Media Advisory 19-001

NSF staff to discuss agency-wide efforts to resume operations after lapse in appropriations

January 30, 2019

Media are invited to join a 30-minute call to learn about how National Science Foundation (NSF) activities were affected by the funding lapse.

The call will include updates on impacts, including rescheduling panels and extending deadline proposals. While NSF is still evaluating the full impact of the funding lapse, staff will speak to immediate actions already taken to ensure critical funding reaches members of the scientific and engineering research community.

• When: 10 a.m. E.D.T., February 1, 2019
• Where: RSVP for call-in information
• What: NSF staff will be available to answer questions
• RSVP: Rob Margetta, rmargett@nsf.gov

Visit the NSF post-shutdown information portal for updates in the meantime.

-NSF-

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Media Contacts
Rob Margetta, NSF, (703) 292-2663, email: rmargett@nsf.gov

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