[United States Government Manual]
[May 30, 1997]
[Pages 615-621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
Phone, 703-306-1234
National Science Board
Chairman Richard N. Zare
Vice Chairman Diana Natalicio
Members John A. Armstrong, F.
Albert Cotton,
Mary K.
Gaillard,
Sanford D.
Greenberg,
M.R.C.
Greenwood,
Charles E.
Hess, John E.
Hopcroft,
Stanley V.
Jaskolski,
Eamon M.
Kelly, Jane
Lubchenco,
Shirley M.
Malcom, Eve L.
Menger,
Claudia I.
Mitchell-
Kernan, James
L. Powell,
Frank H.T.
Rhodes, Ian M.
Ross, Vera C.
Rubin, Robert
M. Solow, Bob
H. Suzuki,
Richard A.
Tapia, Warren
M. Washington,
John A. White,
Jr.
(Ex officio) Neal F. Lane
Executive Officer Marta C. Cehelsky
Inspector General Linda G. Sundro
Deputy Inspector General Philip L. Sunshine
Counsel to the Inspector General Montgomery K. Fisher
Assistant Inspector General for Edward L. Blansitt III
Audit
Assistant Inspector General for James J. Zwolenik
Oversight
Officials:
Director Neal F. Lane
Deputy Director Joseph Bordogna,
Acting
Senior Science Adviser Karl A. Erb
Assistant to the Director for Science Policy and Judith S. Sunley
Planning
Staff Associate Thomas N. Cooley
General Counsel Lawrence Rudolph
Deputy General Counsel Theodore A. Miles
Director, Office of Legislative and Public Julia A. Moore
Affairs
Deputy Director, Office of Joel M. Widder
Legislative and Public
Affairs
Director, Office of Policy Support Susan E. Cozzens
Director, Office of Science and Technology Nathaniel G. Pitts
Infrastructure
Director, Office of Polar Programs Cornelius W. Sullivan
Assistant Director for Mathematical and Physical John B. Hunt, Acting
Sciences
Executive Officer Adriaan M. De Graaf,
Acting
Director, Division of Physics Robert A. Eisenstein
Director, Division of Chemistry Janet G. Osteryoung
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Director, Division of Materials Thomas A. Weber
Research
Director, Division of Astronomical Hugh M. Van Horn
Sciences
Director, Division of Mathematical Donald J. Lewis
Sciences
Assistant Director for Geosciences Robert W. Corell
Deputy Assistant Director Thomas J. Baerwald
Director, Division of Atmospheric Richard S. Greenfield
Sciences
Director, Division of Earth Sciences Ian D. MacGregor
Director, Division of Ocean Sciences G. Michael Purdy
Assistant Director for Biological Sciences Mary E. Clutter
Executive Officer James L. Edwards
Director, Division of Biological James H. Brown
Infrastructure
Director, Division of Molecular and Julius H. Jackson
Cellular Biosciences
Director, Division of Integrative Bruce L. Umminger
Biology and Neuroscience
Director, Division of Environmental Thomas E. Brady,
Biology Acting
Assistant Director for Engineering Elbert L. Marsh,
Acting
Deputy Assistant Director for M. Christina Gabriel,
Engineering Acting
Director, Division of Engineering Marshall M. Lih
Education and Centers
Director, Division of Electrical and Lawrence S. Goldberg
Communications Systems
Director, Division of Chemical and Gary Poehlein
Transport Systems
Director, Division of Civil and Ronald L. Sack
Mechanical Systems
Director, Division of Design, Bruce M. Kramer
Manufacture, and Industrial
Innovation
Director, Division of Bioengineering Janie M. Fouke
and Environmental Systems
Director, Office of Small Business Donald Senich
Research and Development
Director, Office of Small and Joseph Bordogna
Disadvantaged Business
Utilization
Assistant Director for Computer and Information Juris Hartmanis
Science and Engineering
Deputy Assistant Director Melvyn Ciment
Head, Office of Cross-Disciplinary John Cherniavsky
Activities
Director, Division of Advanced Robert R. Borchers
Scientific Computing
Director, Division of Computer and Richard B. Kieburtz
Computation Research
Director, Division of Information, Yi-Tzuu Chien
Robotics, and Intelligent
Systems
Director, Division of Bernard Chern
Microelectronic Information
Processing Systems
Director, Division of Networking and George O. Strawn
Communications Research and
Infrastructure
Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral, and Bennett I. Bertenthal
Economic Sciences
Executive Officer Jeff Fenstermacher
Director, Division of Social, William P. Butz
Behavioral, and Economic
Research
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Director, Division of Science Jeanne E. Griffith
Resources Studies
Director, Division of International Marcel Bardon
Programs
Assistant Director for Education and Human Luther S. Williams
Resources
Deputy Assistant Director Jane T. Stutsman
Director, Division of Educational Luther S. Williams,
System Reform Acting
Director, Division of Elementary, Margaret B. Cozzens
Secondary, and Informal
Education
Director, Division of Graduate Terence L. Porter
Education
Director, Division of Human Resource Roosevelt Calbert
Development
Director, Division of Research, Daryl E. Chubin
Evaluation, and
Communication
Director, Division of Undergraduate Norman L. Fortenberry
Education
Head, Office of Experimental Program Richard J. Anderson
to Stimulate Competitive
Research
Chief Financial Officer/Director, Office of Joseph L. Kull
Budget, Finance, and Award Management
Deputy Chief Financial Officer Albert A. Muhlbauer
Director, Division of Financial Albert A. Muhlbauer
Management
Director, Division of Grants and Joanne E. Rom
Agreements
Director, Division of Contracts, Robert B. Hardy
Policy, and Oversight
Director, Budget Division Joseph L. Kull, Acting
Director, Office of Information and Resource Linda P. Massaro
Management
Deputy Director Gerard R. Glaser
Director, Division of Human Resource John F. Wilkinson, Jr.
