National Science Foundation

noun

, U.S. Government.

an independent agency of the executive branch, created in 1950, that promotes and supports research and education in the sciences. : NSF

Last year, some $2 per $1,000 was spent by the National Science Foundation and on to general science and basic research.

This technology has received awards, and grants from the National Science Foundation.

A grant from the National Science Foundation has enabled me to carry the investigation through to completion.

Financial assistance from the National Science Foundation in 1957 through 1962 is acknowledged.

Our study was financed in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Support for the laboratory phases of the work came in part from a grant from the National Science Foundation.

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