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October 2004

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Statement by NSF Acting Director Arden Bement on Nobel Prizes in Science and NSF Connections

 

 
Nobel Prize graphicI am pleased to congratulate this year's Nobel laureates in science for their much-deserved recognition. On behalf of the American public, the National Science Foundation takes great pride in the remarkable achievements of this year's laureates who have been supported by NSF grants throughout their careers. Of the 10 2004 Nobelists in science, six were supported by NSF at some time in their careers. The Economics laureates, Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott, received the prize for work funded by NSF.
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Read the full statement. ... Posted 10/13/04

 

NIH-NSF to Convene Interagency Conference on Bridging the Life and Physical Sciences

 

 
DNA Projected on a WristThe National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation are convening the conference, "Research at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences: Bridging the Sciences," on Nov. 9, 2004, at the Natcher Conference Center on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. The objectives of the conference are to identify opportunities, grand challenges, and issues at the interface of the life and physical sciences that could result in major advances and to develop approaches for bridging these traditionally separate fields.
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Read the full story. ... Posted 10/13/04

 

NSF Funds First Nanoscale Center for Learning and Teaching

 

 
Nanoparticle biosensor and calculation of electric fields in the sensorWith a five-year, $15,000,000 grant to Northwestern University, the National Science Foundation is funding the nation's first Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT). The center, under the direction of Northwestern professor of materials science and engineering, Robert P.H. Chang, will develop scientist-educators who can introduce nanoscience and nanoengineering concepts into schools and undergraduate classrooms. Additionally, it will play the key role in a national network of researchers and educators committed to ensuring that all Americans are academically prepared to participate in the new opportunities nanotechnology will offer. The NCLT is a partnership between Northwestern University, Purdue University, the University of Michigan, Argonne National Laboratories, and the Universities of Illinois at Chicago and Urbana-Champaign.
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Read the full story. ... Posted 10/1/04

 

NSF Announces $21.7 Million for 37 Projects to Study Human and Social Dynamics

 

 
HSD-Human and Social Dynamics logo.The National Science Foundation has awarded grants totaling $21.7 million to address complex, interdisciplinary issues in the foundation's newest priority area, human and social dynamics. Studies will cover a wide range of topics, for example, using neural data to understand why different people make different strategic choices, deciphering the relationships between genetic and cultural change, exploring the causes and consequences of urban expansion and the effects of local policies on expansion, and identifying how people develop ways to manage common resources.
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Read the full story. ... Posted 10/1/04

 

NSF Awards $130 Million to Tackle Information Technology Research for National Priorities
120 new projects will advance science and engineering, economic prosperity, national security

 

 
Illustration of MARS ocean observatory prototype.The National Science Foundation has made awards supporting nearly 120 new Information Technology Research (ITR) projects dedicated to addressing the information technology priorities facing the country -- advances in science and engineering, economic prosperity and a vibrant civil society, and national and homeland security. The awards encompass principal investigators from 32 states and the District of Columbia and average $1.25 million, with a total estimated funding of more than $130 million over five years. Projects cover a wide range of topics, including interactive ocean observatories and deep-sea exploration; stress corrosion cracking in materials; protection of critical infrastructures; improvements to healthcare processes; and secure access to confidential social science data.
Image:The NEPTUNE Project, University of Washington
Read the full story. ... Posted 10/1/04

 

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