Media Advisory 05-001
New NSF Web Site Released
January 31, 2005
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The National Science Foundation introduces a new Web site, entirely redesigned to better serve both the research and education community and the general public. The Web address remains the same: http://www.nsf.gov.Through the new site, NSF hopes to more effectively explain its use of public funds, and the results derived from it, while offering a user-friendly interface for its thousands of grantees and contractors. NSF supports researchers and educators in all fields of science and engineering through competitive grants and other funding awards to more than 2,000 institutions in all 50 states. As an independent federal agency, NSF receives public support through Congressional appropriations.
The new Web site culminates more than a year of study and analysis regarding the most current and effective ways to communicate in today’s fast-paced electronic information environment. It represents the first major redesign of the NSF Web site in five years.
Some key features that are aimed at the general public:
- A help center describing the new features
http://www.nsf.gov/help - A plain-language explanation of NSF and how it works
http://www.nsf.gov/about/glance.jsp - General overviews on the types of science that NSF supports
http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews - Results of NSF research
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/ - Examples of NSF-supported TV programs and other informal education efforts
http://www.nsf.gov/news/now_showing/
Additional features that are aimed at the science and education community:
- A new "funding" section, including an A-Z index, and upcoming due dates
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ - A new way to find NSF employees
http://www.nsf.gov/staff/ - Quick access to science and engineering statistics
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/ - Consistent design to NSF directorates, divisions and programs
Revisions and updates to the new site will be undertaken as required.
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Media Contacts
Mary E. Hanson, NSF, (703) 292-8070, email: mhanson@nsf.gov
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