National Science Board Meeting

The National Science Board typically meets four times a year. These meetings include sessions that are open to the public. Agendas are typically posted one week before the meetings. To attend in-person, please email your name as it appears on your photo ID, along with your affiliation, at least 24 hours in advance to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov. NSB continues to livestream all open meeting sessions on its YouTube channel.

National Science Board Meeting 

May 1 – 2, 2024

YouTube Link Day 1: https://youtube.com/live/LqwL3CFVG8I?feature=share

YouTube Link Day 2: https://youtube.com/live/LbXG5bYTzGA?feature=share

May 1, 2024

Open Plenary 

8:30 – 10:25 AM            

• Chair’s Remarks
• Director’s Remarks
• The Future is Now: Harnessing AI for Good, NSB External Panel on Artificial Intelligence 

Break     

10:25 AM – 10:40 PM                                                    

Open Plenary   

10:40 AM – 12:00 PM

• Approval of February Open Meeting Minutes
• Committee Reports
  • Committee on External Engagement
  • Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy
  • Committee on Oversight
  • Committee on Strategy
  • Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships 

Closed Plenary   

12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

• Chair’s Remarks
• Approval of February 2024 Closed Meeting Minutes
• Director’s Remarks
• Committee Reports
  • Committee on Strategy
  • Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
• Vote to Enter Executive Closed Session

Lunch Break  

12:50 – 1:35 PM      

Executive Closed Plenary 

1:35 – 3:40 PM

• Chair’s Remarks
• Approval of February 2024 EPC Minutes
• Director’s Remarks
• Board Elections
• Chair’s Closing Remarks

End of Plenary Session/Meeting Day 1

May 2, 2024

Open Plenary

8:30 – 9:50 AM                       

• Chair’s Remarks
• Farewell to Members, Chair Remarks and Member Recognition

Break

9:50 – 10:05 AM

Open Plenary

10:05 – 10:50 AM

• Q&A with the 2024 NSB Vannevar Bush, Science & Society, Waterman Awardees 

Break 

10:50 – 11:05 AM

Open Plenary

11:05 – 11:40 AM

• Committee Reports
  • NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review

Closed Plenary

11:40 AM – 12:40 PM

• Committee Reports
  • NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review

Lunch Break 

12:40 – 1:10 PM

Closed Plenary

1:10 – 1:35 PM

• Committee Report
  • Committee on Awards and Facilities

Open Committee Meeting

1:35 – 2:10 PM

• Committee on Awards and Facilities
  • Chair’s remarks
  • Reflection and road ahead
  • Update on Antarctic Science & Engineering Support Contract
  • Information Item: NSF's Decision Process for the USELT Program

Closed Committee Meeting

2:10 – 2:30 PM

• Committee on Awards and Facilities
  • Information Item: NSF's Decision Process for the USELT Program

End of Meeting Day 2