Remarks by Dr. France A. Córdova, Director, National Science Foundation, Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, October 25, 2016, Text Slide 3 of 9

Slide title: Select NSF References in "100 Examples of President Obama's Leadership in Science, Technology, and Innovation"

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ENACTED A HISTORIC INCREASE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND MAINTAINED IT AS A PRIORITY DESPITE TIGHT FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
$88M in investments to support basic water technology research.
$8B to support groundbreaking research and world-leading facilities across all fields of science and engineering.
Sets aside $33M in investments for National Strategic Computing Initiative R&D.
$2B investments for federal R&D into advanced manufacturing.

ADVANCED THE FRONTIERS OF PHYSICS
LIGO detects gravitational waves for the first time.

ACCELERATED THE TRANSITION OF RESEARCH DISCOVERIES FROM LAB TO MARKET
Expansion of I-Corps entrepreneurship training program has been adopted in 10 Federal agency partnerships.

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