New National Science Foundation directorate to accelerate breakthrough technologies, societal and economic advances

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NSF 101: Four tips for applying to NSF’s CAREER program

June 23, 2020

You banked years of late nights in the lab crunching data and grading papers.

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Virtual summer road trip: Visit NSF's cutting-edge science facilities without leaving home

June 16, 2020

MagLab The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory resides on Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee, Florida.

Ocean research vessel, the Sikuliaq, in the Northern Gulf of Alaska

Ocean research in the time of COVID-19: Expedition to the Gulf of Alaska keeps vital research and data collection on course

June 12, 2020

It was an oceanographic research cruise that, as scientist Russ Hopcroft of the University of Alaska Fairbanks says, "was just plain strange." Like almost everything this spring.

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#NSFstories: Leading an army of citizen scientists in the fight against COVID-19

June 10, 2020

For computational biophysicist Gregory Bowman, sleep these days is hard to come by.

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10 NSF-funded discoveries that help us understand our oceans and waterways

June 1, 2020

Humans may have mapped and explored much of the world’s continental terrain, but roughly 80% of the planet remains mysterious.

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Life on the ice during a pandemic: Keeping science in Antarctica going and the continent COVID-19-free

May 26, 2020

Q&A with Erin Heard, Station Manager of McMurdo Station What is your role in USAP? I am the NSF winter station manager for McMurdo Station.

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RAPID responders: How NSF support is enabling the fight against COVID-19 in real time

May 20, 2020

When a disaster or emergency strikes, first responders answer the call. The COVID-19 global pandemic has shown that scientists and engineers are part of this essential group.