Resources

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NSF mission
Research that NSF is currently funding
NSF's current 10 Big Ideas

Video Pitch Tips

Note: Video pitch submissions are by invitation only. Contestants whose entries are selected to advance to the video pitch stage will be notified by staff from the NSF.

• Communications Toolkit from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Using Video to Communicate Science, from the Long Term Ecological Research Network
• What Makes and Effective Science Video?, from the Smithsonian Science Education Center
• Tips for Submitting a Winning Video, from NSF's Community College Innovation Challenge