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CISE AD Issues Letter to Community on FY 13 Budget Rollout

February 14th, 2012

NSF/CISE Assistant Director Farnam Jahanian has issued the following letter to the community describing yesterday’s FY 2013 budget rollout:

Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for NSF/CISEDear Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community,

 

Yesterday, the President delivered the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget to Congress. The Administration is requesting a total of nearly $7.4 billion dollars for NSF, which is an increase of $340 million, or almost five percent, over the FY 2012 NSF Enacted level. The Request also includes an increase of $56 million, or 8.6 percent, over the FY 2012 Current Plan for the CISE Directorate, for a total of $709.7 million. For more information on the NSF FY 2013 budget, see: http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2013/index.jsp.

 

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NSF’s Expeditions in Computing Deadline Approaching

February 14th, 2012

The Expeditions in Computing awards tackle some of the most challenging computing and information science and engineering issues today [image courtesy NSF].The deadline for preliminary proposals to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) next Expeditions in Computing competition is just around the corner. As a reminder:

The far-reaching impact and rate of innovation in the computing and information disciplines has been remarkable, generating economic prosperity and enhancing the quality of life for people throughout the world.  But the best is yet to come!

 

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has created the Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program to provide the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. In planning Expeditions, investigators are encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to combine their creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for many years to come [more after the jump].

 

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