Management
Director, Division of Information Fred Wendling
Systems
Director, Division of Administrative Robert E. Schmitz
Services
[For the National Science Foundation statement of organization, see the
Federal Register of February 8, 1993, 58 FR 7587-7595; May 27,
1993, 58 FR 30819; May 2, 1994, 59 FR 22690; and Oct. 6, 1995,
60 FR 52431]
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The National Science Foundation promotes the progress of science and
engineering through the support of research and education programs. Its
major emphasis is on high-quality, merit-selected research--the search
for improved understanding of the fundamental laws of nature upon which
our future well-being as a nation depends. Its educational programs are
aimed at ensuring increased understanding of science and engineering at
all educational levels, maintaining an adequate supply of scientists,
engineers, and science educators to meet our country's needs.
The National Science Foundation is an independent agency created by the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-
1875).
The purposes of the Foundation are: to increase the Nation's base of
scientific and engineering knowledge and strengthen its ability to
conduct research in all areas of science and engineering; to develop and
help implement science and engineering education programs that can
better prepare the Nation for meeting the challenges of the future; and
to promote international cooperation through science and engineering. In
its role as a leading Federal supporter of science and engineering, the
agency also
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has an important role in national policy planning.
The Foundation consists of a National Science Board and a Director.
The National Science Board is composed of 24 members and the Director ex
officio. Members are appointed by the President with the advice and
consent of the Senate, for 6-year terms, with one-third appointed every
2 years. They are selected because of their records of distinguished
service in science, engineering, education, research management, or
public affairs to be broadly representative of the views of national
science and engineering leadership.
Both the Director and the Deputy Director are appointed by the
President with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a 6-year term
and an unspecified term, respectively.
The National Science Foundation Act assigns policymaking functions
for the Foundation to the National Science Board, within the framework
of applicable policies set forth by the President and the Congress, and
assigns the administration of the Foundation to the Director. By statute
the Director of the Foundation is an ex officio member of the Board and
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board.
The Board also has a broad national policy responsibility to monitor
and make recommendations to promote the health of U.S. science and
engineering research and education.
The Foundation's Office of Inspector General is responsible for
conducting and supervising audits, inspections, and investigations
relating to the programs and operations of the Foundation, including
allegations of misconduct in science.
Activities
The National Science Foundation initiates and supports fundamental,
long-term, merit-selected research in all the scientific and engineering
disciplines. This support is made through grants, contracts, and other
agreements awarded to universities, colleges, academic consortia, and
nonprofit and small business institutions. Most of this research is
directed toward the resolution of scientific and engineering questions
concerning fundamental life processes, natural laws and phenomena,
fundamental processes influencing the human environment, and the forces
affecting people as members of society as well as the behavior of
society as a whole.
The Foundation encourages cooperative efforts by universities,
industries, and government. It also promotes the application of research
and development for better products and services that improve the
quality of life and stimulate economic growth.
The Foundation promotes the development of research talent through
support of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral
researchers. It administers special programs to identify and encourage
participation by groups underrepresented in science and technology and
to strengthen research capability at smaller institutions, small
businesses, undergraduate colleges, and universities.
The Foundation supports major national and international science and
engineering activities, including the U.S. Antarctic Program, the Ocean
Drilling Program, global geoscience studies, and others. Cooperative
scientific and engineering research activities support exchange programs
for American and foreign scientists and engineers, execution of jointly
designed research projects, participation in the activities of
international science and engineering organizations, and travel to
international conferences.
Support is provided through contracts and cooperative agreements
with national centers where large facilities are made available for use
by qualified scientists and engineers. Among the types of centers
supported by the Foundation are astronomy and atmospheric sciences,
biological and engineering research, science and technology,
supercomputers, and long-term ecological research sites.
The Foundation provides competitively awarded grants for repair,
renovation, or, in exceptional cases, replacement of
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facilities used for research and research training at academic and
nonprofit institutions.
The Foundation's science and engineering education activities
include grants for research and development activities directed to model
instructional materials for students and teachers and the application of
advanced technologies to education. Grants also are available for
teacher preparation and enhancement and informal science education
activities. Funding is also provided for college science
instrumentation, course and curriculum improvement, faculty and student
activities, and minority resource centers. In addition, studies of the
status of math, science, and engineering education are supported.
