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National Science Foundation

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noun

U.S. Government.
  1. an independent agency of the executive branch, created in 1950, that promotes and supports research and education in the sciences. NSF


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Examples of model programs the White House says should be emulated include a prestigious National Science Foundation program for graduate students and a National Institutes of Health award for creative scientists.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

D-Wave announced Tuesday that it had secured a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Funding for the research came from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the National Science Foundation, and the Federal Capacity Funds program.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

“It does call into question,” Reyes posits, “what are their plans for the National Science Foundation given the period that we’re entering?”

From Salon May 2, 2026

The largest semi-steerable radio/radar observatory on the planet Earth is the Arecibo facility, which Cornell University operates for the National Science Foundation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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