[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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