National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

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

NSF's 10 Big Ideas

Special Report

Businesses spent $375 billion on R&D performance in US in 2016

News Release

Statement on the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018

Press Statement

Salt: Mover and shaker in ancient Maya society

News From the Field

NSF announces $24.2 million to support research fueling smart cities and communities

News Release

NSF awards $15 million to understand how people can better interact with the environment

News Release

Evacuation decision-making: How people make choices in disasters

Discovery

The importance of community networks to disaster resilience

Discovery

Better coordination networks to strengthen interdependent infrastructure resilience

Discovery

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

Discovery

NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

News Release

NSF: Next steps against harassment

Fact Sheet

How rumors spread on social media during weather disasters

Discovery

Scientists determine four personality types based on new data

News From the Field

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

Discovery

Media call: NSF harassment policy next steps

Media Advisory

NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience

News Release

New TRIPODS+X awards target Big Data solutions for broad range of research challenges

News Release

Understanding 6th-century barbarian social organization and migration through paleogenomics

News From the Field

Drought, conflict and migration in Kenya

News From the Field

NSF INCLUDES takes major step forward with new awards

News Release

Evidence of 7,200-year-old cheese making found on the Dalmatian Coast

News From the Field

Lack of social mobility more of an 'occupational hazard' than previously known

News From the Field

Got an idea for science and engineering research? Send it to the NSF 2026 Idea Machine

News Release

NSF invests in research to help disrupt operations of illicit supply networks

News Release

How we judge personality from faces depends on our beliefs about how personality works

News From the Field

Federal R&D obligations increased 3 percent between fiscal years 2016 and 2017

News Release

Federal S&E obligations to academic institutions increased by 3.5 percent

News Release