Sentences with phrase «national science board»

At the May 1 AAAS Forum on S&T Policy, presidential science adviser John Holdren empasized the importance of maintaining NSF's independence in making research funding decisions, and earlier in the week the National Science Board raised concerns about some aspects of the bill.

According to a report released by the National Science Board (2006), Hispanic representation in science and engineering occupations increased from 2 to 3.2 % from 2000 to 2007, which is a small increase proportionally considering their overall percentage of the population.

National Science Board Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology (1983).

Mr. Wirth said he proposed the measure in response to the recent report of the National Science Board, which characterized television as a dominant educational influence on children.

That question is at the heart of work being conducted by a committee of the National Science Board, which met here last week to discuss...

The National Science Board in 2004 found that completion of rigorous math courses in high school was a predictor of college success, across race, ethnic, and socio - economic lines.

We are pleased to announce the release of the JOIDES Resolution Assessment Report, and the accompanying JOIDES Resolution Community Survey Data Report, in support of the National Science Foundation's request to the National Science Board for the renewal of funding for the JR facility for the next five years.

This year's ceremony will be hosted by Åse Kleveland, former Minister of culture for Norway, and Alan Alda, actor, director and writer whose long - time support of science has been honoured with the US National Science Board's Public Service Award.

In considering applications, reviewers are instructed to address the two Merit Review Criteria as approved by the National Science Board - Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts (NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide).

NSF issued its Record of Decision following authorization from the National Science Board on Nov. 9, 2017.

In that first article, we compared job opportunities, as projected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), with data on degrees awarded annually from the Science and Engineering Indicators report issued by the U.S. National Science Board.

And that's when NSF will need to have a better grasp of what it will take to operate the observatory, says Maria Zuber, chair of NSF's oversight body, the National Science Board, which this week signed off on the additional spending.

The project must win approval from the National Science Board, which sets policy for NSF, and observers say that board members will want good answers to three important questions before they sign off on the project.

A new U.S. law that exempts 169 presidential appointees from having to be confirmed by the Senate has ruffled feathers at the National Science Board, the oversight body for the National Science Foundation (NSF).

At a congressional hearing yesterday, a university leader added to concerns from the scientific community that the draft changes proposed in June by the National Science Board (NSB) confuse further, rather than clarify, the NSF's so - called Criterion Two.

Basic research lays the groundwork for future scientific and technological development and it often addresses society's largest challenges such as mitigating climate change, curbing antibiotic resistance or preventing terrorism, said Maria Zuber, chair of the National Science Board and the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and vice president for research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, during a monthly colloquium lecture on Wednesday at AAAS headquarters.

In addition to his current positions at Stanford, Bienenstock is also a member of the National Science Board.

Back in 2006, after the devastation following Hurricane Katrina the National Science Board called for an increase of $ 300 million in hurricane research funding per year.

The National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation, announced 27 March that the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program is the recipient of the 2014 Public Service Award for a group.

The ceremony will also recognize the recipients of the National Science Board Public Service Award for an individual, the Vannevar Bush Award and the National Science Foundation Waterman Award.

At a 9 August meeting of NSF's oversight body, the National Science Board, NSF Director France Córdova said special hiring authority would allow NSF to keep top managers for longer than the 4 years allowed under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) that governs their service.

A combination of funding cuts, tougher visa restrictions on researchers, and growing science programs in other countries is threatening the United States» position of scientific supremacy, reports the National Science Board, an independent policy group that advises the president and Congress.

Warren Washington, head of the National Science Board, says: «Part of the paradox is that as we go further in the 21st century, this nation is going to need its technical and scientific capability to compete.

This week, the government advisers of the National Science Board will be discussing the observatory's future.

A new analysis by the National Science Board reveals that the recent cuts in state support for the most research - intensive public universities in the United States have not occurred uniformly across the country.

The number of Americans earning PhDs in science and technical fields has risen by 18 percent since 1985, according to the authoritative Scientific and Engineering Indicators 2008, published by the National Science Board.

He was appointed to the National Science Board by President Bush in 2004 and reappointed by President Obama in 2011.

Spending more on science isn't necessarily the right response to the growth of Chinese science, according to Steven Beering, chair of the National Science Board, which officially issues indicators.

In 2014 he was selected to receive the Public Service Award from the National Science Foundation / National Science Board which honors individuals and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States.

The National Science Board — one of the pillars of the academic research establishment — has just released a report entitled» The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.»

To commemorate their 50th anniversary, the National Science Board (NSB) and National Science Foundation released a «special» edition of their Science and Engineering Indicators report this week.

«The Administration counts on the National Science Board to provide the fairest and most complete reporting of the facts they track,» says Rick Weiss, a spokesperson and analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

In a statement this morning, Smith said that «I look forward to continued discussions with the National Science Board next week on this draft legislation and ways to boost R&D funding.»

Although details of NSF's spending plan for 2010 will not be available until next week's meeting of the National Science Board, acting NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett described some new initiatives during the briefing earlier.

The prescription comes from the National Science Board and accompanies NSF's Science and Engineering Indicators 2010, a biennial compendium of statistics on the global research enterprise.

She has served on several national scientific advisory boards, including the U.S. Secretary of Energy's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee and her current appointment to the National Science Board.

The only other concession that Smith made during the hearing was to put back $ 500,000 he had removed from the $ 4.3 million budget of the National Science Board, NSF's presidentially appointed oversight body.

They're not surprising findings, but the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF), says it chose to leave the section out of the 2010 edition of the biennial Science and Engineering Indicators because the survey questions used to measure knowledge of the two topics force respondents to choose between factual knowledge and religious beliefs.

Officials at the National Science Foundation, which runs the program, told the National Science Board yesterday that they are trying to figure out how to compensate for the anticipated loss of the two ships.

The statement clarifies Bucshon's comments by explaining that the draft legislation «is consistent with the plan approved by the National Science Board that requires NSF staff to provide clear justifications for why grants are worthy of American taxpayer funds.»

The National Science Board (NSB), the governing body of the National Science Foundation (NSF), analyzed national science and engineering (S&E) workforce trends and recommended policy directions in its recent report, The Science and Engineering Workforce: Realizing America's Potential.

SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE: Report to Argue for More Training Funds Although many groups have tried to make the case that the supply of scientists is not keeping up with demand, the members of the National Science Board's Task Force on National Workforce Policies have taken a different approach to the issue.

A task force of the National Science Board will shortly deliver a report asserting that the U.S. government has the responsibility to ensure an adequate supply of technically trained workers and suggesting several ways to meet that need (see sidebar, p. 1073).

She served on the National Science Board from 1994 to 1998 and served on the President Bill Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1994 to 2001.

«R&D and human capital are major drivers of innovation and the economy,» said Dan Arvizu, chairman of the National Science Board.

This month Maria Zuber, a planetary geophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, took over from Dan Arvizu as chair of the National Science Board.

«I'm thrilled,» says Richard Zare, a Stanford chemistry professor and former chair of the National Science Board.

► «[Last] month, Maria Zuber, a planetary geophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, took over from Dan Arvizu as chair of the National Science Board,» which «oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF),» Jeffrey Mervis wrote Tuesday.

A 2000 winner of the National Medal of Technology, Kamen spoke to a subpanel of NSF's governing body, the National Science Board, that is looking into «preparing the next generation of STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] innovators.»

The biennial report is published by the National Science Board, the policy making body of the National Science Foundation (NSF).