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NSF CROSSCUTTING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES This section contains a partial listing of cross-directorate programs sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Activities not mentioned here may apear elsewhere in this publication. Refer to the appropriate directorate. - NSF Priority Multidisciplinary Areas - Human Resource and Career Development - Crosscuttign Research, Instrumentation, and Partnering Programs BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) promotes and advances scientific progress in bioloyg, largely through grants to colleges, universities, and other institutions, especially in those areas where the National Science Foundation (NSF has major)responsibility. NSF is the Nation's principal supporter of fundamental academic research on plant biology, environmental biology, and biodiversity. It provides support for research to advance understanding of the underlying principles and mechanisms governing life. Research ranges from the study of the structure and dynamics of biological moecules such as proteins and nucleic acids; to studies of cells, organs, and organisms; to studies of populations and ecosystems. NSF encompasses processes that are internal to an organism and those that are external, and includes temporal frameworks ranging from measurements in real time through individual life spans, to the full scope of evolutionary time. The BIO Directorate supports programs and activities through the following: - Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) - Division of Environmental Biology(DEB) - Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBN) - Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) - Crosscutting Programs and Activities (including the Plant Genome Research Program) COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has three goals: - to enable the United States to hold a position of world leadership in computing - to promote understanding of the principles and uses of advanced computing, communications, and information systems in service to society; and - to contribute to universal, transparent, and affordable participation in an information-based society. EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES The Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) is resonsible for the health and continued vitality of the Nation's science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education and for providing leadership in the effort to improve education in these areas. The EHR Directorate supports programs and activities through the following - Division of Educatoinal System Reform (ESR) - Divisio of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education (ESIE) - Division of Graduate Education (DGE) - Division of Human Resource Development (HRD) - Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication (REC) - Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) - Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) ENGINEERING The Directorate for Engineering (ENG) supports engineering research and education in a competitive environment that places strong emphasis on innovation, creativity, and excellence. This support benefits the Nation by creating the human resources and knowledge that spur technological innovation and economic growthi in an increasingly swift, complex, and interconnected world. A significant portion of ENG's funds is invested in investigator-initiated reserach. Although the research supported by ENG is fundamental in nature, much of it is focused on societal needs. Over the long term, ENG investments contribute to innovation that enables the creation of valuable new products and services and new and more productive enables the creation of valuable new products and services and new and more productive enterprises that enhance the Nation's future economic strength, security, and quality of life. GEOSCIENCES Research in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) seeks to advance the state of knowledge about the Earth, including its atmosphere, continents, oceans, interior, and Sun, and the processes that modify and link them together. The Directorate for Geosciences supports programs and activities through the activities through the following: - Crosscutting Programs and Activities - Education and Outreach Activities - Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) - Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) - Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES The programs in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) are designed to increase the knowledge base in mathematical and physical sciences, improve the quality of education in mathematical and physical sciences in graduate and undergraduate activities, increase the rate at which advances in mathematical and into societal benefits, and increase the diversity of people and approaches in mathematical and physical sciences. POLAR PROGRAMS The Earth's polar regions offer compelling scientific opportunities, but their isolation and extreme climate challenge the pursuit of these opportunities. NSF supports Arctic and Antarctic reserach and education, both to improve understanding of the regions and their relationship with global processes and to seize opportunities presented by the regions as research platforms. Support is provided for investigations in a range of scientific disciplines in the physical, biological, and social sciences. This range and the unique aspects of polar regions provide opportunities to advance discovery while promoting teaching, training, and learning.