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Evan Schaffer
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Computational neuroscientist, Assistant Professor at @sinaibrain.bsky.social, Mount Sinai. Views are my own. New York, NY. He/him. schafferlab.com
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March 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Do you live in a US State, District, or Territory? Get specific with these “NSF in your state” sheets. Here’s an example from Kansas. new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
US National Science Foundation FY 2023 Fast Facts about Kansas $59,308,000 Total NSF Awards to Kansas $53,428,000 Invested in Fundamental Research in Kansas $5,880,000 Invested in STEM Education in Kansas $760,000 Invested in Kansas Businesses
February 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Do you want a big overview of NSF, explaining things like the fact that 24% of all federally funded academic fundamental research comes from NSF? And that 94% of its budget goes out the door in grants/awards? Here you go. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Factsh...
An “NSF BY THE NUMBERS” fact sheet screenshot with some facts about “ADVANCING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD” -The U.S. National Science Foundation was created by Congress in_ 1950 to continue the U.S. science and technology enterprise began during World War II. -NSF allocates 94% of its approximately $8.5 billion budget for grants and awards to support research projects, facilities and STEM education. -NSF funds research in all 50 states and U.S. territories. -NSF fosters international scientific collaboration on all 7 continents around the globe. -About 2,000 academic and other private and public institutions across the U.S. conduct NSF-funded research. -NSF supports 24% of all federally funded academic fundamental research at U.S. colleges and universities. fundamental research comes from NSF. - In 2020, NSF received approximately 43,000 research proposals from scientists and engineers and funded about 12,000. - NSF-funded researchers have received 248 Nobel Prizes.
February 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM