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The National Science Board of the United States is composed of 25 members appointed by the President

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

and confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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, representing the broad U.S. science and engineering community. The Board establishes the policies of the National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

(NSF) within the framework of applicable national policies set forth by the President

President of the United States

and the Congress. The Board also serves as an independent policy advisory body to the President and Congress on science and engineering research and education issues and has a statutory obligation to "...render to the President and to the Congress reports on specific, individual policy matters related to science and engineering and education in science engineering, as the Board, the President, or the Congress determines the need for such reports," and to "...render to the President and the Congress no later than January 15 of each even numbered year, a report on indicators of the state of science and engineering in the United States."

Background

The National Science Board was created through the National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

Act of 1950: "There is established in the executive branch of the Government an independent agency to be known as the National Science Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation”). The Foundation shall consist of a National Science Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”) and a Director."

As an independent Federal agency, NSF does not fall within a cabinet department; rather NSF's activities are guided by the National Science Board (NSB or Board). The Board was established by the Congress to serve as a national science policy body, and to oversee and guide the activities of NSF. It has dual responsibilities to: a) provide independent national science policy advice to the President and the Congress; and b) establish policies for NSF.

The Board meets five times per year to review and approve major NSF awards and new programs, provide policy direction to NSF, and address significant science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

and engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

related national policy issues. It initiates and conducts studies and reports on a broad range of policy topics, and publishes policy papers or statements on issues of importance to U.S. science and engineering research and education enterprises. The Board identifies issues that are critical to NSF's future, and approves NSF's strategic plan and the annual budget submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Specifically, the Board analyzes NSF's budget to ensure progress and consistency in keeping with the strategic direction set for NSF and to ensure balance between new investments and core programs.

Composition

The Board has 24 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, plus the NSF Director who serves as an ex officio member (for a total of 25 members). Every two years, one-third (eight) of the members rotate off of the Board and eight new members are appointed (or occasionally re-appointed) to serve for six-year terms. Board member nominations are based on distinguished service and eminence in research, education and/or public service. Members are drawn from academia and industry, and represent a diverse range of science, technology, engineering, and education disciplines and geographic areas.

Members of the National Science Board

Terms expire May 10, 2012

Mark R. Abbott - Dean and Professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
Camilla P. Benbow
Camilla Benbow
Camilla Persson Benbow is Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College. She is an educational psychologist who has focused on education of intellectually gifted young people...

– Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development
Developmental psychology
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, Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
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, Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
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John T. Bruer - President, The James S. McDonnell Foundation
James S. McDonnell Foundation
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, St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
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Patricia D. Galloway - Chief Executive Officer, Pegasus Global Holdings, Inc., Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, Washington
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José-Marie Griffiths - Vice President of Academic Affairs, Bryant University
Bryant University
Bryant University is a private university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S., that grants the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and master's degrees in business, taxation and accounting. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College...

, Smithfield, Rhode Island
Smithfield, Rhode Island
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Arthur K. Reilly - Senior Director, Strategic Technology Policy, Cisco Systems, Inc., Ocean, New Jersey
Ocean, New Jersey
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Thomas N. Taylor – Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology
Ecology
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and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Paleobotany, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, The University of Kansas
University of Kansas
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, Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
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Richard F. Thompson - Keck Professor of Psychology and Biological Sciences, University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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Terms expire May 10, 2014

Ray M. Bowen - Chairman, National Science Board and President Emeritus, Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

, College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...
France A. Córdova
France A. Córdova
France Anne Córdova is a Mexican-American astrophysicist, researcher and university administrator. She is the eleventh President of Purdue University. On July 1, 2011, she announced her decision to retire at the end of her 5-year term....

– President, Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

, West Lafayette, Indiana
West Lafayette, Indiana
As of the census of 2010, there were 29,596 people, 12,591 households, and 3,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,381.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 74.3% White, 17.3% Asian, 2.7% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.03% Pacific...
Esin Gulari – Vice Chairman, National Science Board and Dean of Engineering and Science, Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....

, Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson is a college town located in Pickens County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 11,939 at the 2000 census and center of an urban cluster with a total population of 42,199...
G.P. "Bud" Peterson – President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
Douglas D. Randall - Professor and Thomas Jefferson Fellow, University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...

, Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
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Diane L. Souvaine - Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...

, Medford, Massachusetts
Medford, Massachusetts
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Nominated/Senate Confirmation Pending

Arnold F. Stancell - Emeritus Professor and Turner Leadership Chair; Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Claude M. Steele - Provost of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

Terms expire May 10, 2016

Dan E. Arvizu - Director and Chief Executive, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory , located in Golden, Colorado, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility; it is funded through...

