Earth Sciences Research Opportunities at the National Science Foundation

Eos ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (24) ◽  
pp. 214-214
Author(s):  
Randy Showstack
Keyword(s):  
Earth Sciences ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
National Science

Building a New Foundation for the Ocean Sciences: The National Science Foundation and Oceanography, 1951-1965

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Van Keuren
Keyword(s):  
Earth Sciences ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Naval Research ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Office Of Naval Research ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
National Science ◽  
Late Start

The organization of the National Science Foundation in 1950 gave it a late start on supporting American science. It survived as a poorly funded sister to the Office of Naval Research until the late 1950s, when Sputnik opened up the federal coffers for science support and education. This was particularly true in the ocean sciences, where NSF financial commitment to research support remained extremely limited, until the lobbying of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Oceanography, combined with the results of Sputnik, led to a dramatic new commitment of resources. One of the earliest major recipients of NSF resources in oceanography and the earth sciences was Project Mohole. Mohole gave the Foundation the opportunity to take a leadership role in oceanography and the earth sciences, although internal squabbles among supporters, along with projected cost over-runs, eventually led to a funding cut-off by Congress in 1966. However, the NSF's leadership role in the ocean sciences was by then well established.

scholarly journals Easterling to Lead Geosciences at National Science Foundation

Eos ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Showstack
Keyword(s):  
Earth Sciences ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Fall Meeting ◽  
The Earth ◽  
National Science ◽  
American Geophysical

The agency's departing head of geosciences will introduce Easterling to the Earth sciences community as his successor tomorrow at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

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