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NSF and New YorkIn FY 2003 the NSF provided over 1,672 awards totaling approximately $389 million to more than 142 institutions in the State of New York as well as $1,816,000 in fellowships. Institutions in New York receiving awards in FY 2002 included the American Museum of Natural History, Hamilton College, Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Institute, Cornell University, the City University of New York, the New York Botanical Garden, SUNY – Binghamton, Syracuse University, Keuka College, and Kitware, Inc. Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in the State of New York:Nanoscience and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures — The goal of this nanoscale science and engineering center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is to address fundamental scientific issues underlying the design and synthesis of new materials, structures, and devices with dramatically improved capabilities for many industrial and biomedical applications. The work will focus on discovering and developing the means to assemble nanoscale building blocks with unique properties into functional structures under well-controlled intentionally directed conditions. The Center will integrate research, education, and technology dissemination and will serve as a national resource for fundamental knowledge and applications of nanoscale science and technology. Vacuum Annealing Oven for Advanced LIGO Test Masses and Mini-Cluster to Analyze Bilinear Noise in Initial LIGO — This award to Hobart & William Smith Colleges supports the acquisition of a moderately large vacuum-annealing oven to process pieces of fused silica and other materials considered for use by the next generation of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO). Test masses for Advanced LIGO are to be made from either sapphire or fused silica. Sapphire is mechanically superior under most criteria but suffers from increased loss at low frequencies and unacceptably high optical absorption. Fused silica has low absorption and has a mechanical loss that is below the Advanced LIGO design limits. However, this low mechanical loss has never been seen in large samples. This project will study loss mechanisms in fused silica in an effort to make large, low-loss optics. Small Business Innovation Research — An NSF SBIR award to Creneaux supports the development and evaluation of a delivery platform for interactive rich media and effective simulation-based e-learning. The platform will interface with learning content authoring and management systems that are scaleable to commercial operation without further development. Interoperability is achieved through verified compliance with the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiatives Shareable Content Object Reference Model and the ability of the platform to directly admit and reuse e-learning assets in all pervasive formats. Life Trek — The Brooklyn Children's Museum will develop a 6000-sq.ft. permanent exhibition and related educational extensions. Life Trek will be an integrated learning environment comprised of a series of immersive indoor habitats where children will investigate natural phenomena and processes. Designed for urban children ages 4-11 and their families and teachers, Life Trek will provide a range of open-ended and challenging opportunities to practice science skills and facilitate greater awareness of and respect for the natural world. For more information on New York and NSF, please contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at 703-292-8070. Useful Links: New
York Governor's Office
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