Media Advisory 05-001
New NSF Web Site Released

NSF's new Web site has been redesigned from the bottom up. Credit and Larger Version

January 31, 2005
The National Science Foundation introduces a new Web site, entirely redesigned to better serve both the research and education community and the general public. The Web address remains the same: http://www.nsf.gov.

Through the new site, NSF hopes to more effectively explain its use of public funds, and the results derived from it, while offering a user-friendly interface for its thousands of grantees and contractors.  NSF supports researchers and educators in all fields of science and engineering through competitive grants and other funding awards to more than 2,000 institutions in all 50 states.  As an independent federal agency, NSF receives public support through Congressional appropriations. 

The new Web site culminates more than a year of study and analysis regarding the most current and effective ways to communicate in today’s fast-paced electronic information environment.  It represents the first major redesign of the NSF Web site in five years.

Some key features that are aimed at the general public:

• A help center describing the new features
  http://www.nsf.gov/help
• A plain-language explanation of NSF and how it works
  http://www.nsf.gov/about/glance.jsp
• General overviews on the types of science that NSF supports
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews
• Results of NSF research
  http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/
• Examples of NSF-supported TV programs and other informal education efforts
  http://www.nsf.gov/news/now_showing/

Additional features that are aimed at the science and education community:

• A new "funding" section, including an A-Z index, and upcoming due dates
  http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
• A new way to find NSF employees
  http://www.nsf.gov/staff/
• Quick access to science and engineering statistics
  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
• Consistent design to NSF directorates, divisions and programs

Revisions and updates to the new site will be undertaken as required.

-NSF-

Media Contacts
Mary E. Hanson, NSF (703) 292-8070 mhanson@nsf.gov

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget of $6.06 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to over 1,900 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 45,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes over 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards over $400 million in professional and service contracts yearly.

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Science and Engineering Statistics: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
Awards Searches: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/