Slide title: NSF Core Mission: Fundamental Research

Slide images: On the left: Diagram showing NSF funding (Other than the FY 2015 budget request, numbers shown are estimates based on prior years.) $7.3 billion FY 2015 budget request 94% funds research, education and related activities 50,000 proposals 11,000 awards funded 2,000 NSF-funded institutions 300,000 NSF-supported researchers

On the right: Collage of four fundamental research images: (left to right) photo of a student examining a protein sample for gel electrophoresis at the Next Generation National Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, or Bio-Link, located at the City College of San Francisco in California; illustration of DNA; photo of three lemurs known as Coquerel's sifakas on a tree; photo of one Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) antenna

Image credits: (collage, left to right) from ATE Centers Impact 2011 (www.atecenters.org); KC Roeyer; David Haring, the Duke Lemur Center; ALMA