(NREL), Golden, Colorado
Golden, Colorado
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Kelvin K. Droegemeier – Associate Vice President for Research, Regents' Professor of Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...

and Weathernews Chair University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

, Norman, Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
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Alan I. Leshner
Alan I. Leshner
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- Chief Executive Officer, Executive Publisher, Science
Science Magazine
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, American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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W. Carl Lineberger - Fellow of JILA, E. U. Condon Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado
University of Colorado
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Nominated/Senate Confirmation Pending

Anneila I. Sargent
Anneila Sargent
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- Benjamin M. Rosen Professor of Astronomy, Vice President for Student Affairs, California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
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Robert J. Zimmer - President; University of Chicago
University of Chicago
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One available seat

Ex-Officio Member

Subra Suresh
Subra Suresh
Subra Suresh is the Director of National Science Foundation and former Dean of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

- Director, National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

, Arlington, Virginia

Board Consultants

Louis J. Lanzerotti
Louis J. Lanzerotti
Louis John Lanzerotti is a research Professor of physics in the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey.-Education:...

- Distinguished Research Professor of Physics, Center for Solar Terrestrial Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It is often also referred to as Newark College of Engineering ....

, Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

Executive Officer and NSB Office Director

Michael L. Van Woert, National Science Board Office, Arlington, Virginia

Committees

Much of the background work of the National Science Board is done through its committees. By statute, the Board has an Executive Committee (EC), which exercises such functions as are delegated to it by the Board, and such other committees as the Board deems necessary. As of January 2009, the Board has five other standing committees.

Statutory Committees

Executive Committee

Standing Committees

Audit and Oversight (A&O)
Education and Human Resources (CEH)
Programs and Plans (CPP)
Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI)
Strategy and Budget (CSB)

Subcommittees, Task Forces and ad hoc Committees

CPP Subcommittee on Polar Issues
CPP Task Force on Sustainable Energy
CSB Task Force on Cost Sharing
Task Force for the NSF
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

60th Anniversary
Task Group on http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/stem/innovators.jspPreparing the Next Generation of STEM
STEM fields
STEM fields is a US Government acronym for the fields of study in the categories of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The acronym is in use regarding access to work visas for immigrants who are skilled in these fields. Maintaining a citizenry that is well versed in the STEM fields...

Innovators]
Task Force on Merit Review
Task Force on Data Policies
Task Force on Unsolicited Mid-Scale Research

Activities

In 2009-10, the Board authorized three new activities:

During 2008, the Board completed several items in terms of its mission to provide policy direction to the NSF, including: approved the NSF annual Merit Review Report and provided review and decisions on major awards or proposal funding requests. In addition, the Board’s report, Enhancing Support of Transformative Research at the National Science Foundation, provided guidance on the creation of a new NSF Transformative Research Initiative. In terms of advice to the President and the Congress, the Board approved, published, and distributed the report, HURRICANE WARNING: The Critical Need for a National Hurricane Research Initiative. This report provides broad recommendations regarding the United States' hurricane research enterprise, as well as specific guidance for the role that NSF should play in these efforts. The Board also received the report of its Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM

STEM fields

STEM fields is a US Government acronym for the fields of study in the categories of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The acronym is in use regarding access to work visas for immigrants who are skilled in these fields. Maintaining a citizenry that is well versed in the STEM fields...

) and developed a Board national action plan for addressing the critical STEM education needs of our Nation while providing specific guidance for the role of NSF in the national STEM education enterprise (STEM Action Plan). During FY 2008, the Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Indicators (now a full standing committee) prepared a policy statement Companion Piece to Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, and produced a pilot volume of a Science and Engineering Indicators Digest, which will highlight a small selection of core and topical S&T, and serve as a portal to the electronic version of Science and Engineering Indicators 2008.

Future STEM Innovators

On August 24–25, 2009, the Board held a two-day expert panel discussion on, "Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators." The discussion featured a number of experts from around the U.S. including, Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Nicholas Colangelo, Stephanie Pace Marshall

Stephanie Pace Marshall

Dr. Stephanie Pace Marshall is an educator and the founding president of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She is also the founding president of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology .-Education:Marshall received a BA from...

, Dean Kamen

Dean Kamen

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, Joshua Wyner and U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan is an American education administrator and currently United States Secretary of Education. Duncan previously served as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools.-Early years and personal:...

. The goal of the expert panel discussion was to inform the Board's thinking on recommendations to NSF and perhaps the federal government on how to identify and develop U.S. children and young adults who are talented and motivated and have the potential to become future leaders in STEM fields. The STEM Innovators report was approved by the full Board on May 5, 2010. More information regarding the STEM Innovators project and panel discussion can be found here: STEM Innovators Expert Panel Discussion

The STEM Innovators full report was released on September 15, 2010 at the National Press Club.

Sustainable Energy

As part of its role in advising U.S. science policy, in 2010, the Board released a report on sustainability, "Building a Sustainable Energy Future: U.S. Actions for an Effective Energy Economy Transformation," on August 3, 2009.

