Slide words: Transformative Research & Education

Slide images: Images representing five research areas funded by the National Science Foundation and the NSF logo:
Top left: Illustration labeled "Social & Behavioral Sciences" showing the silhouette of a young child on hands and knees, surrounded by technological items, including a computer, video game controller and television.
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation

Top center: NSF logo

Top right: Photo of a breaking wave labeled "Geological Sciences"
Credit: Digital Vision, Getty Images

Bottom left: Computer-generated image of E8 root system consisting of 240 vectors in an 8-dimensional space. It is labeled "Mathematical Sciences."
Credit: American Institute of Mathematics

Bottom center: Illustration of a cross-section of a silhouetted human head showing the brain. It is labeled "Biological Sciences."
Credit: © 2007 JupiterImages Corporation

Bottom right: Photo showing how a fluorescent dye injected into a tank of stirred liquid creates a pattern that resembles a green apple. It is labeled "Engineering."
Credit: M. M. Alvarez, T. Shinbrot, F. J. Muzzio, Center for Structured Organic Composites, Rutgers University

Design by: Adrian Apodaca, National Science Foundation