National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

The U.S. Antarctic Program logo.

Doctorate recipients report gives measurement of the human resources devoted to STEM scholarship.

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Interact with deep-sea scientists via a ship-to-shore connection on Dec. 11, 12, 13.

NSF’s Expeditions in Computing program recognizes 10-year milestone.

The ocean research drillship JOIDES Resolution is used to obtain samples from beneath the seafloor.

Higher education research and development expenditures increased 4.7 percent from FY2016 to FY2017

The human-occupied submersible Alvin can transport researchers on dives to depths of 14,700 feet.

The autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry is capable of exploring the ocean down to 19,685 feet.

Atlantis is a global class research vessel that supports the human-occupied submersible Alvin.