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Peer reviewedZerkel, Fred H. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1974
Outlines the National Science Foundation budget allocations in general and explains those in the chemistry field in more detail. Describes the procedures, policies, and objectives for the selection of research projects. (GS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Financial Support, Foundation Programs, Grants
Peer reviewedJournal of Chemical Education, 1972
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Peer reviewedAmidei, Rosemary – Science Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Foundation Programs
Renetzky, Alvin, Ed.; Flynn, Barbara J., Ed. – 1971
This publication is a thorough guide to National Science Foundation (NSF) programs and activities. Research activities and science education programs supported by NSF during the fiscal year 1970 are reviewed in part one of this volume. Comprehensive listings of NSF grants and awards are presented in the second section which includes a list of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Fellowships
Goldberg, Malcolm – 1977
The programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF), whose mission is to support basic research, science education, and general science literacy, should be seriously considered by two-year college science faculty and administrators as alternative sources of funding to accomplish institutional and personal objectives. The three divisions of NSF,…
Descriptors: College Science, Community Colleges, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Download full textRoger Tory Peterson Inst. of Natural History, Inc., Jamestown, NY. – 1990
This report describes a 1989 leadership round-table discussion at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in New York, which promotes emotional and intellectual linkages between people, especially children, to nature. The document includes the keynote remarks of three speakers along with some administrative guidelines for nature centers. Conservation…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Design, Discovery Learning, Educational Facilities Design
Knapp, Michael S.; And Others – 1988
This report presents recommendations to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to guide it in assessing its initiatives in science education. The report outlines appropriate goals, procedures, arrangements, and resources necessary to establish an effective set of assessment practices that build on existing assessment activities in the Foundation,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Knapp, Michael S.; And Others – 1988
In supporting science education, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is, in some instances, funding the enrichment experiences of individual students, but more often it is supporting efforts to improve complex, decentralized education systems. Many feel that the Foundation's best chance for success lies in a grant support strategy that targets…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Knapp, Michael S.; And Others – 1988
This project is concerned with the development of procedures and plans for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to use in assessing its initiatives on an ongoing basis. This work is meant to complement another review of NSF's investment opportunities by estabishing a sound basis for designing and carrying out assessments aimed at any of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
