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enicillin, the proximity fuze, the atom bomb, among a host of other scientific contributions to American victory in the Second World War, brought home to many citizens the value of scientific research. In the continuing crisis after the war, there were few who opposed the proposition that sustained Federal support of science and research was essential to the defense and welfare of the United States." "By the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 the Congress established the National Science Foundation to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes.' The President approved the act on May 10, 1950." |
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Excerpt from The First Annual Report of the National Science Foundation, 1950-51 Most NSF Annual Reports are available online at http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/annualreps.htm.
SCIENCE THE ENDLESS FRONTIER
ADDRESS TO THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AAAS
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: A BRIEF HISTORY INVENTING US SCIENCE POLICY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CLASS OF 1952 KEY HISTORICAL DATES THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION BY THE NUMBERS |
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