[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 146 (Monday, August 1, 2005)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15249]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


National Science Board; Workshop on Understanding Transformative 
Research Programs at the National Science Foundation; Sunshine Act 
Meeting

Date and Time: August 12, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. (ET).

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Rooms 1235, 
375 and 320, Arlington, VA 22230.

Publice Meeting Attendance: All visitors must report to the NSF's 
visitor's desk at the 9th and N. Stuart Streets entrance to receive a 
visitor's badge.

Contact Information: Please refer to the National Science Board Web 
site (http://www.nsf.gov/nsb) for updated Agenda. NSB Office: (703) 
292-7000.

Status: This Workshop will be open to the public.

Provisional Workshop Agenda

Room 1235

8:30 a.m.-8:50 a.m.--Introduction and Overview.
8:50 a.m.-9 a.m.--Welcoming Remarks.
9 a.m.-10 a.m.--Topic I: Exemplar Transformative Research Funded by 
NSF.
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.--Topic II: NSF Culture and Effect on Funding 
Potentially Transformative Research.
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.--Topic III: NSF Mechanisms and Procedures for 
Supporting Potentially Transformative Research.

Rooms 375 and 320

12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m.--Breakout Session I: Enhancing the Ability of NSF 
To Identify and Nurture Potentially Transformative Research.
     Role of Program Officers
     Role of Committees of Visitors
     Role of Advisory Committees
2 p.m.-3:15 p.m.--Breakout Session II: Improving NSF's Ability To Fund 
Potentially Transformative Research.
     Community Awareness
     Inhibitors for Current Mechanisms
     New Mechanisms

Room 1235

3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.--Plenary Meeting for Breakout Sessions I and II.
5 p.m.-5:15 p.m.--Summaries of Discussions and Next Steps for the NSB 
Task Force on Transformative Research.

Michael P. Crosby,
Executive Officer and NSB Office Director.
[FR Doc. 05-15249 Filed 7-28-05; 3:13 pm]
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