About the event
The National Science Board typically meets four times a year. These meetings include sessions that are open to the public. Agendas are typically posted one week before the meetings. To attend in-person, please email your name as it appears on your photo ID, along with your affiliation, at least 24 hours in advance to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov. NSB continues to livestream all open meeting sessions on its YouTube channel.
National Science Board Meeting
July 24 – 25, 2024
YouTube Link Day 1: https://youtube.com/live/DVtbQLYJBY0?feature=share
YouTube Link Day 2: All sessions on day 2 are closed
July 24, 2024
Open Plenary
8:45 – 11:10 AM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Welcome
- Agenda Preview
- Opening Address
- Director’s Remarks
- Highlights of NSF Thematic Priorities
- Engagements
- Senior Staff Introductions
- Changed S&E Landscape – Seizing the Opportunities - NSB External Panel
Break
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Open Plenary
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- NSF U.S. Antarctic Program
- Vision and Strategy
- NSF Update, Sexual Assault & Harassment Prevention Response
Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Open Plenary
2:00– 3:00 PM
- Approval of May 2024 Open Meeting Minutes
- 2025 NSB Meeting Dates, Vote
- Committee Reports
- Committee on External Engagement
- Highlights of engagement initiatives
- Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy
- Indicators 2026
- Committee on Awards and Facilities
- Antarctic Science and Engineering Support Contract Update
- NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review
- Overview of Commission Work
- Committee on External Engagement
Closed Plenary
3:00 – 3:55 PM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Director’s Remarks
- Agency Operating Status
- Approval of May 2024 Open Meeting Minutes
- Committee Reports
- Committee on Awards and Facilities
- Antarctic Infrastructure update
- Committee on Strategy
- Long-term Planning and FY2026 Budget Development
- Committee on Awards and Facilities
Break
3:55 – 4:10 PM
Closed Committee Meeting
4:10 – 5:25 PM
- Committee on Strategy Meeting
- Chair’s Opening Remarks on the Agenda
- Strategic Planning & Roadmaps
- FY2024 Budget Update
- FY2025 Budget Update
- FY2026 Presentation & Initial Budget Development
End of Meeting Day 1
July 25, 2024
Closed Plenary
8:00 – 9:00 AM
- Chair’s Welcome
- Committee Report
- NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review
- Preliminary Implementation and Accountability suggestions
- Vote to Enter Executive Plenary Closed Session
Executive Closed Plenary
9:00 – 10:00 AM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Approval of May 2024 (May1-2 & May 10) Executive Plenary Closed Meeting Minutes
- Director’s Remarks
- Organizational Updates
- Board Elections
- Executive Committee seat
- Chair’s Closing Remarks
End of Meeting Day 2