美國國家科學基金會(National Science Foundation,簡稱NSF)
國家科學基金會(National Science Foundation,簡稱NSF)是一個美國政府機構,支持除醫學領域外的科學和工程學基礎研究和教育。負責醫學的同類機構為國家衛生研究院。2007年財政預算為59.1億美金,NSF資助的項目占美國聯邦資助的美國大學基礎研究的20%。在某些領域,如數學、計算機科學、經濟學和社會科學,NSF是主要的聯邦贊助者。
NSF的主任、副主任和國家科學基金會理事會的24位成員,由美國總統任命,美國參議院批準。[1]主任和副主任負責管理、計劃、預算和基金會的日常運作。NSF一年開會6次,確定政策。
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about US$6.87 billion (fiscal year 2010), the NSF funds approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics and the social sciences, the NSF is the major source of federal backing.