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Important Notice for the Recruitment of a new Division Director for Social and Economic Sciences

NSF awards $250 million to early career researchers

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White House honors 80 NSF-supported early-career researchers

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Neanderthals used resin 'glue' for tools

Research News

Forests show pathways to a sustainable future

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Government-funded research increasingly fuels innovation

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Stat Insights: Asian/Pacific Americans in Science and Engineering

New research accurately predicts Australian wheat harvests months in advance

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Low-cost intervention boosts undergraduate interest in computer science

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Dataset Bridges Human Vision and Machine Learning

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2019 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities Report goes live

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National Science Foundation presents the President’s FY 2020 budget request

Press Statement

Understanding how the brain makes sense of sound

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Media call: NSF Fiscal Year 2020 budget request

Media Advisory

When coral reefs change, researchers and local fishing communities see different results

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Statement on executive order to maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence

Press Statement

SBE and NSF's Big Ideas

NSF Apps

Special Report

Upwind wind farms can reduce the energy production of downwind neighbor turbines

Research News

Domestic violence interventions: Thoughts on what works to address this costly crime

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Intimate-partner domestic violence in the US: costs, consequences, causes and possible solutions

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NSF's 10 Big Ideas

Special Report

Evacuation decision-making: How people make choices in disasters

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The importance of community networks to disaster resilience

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Better coordination networks to strengthen interdependent infrastructure resilience

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Flooding by design: planning, development, and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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How rumors spread on social media during weather disasters

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Working with the Cajun Navy: Optimizing the use of volunteers in disaster response

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Help NSF get to South by Southwest!

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