Slide title: NSF Core Mission: Fundamental Research
Slide images:
On the left: Diagram showing NSF funding
(Other than the FY 2015 budget request, numbers shown are estimates based on prior years.)
$7.3 billion FY 2015 budget request
94% funds research, education and related activities
50,000 proposals
11,000 awards funded
2,000 NSF-funded institutions
300,000 NSF-supported researchers
On the right: Collage of four fundamental research images: (left to right) photo of a student examining a protein sample for gel electrophoresis at the Next Generation National Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, or Bio-Link, located at the City College of San Francisco in California; illustration of DNA; photo of three lemurs known as Coquerel's sifakas on a tree; photo of one Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antenna
Image credits: (collage, left to right) from ATE Centers Impact 2011 (www.atecenters.org); KC Roeyer; David Haring, the Duke Lemur Center; ALMA
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