The National Science Foundation presents annually the Alan T.
Waterman Award to an outstanding young scientist or engineer for support
of research and study. Periodically the National Science Board presents
the honorary Vannevar Bush Award to a person who, through public service
activities in science and technology, has made an outstanding
contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the Nation. The two
awards are designed to encourage individuals to seek to achieve the
Nation's objectives in scientific and engineering research and
education.
The Foundation also provides support for the President's Committee
on the National Medal of Science.
Sources of Information
Board and Committee Minutes Summary minutes of the open meetings of the
Board may be obtained from the National Science Board Office. Phone,
703-306-2000. Summary minutes of the Foundation's advisory groups may be
obtained from the contacts listed in the notice of meetings published in
the Federal Register. General information about the Foundation's
advisory groups may be obtained from the Division of Human Resource
Management, Room 315, Arlington, VA 22230. Phone, 703-306-1181.
Contracts The Foundation publicizes contracting and subcontracting
opportunities in the Commerce Business Daily and other appropriate
publications. Organizations seeking to undertake contract work for the
Foundation should contact either the Division of Contracts, Policy, and
Oversight (phone, 703-306-1242) or the Division of Administrative
Services (phone, 703-306-1122), National Science Foundation, Arlington,
VA 22230.
Electronic Access Information regarding NSF programs and services is
available through the Internet, at http://www.nsf.gov/.
Employment Inquiries may be directed to the Division of Human Resource
Management, National Science Foundation, Room 315, Arlington, VA 22230.
Phone, 703-306-1182, or, for the hearing impaired (TDD), 703-306-0189.
The Foundation's vacancy hotline numbers are 703-306-0080 or 1-800-628-
1487.
Fellowships Consult the NSF Guide to Programs and appropriate
announcements and brochures for postdoctoral fellowship opportunities
that may be available through some Foundation divisions. Beginning
graduate and minority graduate students wishing to apply for fellowships
should contact the Directorate for Education and Human Resources. Phone,
703-306-1694.
Freedom of Information Act Requests Requests for agency records should
be submitted in accordance with the Foundation FOIA regulation at 45 CFR
part 612. Such requests should be clearly identified with ``FOIA
REQUEST'' and be addressed to the FOIA Officer, Office of General
Counsel, National Science Foundation, Room 1265, Arlington, VA 22230.
Phone, 703-306-1060. Fax, 703-306-0149. E-mail, [email protected].
Grants Individuals or organizations who plan to submit grant proposals
should refer to the NSF Guide to Programs, Grant Proposal Guide (NSF 95-
27), and appropriate program brochures and announcements that may be
obtained as indicated in the
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Publications section. Grant information is also available electronically
through the Internet, at http://www.nsf.gov/.
Office of Inspector General General inquiries may be directed to the
Office of Inspector General, National Science Foundation, Room 1135,
Arlington, VA 22230. Phone, 703-306-2100.
Privacy Act Requests Requests for personal records should be submitted
in accordance with the Foundation Privacy Act regulation at 45 CFR, part
613. Such requests should be clearly identified with ``PRIVACY ACT
REQUEST'' and be addressed to the Privacy Act Officer, National Science
Foundation, Room 485, Arlington, VA 22230. Phone, 703-306-1243.
Publications The National Science Board assesses the status and health
of science and its various disciplines, including such matters as human
and material resources, in reports submitted to the President for
submission to the Congress. The most recent report is Science and
Engineering Indicators, 1996 (NSB-96-21).
The National Science Foundation issues brochures that announce and
describe new programs, critical dates, and application procedures for
competitions. Single copies of these brochures, including Publications
of the National Science Foundation, can be ordered in a variety of ways:
phone, 703-306-1130; fax, 703-644-4278; E-mail, [email protected]; or by
writing to: National Science Foundation, Forms and Publications, Room
P15, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. These brochures are
also available electronically through the Internet, at http://
www.nsf.gov/.
Other Foundation publications include: the Grant Policy Manual (NSF-
95-26), which contains comprehensive statements of Foundation grant
administration policy, procedures, and guidance; Guide to Programs,
which summarizes information about support programs; the quarterly
Antarctic Journal of the United States and its annual review issue; and
the NSF Annual Report. These publications are available from the
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.
Reading Room A collection of Foundation policy documents and staff
instructions, as well as current indexes, are available to the public
for inspection and copying during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, in the National Science Foundation Library,
Room 225, Arlington, VA 22230. Phone, 703-306-0658.
Small Business Activities The Office of Small Business Research and
Development provides information on opportunities for Foundation support
to small businesses with strong research capabilities in science and
technology. Phone, 703-306-1330. The Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization oversees agency compliance with the provisions of
the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 631, 661, 683). Phone, 703-306-1330.
For further information, contact the National Science Foundation
Information Center, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Second Floor, Arlington, VA
22230. Phone, 703-306-1234. TDD, 703-306-0189. E-mail, [email protected].
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