Slide title: NSF MISSION AND VISION

Slide words:

Mission (NSF Act of 1950)

• To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense

Vision (New)

• Advancing discovery, innovation and education beyond the frontiers of current knowledge, and empowering future generations in science and engineering

Slide image: computer visualization of a tornado (left); photo of a teacher with her elementary school students (right)

Credit: (left) Bob Wilhelmson, NCSA and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lou Wicker, National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Matt Gilmore, Lee Cronce, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois. Visualization by Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Stuart Levy, Matt Hall, Alex Betts, NCSA; (right) Barry Myers