The iPlant Collaborative is a virtual organization created by a cooperative agreement funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to create cyberinfrastructure for the plant sciences (botany).
 The NSF compared cyberinfrastructure to physical infrastructure, "... the distributed computer, information and communication technologies combined with the personnel and integrating components that provide a long-term platform to empower the modern scientific research endeavor".
 In September 2013 it was announced that the National Science Foundation had renewed iPlant’s funding for a second 5-year term with an expansion of scope to all non-human life science research.
Kevin Zhu is a full professor of innovation and technology at the Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
 A Stanford University alumnus, Zhu is a recipient of the U.S. National Science Foundation's CAREER Award and a similar award from the NSF of China in 2008.
 He has also received several Best Paper Awards in his field, with papers published in the top academic journals such as "Management Science", "Information Systems Research", "Marketing Science", and "MIS Quarterly", as well as in a book "Global E-Commerce" (Cambridge University Press).
 He serves on National Science Foundation research proposal review panels and holds editorial positions at the top academic journals.
 His research has often focused on information technology, with prior emphasis on the economic impacts to firms and industries and more recent emphasis on especially wireless technology in healthcare.
National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope was a 73-page report released on May 26, 2011 by US Senator Tom Coburn, a conservative Republican from Oklahoma), accusing the National Science Foundation of poor management and practices, various research projects, and the social sciences.
Mainstream press coverage generated a public controversy and a stir in academia.
The National Science Board (Board, NSB) of the United States establishes the policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF) within the framework of applicable national policies set forth by the President and the Congress.
 The NSB also serves as an independent policy advisory body to the President and Congress on science and engineering research and education issues.
 The Board has a statutory obligation to "...render to the President and to the Congress reports on specific, individual policy matters related to science and engineering and education in science engineering, as Congress or the President determines the need for such reports," (e.g. Science and Engineering Indicators; Report to Congress on Mid-scale Instrumentation at the National Science Foundation).
 The President appoints the 24 Board members.
 NSF's director serves as an ex officio 25th member and is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
The National Science Foundation supported Mobile Studio Project, or Mobile Studio, is developing pedagogy and hardware/software which, when connected to a PC (via USB), provides functionality similar to that of laboratory equipment (scope, function generator, power supplies, DMM, etc.) typically associated with an instrumented studio classroom.
 The Mobile Studio IOBoard is a small, inexpensive hardware platform for use in a home, classroom or remote environment.
 When coupled with the Mobile Studio Desktop software, the system duplicates a large amount of the hardware often used to teach Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Control Systems, and Physics courses; among others.
 With the support of several technology companies (ADI, HP, and Maxim) and the National Science Foundation, the Mobile Studio Project is now being utilized to enhance science, math, engineering and technology education around the world.
 The project's goal is to enable hands-on exploration of science and engineering principles, devices, and systems that have historically been restricted to expensive laboratory facilities.
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) is an annual grant awarded by the National Science Foundation to approximately 2,000 students pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees in the natural, social, and engineering sciences at US institutions.
 The fellowship provides an honorarium of $12,000 to be placed towards the cost of tuition and fees at the university the fellow attends; it also awards the student directly with an annual $34,000 stipend for three years.
 Each recipient could previously apply for a one time only travel award for $1,000.
 This travel award was previously for international research activities or presenting at an international scientific conference.
 However, in 2010, this opportunity was converted to the Nordic Research Opportunity, which is intended to facilitate collaborations between U.S. graduate fellows and scholars at Finnish, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian research institutions.
Project Dragonfly is an American educational project.
 It was initially designed to give children opportunities in inquiry based learning in the sciences.
 The project was started as a magazine and website produced by professors in the Western College Program at Miami University and the National Science Teachers Association with a grant from the National Science Foundation and assistance from the Center for Human Development, Learning, and Teaching at Miami University.
 Project Dragonfly now reaches millions of people each year through inquiry-driven learning media, public exhibits and graduate programs worldwide.
 Project Dragonfly's partnership programs have generated an Emmy-Award-winning PBS television series, teacher workshops, master's degrees, public science exhibits, and conservation and education programs worldwide.
 Supported by the National Science Foundation, the project began in 1994 with the first national magazine to feature children's science investigations and discoveries.
 Project Dragonfly's programs include Earth Expeditions global graduate courses for educators and other professionals, the Global Field Program (GFP) and Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) master's degrees, and iSaveSpecies, which engages zoo visitors throughout the country in science and conservation action.
 Project Dragonfly is based in the biology department at Miami University, a state university in Oxford, Ohio.
 Miami was established in 1809 and is listed as one of the eight original Public Ivies.
 Public Engagement Projects include: iSaveSpecies, Wild Research, DragonflyTV.
 Graduate Credit Workshops include Earth Expeditions, Zoo Expeditions, and iDiscovery.
 Master's Degree Programs include Global Field Program (GFP) and Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), and Earth Expeditions (EE).
Dr. Don Millard (born November 28, 1955) is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
 Prior to joining NSF, he was a faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the originator of the Mobile Studio Project.
 In 1999 he started thinking about a way to enable students to perform experiments anytime, anyplace - specifically those that use an oscilloscope, function generator, digital control, and some form of power supply.
 He started the Mobile Studio project by looking at commercially available solutions, which were prohibitively expensive; while choosing to involve students in bringing the project’s vision to reality.
 Jason Coutermarsh, then a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), joined the project in the summer of 2004 and they developed a complete functional input/output board (IOBoard) hardware/software prototype.
 With the support of several technology companies and the National Science Foundation, the Mobile Studio Project is now being utilized to enhance science, math, engineering and technology education around the world.
Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn (born March 14, 1948) is an American politician and medical doctor.
 A member of the Republican Party, he was the junior United States Senator from Oklahoma.
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, German: "Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung", SNF; French: "Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique", FNS) is a science research support organisation mandated by the Swiss Federal Government.
 The Swiss National Science Foundation was established under private law by physicist and medical doctor Alexander von Muralt in 1952.

Question: When was the US Senator born that released the report National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope?
Answer: March 14, 1948