NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences

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NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences

• Peter March
• Blackwell-Tapia Conference
• Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences
  Institute
• Research Triangle Park, NC
• November 15, 2008

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What does DMS support?

• Individual Investigator Awards
• Algebra, Number Theory Combinatorics
  Statistics etc.
• CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative (SOLAR), etc.
• Workforce
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Proactive Recruitment in Introductory Science and
  Mathematics (PRISM) etc.
• Institutes
• ARCC, IAS, IMA, IPAM, MBI, MSRI, SAMSI

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FY 2008 Budget ( 212M)
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NSF investment priorities
Promote transformational, multidisciplinary
research Investigate the human and social
dimensions of knowledge and technology Further
U.S. economic competitiveness Foster research
that improves our ability to live sustainably on
Earth Advance fundamental research in
computational science and engineering, and in
fundamental, applied and interdisciplinary
mathematics and statistics
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Founding Document of NSF

• The Government should accept new
  responsibilities for promoting the flow of new
  scientific knowledge and the development of
  scientific talent in our youth. These
  responsibilities are the proper concern of the
  Government, for they vitally affect our health,
  our jobs, and our national security.
• - Vannevar Bush, Science The Endless Frontier,
  1945

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NSF in a Nutshell

• Integration of research and education
• Health, wealth, and stealth
• Diversification of the portfolio as an investment
  philosophy
• Diversity of ideas
• Diversity of people
• Diversity of institutional types
• Diversity of geography