United States National Science Foundation | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 30/12/2018

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00:01:39 1 History and mission
00:02:36 1.1 Budget and performance history
00:05:51 1.2 Timeline
00:05:59 1.2.1 Pre–World War II
00:07:20 1.2.2 1940–49
00:14:51 1.2.3 1950–1959
00:18:00 1.2.4 1960–1969
00:19:25 1.2.5 1970–1979
00:20:42 1.2.6 1980–1989
00:22:28 1.2.7 1990–1999
00:26:12 1.2.8 2000–2009
00:28:05 1.2.9 2010–present
00:29:31 2 Grants and the merit review process
00:35:02 3 Scope and organization
00:36:33 3.1 Offices
00:37:05 3.2 Research directorates
00:38:42 3.3 Overseas sites
00:39:18 3.4 Crosscutting programs
00:40:01 3.5 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
00:40:47 4 Public attitudes and understanding
00:41:43 5 Criticism
00:44:14 6 See also



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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about US$7.0 billion (fiscal year 2012), the NSF funds approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics, and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.
The NSF's director and deputy director are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the United States Senate, whereas the 24 presidentially appointed members of the National Science Board (NSB) do not require Senate confirmation. The director and deputy director are responsible for administration, planning, budgeting and day-to-day operations of the foundation, while the NSB meets six times a year to establish its overall policies. The current NSF director, confirmed in March 2014, is astronomer France A. Córdova, former president of Purdue University.