Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation National Science Foundation
- abbreviation not sufficient funds
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- initialism US National Science Foundation
- initialism banking non-sufficient
funds
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- noun an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
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Examples
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NSF is kinda getting dry, actually many space sites.
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On the contrary, the legal position of NSF is totally clear.
NASA ESAS Study Appendices Show up on Pay-Per Use Site - NASA Watch 2009
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I think NASA should OPEN discussions with NSF NOW to see if NSF is "interested" in KECK at all.
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Perhaps transferring JPL to the NSF is worth some consideration.
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If so, I am certain NSF would love to have him sit on their peer review panels and rate the future results of all proposed projects.
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As recommended by the Senior Review, NSF is also engaging an engineering firm to carry out a study of the cost of decommissioning the observatory facility.
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As recommended by the Senior Review, NSF is also engaging an engineering firm to carry out a study of the cost of decommissioning the observatory facility.
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Will post more this weekend when I'm not attending high power lunches with the director of a Latin American NSF agency.
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He discusses the separation of mathematics and computer science within NSF; various NSF computer science programs, predominantly the Coordinated Research Program and CSNet; the work of Kent Curtis; and NSF's interaction with other funding agencies, especially the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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Other areas discussed include computer networks, NSF's support of CSNET, the role of Kent Curtis in NSF, and the relationship between DARPA and NSF funding.
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