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Federal Government > Science and Research > NSF Funding
Triple the number of NSF fellowships to 3,000 per year
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The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides students with three years of funding -- up to $121,500 -- for research-focused Master’s and PhD degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
[National Science Foundation - http://www.nsfgradfellows.org/]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 ""to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"" With an annual budget of about $5.92 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
[National Science Foundation (NSF) - http://www.nsf.gov/about/]
[National Science Foundation - http://www.nsfgradfellows.org/]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 ""to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"" With an annual budget of about $5.92 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
[National Science Foundation (NSF) - http://www.nsf.gov/about/]
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