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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 

Plenary Board meeting 

Open Session: 10:00 a.m.–1:05 p.m. 

• NSB Chair’s Opening Remarks 

Æ Welcome and Agenda Preview 

Æ NSB Swearing-in Ceremony 

• NSF Director’s Presentation on Multisector Partnerships and Investments 

Æ Taking stock of NSF’s progress to 

date 

• NSB External Panel—Vision for 

American Science and Technology/ 

Science & Technology Action 

Committee 

Æ Panelists: France Cordova, 

President of the Science 

Philanthropy Alliance, 14th 

Director of the NSF 

Æ Monica Dus, Associate Professor in 

the Department of Molecular, 

Cellular, and Developmental 

Biology, University of Michigan 

Æ Darı ́o Gil, NSB Chair 

Æ Marcia McNutt, President of the 

National Academy of Sciences 

Æ Sudip Parikh, American 

Association for the Advance of 

Science, Chief Executive Officer 

and Executive Publisher of Science 

Journals 

• NSB External Panel—A New 

National Defense Education Act for 

a Changed Landscape 

Æ Panelists: Maria Klawe, President of 

Math for America 

Æ Tsu-Jae King Liu, Dean of the UC 

Berkeley College of Engineering 

Æ Nick Moore, Director of Governor’s 

Office of Education and Workforce 

Transformation, State of Alabama 

Plenary Board Meeting 

Open Session: 1:50 p.m.–3:00 p.m. 

• Approval of July 2024 Open Meeting 

Minutes 

• NSB Committee Reports 

Æ Committee on Strategy 

Æ Development of NSF’s 2026–2030 

Strategic Plan and Learning Agenda 

Æ Committee on External Engagement 

Æ NSF 75th Anniversary Planning 

Æ Committee on National Science and 

Engineering Policy 

Æ Science & Engineering Indicators 

2026 

• NSF Director’s Remarks 

Æ Engagement, Updates, and Senior 

Staff introductions 

Plenary Board Meeting 

Closed Session: 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. 

• Strategic-Level Thinking and 

Discussion about the NSF Budget 

Thursday, December 5, 2024 

Plenary Board Meeting 

Open Session: 9:00 a.m.–11:10 a.m. 

• NSB Chair’s Welcome 

• NSB External Panel—The Center for 

Strategic and International Studies, 

Institution Building as it Relates to 

Multi-sectoral Partnerships and 

Investments 

Æ Panelists: Erica Fuchs, Professor, 

Department of Engineering and 

Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon 

University 

Æ Navin Girishankar, President of the 

Economic Security and Technology 

Department at the CSIS 

Æ Andrew Reamer, Research Professor 

at the George Washington 

University, Institute for Public 

Policy 

• Commission Reports 

Æ Committee on Awards & Facilities 

Æ Indigenous community engagement 

Æ Antarctic Engineering and Science 

Support Contract—Discussion and 

vote on resolution 

Æ NSB–NSF Commission on Merit 

Review 

Æ High-level summary of activities 

Plenary Board Meeting 

Closed Session: 11:10 a.m.–12:45 p.m. 

• NSB Chair’s Remarks and Welcome 

Æ Approval of closed meeting 

minutes July and September 2024 

• NSF Director’s Remarks 

Æ Agency Operations updates 

• Committee Reports 

Æ NSB–NSF Commission on Merit 

Review 

Æ Presentation and discussion of final 

recommendations and guidance 

Æ Committee on Awards & Facilities 

Æ Annual Report of the Chief Officer for 

Research Facilities 

Æ U.S. Extremely Large Telescope 

report 

• Vote to enter Executive Plenary 

Closed Session 

Executive Closed Session: 1:30 p.m.– 

2:25 p.m. 

• NSB Chair’s Remarks and Welcome 

Æ Approval of May 2024 Executive 

Plenary Closed Minutes 

• NSB honorary Awards—Discussion 

and Vote 

Æ 2025 Vannevar Bush and Science 

and Society Awards 

• NSB Chair’s closing remarks 

Plenary Meeting Adjourns: 2:25 p.m. 

Portions Open to the Public 

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 

10:00 a.m.–1:05 p.m. Plenary NSB 

1:50 p.m..–3:00 p.m. Plenary NSB 

Thursday, December 5, 2024 

9:00 a.m.–11:10 a.m. Plenary NSB 

Portions Closed to the Public 

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Plenary NSB 

Thursday, July 25, 2024 

11:10 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Plenary NSB 

1:30 p.m.–2:25 p.m. Executive Plenary 

closed 

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website for additional information: 

https://www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Ann E. Bushmiller, 

Senior Legal Counsel to the National Science 

Board. 

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10:00 a.m. Briefing on Equal 

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applicability for Competitive products. 

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takes other administrative steps. 

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