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National Science Board (NSB) Announces Launch of SEI App
The National Science Board (NSB) has launched the Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) app for Android. The app offers users access to the 2014 Science and Engineering Indicators report which provides information on the nation’s
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Exploratorium Harnesses the Power of Visitor Participation
Science museums are educational playgrounds, packed with interactive, informative, and engaging exhibits that teach people about science by involving them in it. But the Exploratorium in San Francisco is taking visitor involvement to a whole
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Stimulating Integrative Research in Computational Cognition
The National Science Foundation is seeking proposals that will result in “encouraging active dialogue across the cognitive and computational communities, facilitating bidirectional cross-fertilization of ideas, and nurturing emerging areas of transdisciplinary research.” This is not
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Undergraduate Education at NSF
While a passion for scientific and technological innovation and the promise of a career with above-average job prospects may lead many undergraduate students to declare a major in a scientific field, fewer than half of
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Exploring Opportunities for Research Support in Psychology
This discussion describes current funding opportunities at NSF to support the Science of Broadening Participation. Researchers in the psychological sciences are particularly well represented within the SBP, and specific topics likely to be of interest
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White House Announces BRAIN Initiative
President Barack Obama has announced the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, an ambitious program designed to treat, cure, and prevent Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and other brain disorders. The President
