NSF relies on the judgment of external experts to maintain high standards of program management, to provide advice for continuous improvement of NSF performance, and to ensure openness to the research and education community served by the Foundation. Committee of Visitors (COV) reviews provide NSF with external expert judgments in two areas:
COV reviews are conducted at regular intervals of approximately three years for programs and offices that recommend or award grants, cooperative agreements, and/or contracts and whose main focus is the conduct or support of NSF research and education in science and engineering.
Each division or office prepares an annual update describing key actions that have been taken to implement the recommendations of the previous COV report. These reports and updates are shown below.
For additional information on the COV process please see http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/activities/cov/
| 2008 (ENG) |
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EEC: Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
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CMMI: Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation |
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IIP: Industrial Innovation and Partnerships |
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| 2007 (ENG) |
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CBET: Divisoin of Chemical, Bioengineering, Enviromental,
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CMMI: Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation |
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ECCS: Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems |
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| 2006 (ENG) |
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BES: Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems |
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| CMS: Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems |
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CTS: Division of Chemical and Transport Systems |
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DMI: Division of Manufacture and Industrial Innovation |
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ECS: Division of Electrical and Communication System |
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| EEC: Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
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| OII: Office of Industrial Innovation (SBIR) |
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2005 (ENG) |
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BES: Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems |
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| CMS: Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems |
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CTS: Division of Chemical and Transport Systems |
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DMI: Division of Manufacture and Industrial Innovation |
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ECS: Division of Electrical and Communication System |
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EEC: Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
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OII: Office of Industrial Innovation (SBIR) |
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2004 (ENG) |
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CMS: Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems |
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DMII: Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation
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EEC: Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
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| 2003 (ENG) |
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CTS: Division of Chemical and Transport Systems |
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DMII: Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation
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| 2002 (ENG) |
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BES: Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems
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ECS: Division of Electrical and Communications Systems |
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| 2001 (ENG) |
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ENG: Directorate for Engineering |
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CMS: Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems |
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DMII: Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation
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EEC: Division of Engineering Education and Center |
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| 2000 (ENG) |
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ECS: Division of Electrical and Communications Systems |
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