NSF-Wide Investments

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget request to Congress identifies the following areas for NSF-wide investments. Strengthening capabilities in each of these areas will enhance the productivity and efficiency of the science and engineering enterprise while producing concrete economic and social benefits for the nation.

		Adaptive Systems Technology (PDF) The goal of NSF's investments in Adaptive Systems Technology is to generate creative pathways and natural interfaces between human and physical systems that will revolutionize the development of novel anticipatory and adaptive systems.
		NSF Centers Programs and Funding (PDF) NSF supports a variety of centers programs that contribute to the Foundation's mission and vision. Centers are the principal means by which NSF fosters interdisciplinary research.
		Climate Change Science Program (PDF) The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) engages thirteen U.S. agencies in a concerted interagency program of basic research, comprehensive observations, integrative modeling, and development of products for decision makers. NSF provides support for the broad range of fundamental research activities that form a sound basis for other mission-oriented agencies in the CCSP and the nation at large.
		Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (PDF) The Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) investment promotes the advancement of science and engineering along fundamentally new pathways opened by computational thinking.
		Cyberinfrastructure (PDF) Investments in FY 2009 are designed to capitalize on the results of the pioneering early forays into cyberinfrastructure and to advance research and education through the implementation of strategies laid out in the document, A Cyberinfrastructure Vision for the 21st Century.
		Dynamics of Water Processes in the Environment (PDF) The goal of investments in Dynamics of Water Processes in the Environment is to increase our fundamental understanding of the Earth's freshwater systems and provide the scientific basis for decision making about water resources.
		National Nanotechnology Initiative (PDF) NSF's contribution to the multiagency National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) encompasses the systematic understanding, organization, manipulation and control of matter at the atomic, molecular and supramolecular levels in the size range of 1 to 100 nanometers.
		Networking and Information Technology R&D (PDF) NSF is a primary federal agency supporting the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program. As in society at large, computing and information technology plays an increasingly important and expansive role in the agency's science and engineering award portfolio; in FY 2009, NITRD represents approximately 16 percent of NSF's budget.
		Science and Engineering Beyond Moore's Law (PDF) The goal of investments in Science and Engineering Beyond Moore's Law is to position the United States at the forefront of communications and computation capability beyond the physical and conceptual limitations of current technologies.
		Selected Crosscutting Programs (PDF) Examples of major crosscutting activities include ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), Graduate Fellowships and Traineeships, Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) and Science and Technology Centers (STCs).

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NSF-WIDE INVESTMENTS IN PREVIOUS BUDGET YEARS

NSF has designated special areas of emphasis or priority areas in previous budget years. A select list of materials from previous years is available here.