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UB News Center
April 26, 2018
The scholars have been accepted into the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Launched in 1952, the GRFP represents the oldest continuous investment in the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. As one of theÃâà...
India West
April 25, 2018
Additional Indian American academics continue to emerge as National Science Foundation early career development award, or CAREER, winners. Following West Virginia University assistant professor Antar Jutla being named a recipient (see India-West article here), faculty members at Cornell,Ãâà...
India West
April 3, 2018
West Virginia University assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering Antar Jutla was recently honored by the National Science Foundation with an early career development award. The NSF honored the Indian American educator for his research on how extreme events and enhanced climaticÃâà...
India West
March 23, 2018
The National Science Foundation recently awarded an interdisciplinary team of investigators at five higher education institutions with a five-year, $10 million grant to develop a new type of camera that peers deep beneath the skin to help diagnose and monitor a wide variety of health conditions. The team ofÃâà...
Science Magazine
March 23, 2018
The 4% increase for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Alexandria, Virginia, in the 2018 omnibus spending bill hammered out by congressional leaders this week may be modest next to what its peer science agencies received. But it does offer NSF officials more breathing room to fund some majorÃâà...
The Scientist
March 22, 2018
A $1.3-trillion spending agreement reached yesterday (March 21) includes funding increases for most US science funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and NASA. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill today.
Science Magazine
March 16, 2018
Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX) has repeatedly criticized the peer-review process at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Alexandria, Virginia, since becoming chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives's science committee in 2013. It was no surprise, then, that during a hearing yesterday onÃâà...
IIT Today
March 16, 2018
The National Science Foundation issued a Dear Colleague Letter, Enabling Quantum Leap in Chemistry (18-051), as a result of an NSF-sponsored workshop to explore the relevance of quantum leap to the field of chemistry. The workshop identified areas where chemists can contribute to quantum leapÃâà...
FedScoop
March 16, 2018
China's increased research spending took the spotlight Thursday at a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing that was supposed to focus on the National Science Foundation's fiscal 2019 budget. Agency and congressional leaders lamented that while the NSF's annual budget remainsÃâà...
GenomeWeb
December 31, 1999
Representative Lamar Smith (R–Texas) continued his campaign criticizing the peer-review process at the US National Science Foundation during a budget hearing last week, ScienceInsider reports. But, it adds that groups that previously pushed back appear to have accepted his argument that NSF'sÃâà...
