Media Advisory 15-003

National Science Foundation to present FY 2016 budget request

Media availability with NSF Director to follow presentation

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NSF's FY16 budget request will be presented on Feb. 2.


January 30, 2015

This material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France A. Córdova will present President Obama's fiscal year 2016 NSF budget request to Congress at 3:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 2, at NSF's headquarters, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, Va.

Credentialed media will have an opportunity for interviews with Córdova immediately following her presentation. Detailed information about the FY16 budget request will be available on Feb. 2 on NSF's website.

Also following Córdova's presentation, NSF assistant directors and office heads will provide separate programmatic briefings in break-out rooms at NSF.

NSF will webcast the briefing, and media at remote sites will be able to access it in listen-only mode at http://live.science360.gov. The webcast video will be posted to NSF.gov later in the day.
 

What:

National Science Foundation FY 2016 Budget Request

Who:

NSF Director France A. Córdova

When:

Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, 3:30 p.m.

Where:

National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd. Suite 1235
Arlington, VA 22230

Metro:

Orange and Silver Lines, Ballston

Credentialed media must contact Maria Zacharias at mzachari@nsf.gov or (703) 292-8454 to make arrangements to attend the briefing.

-NSF-

Media Contacts
Maria C. Zacharias, NSF, (703) 292-8454, email: mzachari@nsf.gov

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