National Science Foundation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.06 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
Articles by National Science Foundation
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Teenage Mentors Open Door to Science for Younger Girls
Men outnumber women in science and engineering today, and, judging from the numbers of students obtaining advanced...
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Children, TV, Computers and More Media: New Research Shows Pluses, Minuses
A consortium of researchers has reported that very young children's interactions with TV and computers are a mixed bag...
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What Factors Enable Children to be Successful in School?
How do some children manage to do well in school, even if they come from backgrounds that underperform academically on...
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Latest Research Shows Infants Appear to Understand Numbers Even Before They Can Talk
In a study that could shed light on how infants first grasp the concept of number--as well as the evolutionary origins...
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Will Baby Crawl?
Maybe yes, maybe no, says anthropologist David Tracer, whose study of children in Papua New Guinea supports the view...
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New Report Suggests Major Changes to Boost K-8 Science Achievement
Improving science education in kindergarten through eight grade will require major changes in how science is taught in...
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Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts
Can human beings rev up their intelligence quotients, or are they stuck with IQs set by their genes at birth? Until...
Topics: Intelligence Defined
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