NSF, AACC announce Community College Innovation Challenge finalists

NSF, AACC announce Community College Innovation Challenge finalists

The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges, has selected 12 teams to advance to the final round of the Community College Innovation Challenge.

CCIC seeks to strengthen entrepreneurial thinking among community college students by challenging them to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems. It also enables students to discover and demonstrate their capacity to use STEM to make a difference in the world and to ...

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Published May 11, 2021 at 06:00PM
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NSF recognizes a mathematician and a social scientist with the Alan T. Waterman Award

NSF recognizes a mathematician and a social scientist with the Alan T. Waterman Award

A mathematician who uses number theory to provide new perspectives on some of the oldest and most difficult problems in mathematics, and a social scientist whose innovative contributions show the impact of increased opportunity and representation on our nation’s most important decisions -- Melanie Matchett Wood, a Harvard University mathematician, and Nicholas Carnes, a Duke University social scientist and scholar of public policy, have earned the National Science Foundation's Alan T. ...

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Published May 11, 2021 at 02:00PM
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NSF and NCSES release 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report

NSF and NCSES release 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report

Washington DC – The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics released its 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report.

The biennial report provides detailed information about participation levels of underrepresented groups in science and engineering education and employment.

"Ensuring accessibility and inclusivity in STEM is essential to cultivate a robust U.S. science and engineering ...

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Published April 29, 2021 at 03:29PM
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NSF, NASA sign collaborative agreement to expand activities for broadening participation in engineering

NSF, NASA sign collaborative agreement to expand activities for broadening participation in engineering

The U.S. National Science Foundation and NASA have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing the framework for collaborative efforts to broaden participation in engineering.

The collaboration will involve NASA’s Minority University Research and Education program, which engages underrepresented populations through a wide variety of initiatives, and NSF’s Broadening Participation in Engineering ...

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Published April 26, 2021 at 06:30PM
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NSF statement on President’s FY 2022 discretionary budget request

NSF statement on President’s FY 2022 discretionary budget request

The U.S. National Science Foundation has a long history of advancing the frontiers of science and engineering through exploration and innovation. The President’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary request includes $10.17 billion for NSF to:

• Enhance fundamental research and development;
• Address racial equity in science and engineering;
• Address climate science and sustainability ...
  

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Published April 09, 2021 at 03:00PM
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The Future of Competitiveness: Strengthening the Symbiosis of Exploratory and Translational Research @ Speed & Scale

The Future of Competitiveness: Strengthening the Symbiosis of Exploratory and Translational Research @ Speed & Scale

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Published March 16, 2021 at 08:38PM
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2020 American Geophysical Union Agency Lecture

2020 American Geophysical Union Agency Lecture

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Published March 16, 2021 at 08:38PM
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