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NSF releases new strategic plan document

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The NSF's new strategic plan sets out core approaches the agency will use to measure its performance.

The NSF’s new strategic plan sets out core approaches the agency will use to measure its performance.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new strategic plan outlining goals to guide the agency through 2018.

The plan, Investing in Science, Engineering and Education for the Nation’s Future, sets out three major strategic goals:

  • Transform the Frontiers of Science and Engineering. Invest in fundamental research to ensure significant continuing advances across science, engineering, and education. Integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities. Provide world-class research infrastructure to enable major scientific advances.
  • Stimulate Innovation and Address Societal Needs through Research and Education. Strengthen the links between fundamental research and societal needs through investments and partnerships. Build the capacity of the nation to address societal challenges using a suite of formal, informal, and broadly available STEM educational mechanisms.
  • Excel as a Federal Science Agency. Build an increasingly diverse, engaged, and high-performing workforce by fostering excellence in recruitment, training, leadership, and management of human capital. Use effective methods and innovative solutions to achieve excellence in accomplishing the agency’s mission.

“The plan is intended to guide us through a very dynamic environment in science and engineering research and education,” said NSF Acting Director Cora Marrett. “It allows us to maintain a strong focus on our mission but also be flexible in meeting the changing requirements of the research and education enterprise along with emerging and pressing societal challenges.”

The full plan, along with a summary document, is accessible on the NSF website.

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