wearable Data Capture In Learning
• Funder ('15)
Silicon Valley Regional Data Trust Inter-Agency Data Sharing Santa Clara County for Education and Youth Services
• Grant ('13)
Art of Science Learning 21st Century Learning Initiative Supported by National Science Foundation
• Grant
Center for Education Research Harvard Promoting Data-Driven Technology Based Education
• Grant

Donations

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NSF Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag) University of Pennsylvania
• Grant · 26,000,000 USD (Aug '20)
Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) NSF Research Center for AI Based At MIT
• Donation · 25,000,000 USD ('13)
National Laboratory for Education Transformation Non-Profit Promoting Ed-Tech and ICT Education
• Grant · 4,735,111 USD ('11→'15)
Monitoring Emotions while Students Learn with AutoTutor, NSF Grant To MIT Media Lab 2007, $1,250,000 Grant
• Funder · 1,250,000 USD ('07)
Community of Learners Network Grant, NSF Use Broadband to Connect Schools, Communities and Homes 1994
• Grant · 927,800 USD ('94→'97)
Election Integrity Project A conservative watchdog group
• Donation/Grant · 750,000 USD
Neuroscape Combined Neuroscape Lab and Neuroscape Imaging Center 2016
• Grant · 750,000 USD ('15→'18)
Executive Function Brain Mapping Grant-NSF to Neuroscape Using Video Games to Map and Adjust Executive Function in Santa Clara County, CA Students
• Grant · 750,000 USD ('15→'18)
Roland Fryer CEO of EdLabs; Professor of Economics at Harvard; suspended for 2 years following sexual harassment complaints
• Grant · 200,000 USD ('05→'07)*
Maker Ed Bay Area Maker Initiative Sponsored by Tides Center
• Funder · 100,000 USD

Holdings

BallotReady, Inc. Chicago-based nonpartisan voter guide for local elections
• Owner

Child Organizations

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Directorate of Geosciences
• directorate
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences A directorate of the National Science Foundation
• directorate
Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• directorate
Directorate of Engineering
• directorate
Directorate of Education and Human Resources
• directorate
Directorate of Engineering
• directorate
Directorate of Computer and Information Science &
• directorate
Directorate of Biological Sciences
• directorate
National Science Board President-appointed board of NSF, scientists who advise President & Congress
• Child Org ('50→?)
National AI Initiative AI Research group created and funded by Congress under the National Science Foundation
• Child Org

Parents

United States Antarctic Program Represents our Nation in Antarctica. Carrying forward U.S. goals supporting the Antarctic Treaty.
• managed by
Independent Agencies
• Parent Org

Memberships

Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) NSF Research Center for AI Based At MIT
• Sponsor*
BRAIN Initiative NIH Neuroscience Effort
• Partner*
The COVID-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium private-public consortium launched by the White House during the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Member

Services & Transactions

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Raytheon Company Defense contractor; merged with UTC. Surviving company exists as a subsidiary of the renamed UTC, company, Raytheon Technologies
• Contractor · 541,217,665 USD ('04→'07)
CH2M Hill Companies, LTD. Engineering/Construction
• Contractor · 58,741,166 USD ('03→'07)
BearingPoint, Inc. Application Services and Technology Solution Company
• Contractor · 5,323,183 USD ('04→'07)
Microsoft Corporation computer technology
• Contractor · 346,498 USD ('05→'08)
Unisys Provider of IT services, systems integration, consulting, and server technology.
• Contractor · 258,832 USD ('05)
Oracle Corporation Information Management
• Contractor · 111,339 USD ('07)
Symantec IT Security
• Contractor · 24,643 USD ('07)
Verizon Communications Inc. Merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp.
• Contractor · 10,954 USD ('07)
Cintas Designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs
• Contractor · 8,300 USD ('05→'06)
Loews Corporation Loews Corporation is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with five operating subsidiaries
• Contractor · 8,256 USD ('05)

Lobbied By

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Rockwell Collins Inc An avionics company
• Direct Lobbying ('01→'08)
Hayes Consulting Service (Hcs)
• Lobbying (for client) ('04)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD designs, manufactures, develops, and markets high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies.
• Direct Lobbying ('06→'08)
Sayer & Assoc R Wayne
• Lobbying (for client) ('05)
Robert Dale Wilson
• Lobbying (for client) ('04→'05)
Texas Instruments Leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies
• Direct Lobbying ('07→'08)
Van Scoyoc Associates
• Lobbying (for client) ('02→'08)
Apple, Inc. Multinational consumer electronics and software company
• Direct Lobbying ('04)
Intel Corporation Semiconductor and Microchip manufacturer
• Direct Lobbying ('06→'07)
Microsoft Corporation computer technology
• Direct Lobbying ('07→'08)

Miscellaneous Relationships

University Corporation For Atmospheric Research US nonprofit higher education consortium
• Partner ('60→?)*
Young Voices for the Planet
• Affiliation
Concentric Sky Enterprise Software Solutions-Ed-Tech, Badging, Eugene, OR
• Partner*
Center for the Digital Future
• Affiliation
North Carolina State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Research Center*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Supercomputer Center ('86→?)*
Problem Solutions Johnstown, PA Tech Company, Defense Contractor, xAPI Developer
• Advised*
Jeff Stanger Partner & Vice President of Information Services, Alley
• Former Consultant*
National Science Foundation
Updated 12 days ago

Basic Info

Types Organization, Government Body
Start date 1950
Website http://www.nsf.gov/
Aliases NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NSF, Natl Science Foundation (NSF)

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