Cost sharing

In 2009, the Board released, "Investing in the Future: NSF Cost Sharing Policies for a Robust Federal Research Enterprise."
The recommendations in this report were intended to "improve consistency and clarity of NSF cost sharing practices and policy and to maximize the effectiveness of institutional dollars invested in research."

STEM education recommendations

In January 2009, the NSB approved and transmitted a set of six recommendations to the Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

Administration. These recommendations outline a series of steps to improve STEM education and foster innovation to ensure both scientific literacy

Scientific literacy

Scientific literacy encompasses written, numerical, and digital literacy as they pertain to understanding science, its methodology, observations, and theories.-Definition:...

among the public and ensure global competitiveness in the 21st century.

From the STEM education recommendations:

The National Science Board (Board) recommends a set of actions for the new Administration to implement starting in early 2009 to advance STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education for all American students, to nurture innovation, and to ensure the long-term economic prosperity of the Nation. The urgency of this task is underscored by the need to ensure that the United States continues to excel in science and technology in the 21st century. It must develop the ideas that could transform and strengthen the economy, ensure a skilled workforce for American industry, and guarantee that all American students are provided the educational resources and tools needed to participate fully in the science and technology based economy of the 21st century. The solutions we offer here are derived from studies by the Board over the past decade and reflect our continued commitment to a high quality STEM education system for America.

More information about the Board's STEM Education related activities can be found here: STEM Education

Science & Engineering Indicators

Science & Engineering Indicators (SEI) is prepared by the National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) on behalf of the National Science Board as required by law. It is subject to extensive review by outside experts, interested federal agencies, NSB members, and SRS internal reviewers for accuracy, coverage, and balance.

SEI comprise quantitative data on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. It objectively reviews science and engineering progress in US and international arena. Though the report does not offer policy options and recommendations, it is used by different governmental and non-governmental entities to formulate their own policies and recommendations. SEI employs a variety of presentational styles—tables, figures, narrative text, bulleted text, web-based links, highlights, introductions, conclusions, reference lists—to make the data accessible to readers with different information needs and different information processing preferences.

Recently published indicators:

Chapters
SEI includes seven chapters that follow a generally consistent pattern; an eighth chapter, on state indicators, presented in a unique format; and an overview that precedes these eight chapters. The chapter titles are:

Elementary and Secondary Education
Higher Education in Science and Engineering
Science and Engineering Labor Force
Research and Development: National Trends and International Linkages
Academic Research and Development
Industry, Technology, and the Global Marketplace
Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding
State Indicators

An appendix volume, available online at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/indicators/ contains detailed data tables keyed to each of the eight chapters listed.

Companion to SEI
A National Science Board policy statement "companion piece," authored by the Board, draws upon the data in SEI and offers recommendations on issues of concern for national science and engineering research or education policy, in keeping with the Board's statutory responsibility to bring attention to such issues. In 2006, the Board produced a pilot "digest" or condensed version of SEI comprising a small selection of important indicators. This Digest of Key Science and Engineering Indicators serves two purposes: (1) to draw attention to important trends and data points from across the chapters and volumes of SEI and (2) to introduce readers to the data resources available in the main volumes of SEI 2008 and associated products.

Recent SEI Companions

Other publications/reports

National Science Board approved NSF projects

Depending on the size of the proposed award, the Board will review funding of major facilities and projects. The following is a non-comprehensive list of the types of large-scale projects the Board has reviewed and approved:

ODP (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program is an international marine research program. The program uses heavy drilling equipment mounted aboard ships to monitor and sample sub-seafloor environments...

)
TCS (Terascale Computing System) at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is a high performance computing and networking center. PSC is a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh together with Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1986 by...
LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Atacama Large Millimeter Array
The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array is an array of radio telescopes in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. Since a high and dry site is crucial to millimeter wavelength operations, the array is being constructed on the Chajnantor plateau at 5000 metres altitude...

)
HIAPER (High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research)
LHC (Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....

)
NEES (George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake engineering
Earthquake engineering is the scientific field concerned with protecting society, the natural and the man-made environment from earthquakes by limiting the seismic risk to socio-economically acceptable levels...

Simulation)
NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network
National Ecological Observatory Network
National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. is an independent 5013 corporation created to manage large-scale ecological observing systems and experiments on behalf of the scientific community. NEON is an observatory managed by NEON, Inc. and is funded by the National Science Foundation. NEON...

)
Polar Cap Observatory

Honors

The NSB sponsors national honorary awards:

Vannevar Bush Award

Vannevar Bush Award

The National Science Board established the Vannevar Bush Award in 1980 to honor Dr. Vannevar Bush's unique contributions to public service. His name is pronounced ....

- established by the board in 1980, awarded to senior scientists for public service in science and technology;

NSB Public Service Award - established by the board in 1996, presented to one or more individuals, or to a company, corporation or organization, in recognition of their contributions to increasing public understanding of science or engineering.

List of Public Service Awardees

External links

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