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US NSF - National Science Foundation (68 words) |
 | NSF Awards 12 Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems |
 | NSF supports great television, inspiring museum exhibits, breathtaking IMAX films, and compelling radio. |
 | This documentary tells the story of three women who anchor a family of 150 people displaced from St. Bernard Parish, La., after Hurricane Katrina. |
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National Science Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2150 words) |
 | NSF's director, its deputy director, and the 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB) are appointed by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the United States Senate. |
 | NSF was certainly not the primary government agency for the funding of basic science, as its supporters had originally envisioned in the aftermath of World War II. |
 | NSF selects Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona, as the site of the first national observatory, a research center that would make state-of-the-art telescopes available to every astronomer in the nation. |