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A first new directorate in three decades has been launched at the National Science Foundation

In its 70-odd years of life, the National Science Foundation has focused on supporting the fundamentals of research.

The NSF’s $8.8 billion budget for 2022 funded around a quarter of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s universities.

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