"Novel Approaches to Breakthrough Research," Remarks by Dr. France A. Córdova, Director, National Science Foundation, Before the Global Symposium on Scientific Breakthroughs, Tokyo, Japan, May 26, 2015 -- Slide Index

Slide 1 - Title slide: Novel Approaches to Breakthrough Research

Slide 2 - U.S. National Academy of Sciences Welcomes Prime Minister Abe

Slide 3 - Impact of Fundamental Research

Slide 4 - How Basic Research Impacts Our Lives: NSF-launched Discoveries

Slide 5 - Illustration of a Smartphone's Layers

Slide 6 - NSF Funding Mechanisms for Bringing Discovery to Delivery

Slide 7 - Interdisciplinary Centers

Slide 8 - Interdisciplinary Program: BioMaPS

Slide 9 - Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)

Slide 10 - Rapid Response Research (RAPID)

Slide 11 - RAPID--US-Japanese Collaboration

Slide 12 - Cyber-infrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21)

Slide 13 - International Partnerships (e.g., ALMA)

Slide 14 - Innovation Corps (I-Corps)

Slide 15 - Funding Tomorrow's Discoverers: JSPS Summer Program 2014

Slide 16 - Novel Approaches to Breakthrough Research

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