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Media Advisory 05-026
National Science Board Workshop to Look at Support of High-Risk, Revolutionary Research
Meetings seek to define research projects and examine review and funding
December 9, 2005
The National Science Board (NSB) Task Force on Transformative Research is holding the second in a series of workshops on Dec. 16, 2005, at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, N.M. The task force's objective is to assess the National Science Foundation's (NSF) ability to attract, identify, and fund innovative ideas and research that have the capacity to revolutionize existing fields, create new subfields or cause paradigm shifts in thought.
The Dec. 16 workshop, which will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will focus on radical and innovative processes for identifying and fostering such "transformative" science. The first workshop in the series, held on Aug. 12, 2005, heard a cross section of views on whether NSF's current review and funding systems are optimal for encouraging, identifying and selecting potentially transformative research.
The workshop is open to the public. The agenda and other background information is available on the NSB website at http://www.nsf.gov/nsb.
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(NSB 05-168)
Program Contacts
Amanda Slocum, National Science Board (703) 292-7000 aslocum@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. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, its budget is $9.5 billion, which includes $3.0 billion provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to over 1,900 universities and institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 44,400 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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