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The president appoints 24 members of the National Science Board for six year terms. The NSF director serves as an ex officio 25th member. Every two years, one-third (eight) of the members rotate off the board and eight new members are appointed (or occasionally re-appointed) to serve six-year terms.
NSF's director and deputy director are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate, whereas the 24 president-appointed members of the National Science Board (NSB) [6] do not require U.S. Senate confirmation. The director and deputy director are responsible for administration, planning, budgeting and ...
Sethuraman Panchanathan is an Indian–American computer scientist and academic administrator, and, since June 2020, the 15th Director of National Science Foundation. [1]He previously served at Arizona State University as executive vice president of knowledge enterprise development and chief research and innovation officer.
Arden Lee Bement Jr. (born May 22, 1932) is an American engineer and scientist and has served in executive positions in government, industry and academia. Bement was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1983 for contributions to the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear materials and development of advanced materials concepts for defense applications.
On August 2, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton nominated Kelly to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation. [13] The U.S. Senate confirmed Kelly on May 1, 1997 to a term expiring on May 10, 2002. [14] On May 6, 1998, the National Science Board elected Kelly as chair and re-elected him in May 2000.
On September 5, 1990, MIT researchers asked the 21 members of the National Science Board (NSB) to "review and reconsider" its decision. [5] With $60 million at stake in the NSF grant, MIT stated it would phase out the Francis Bitter Lab if it lost its appeal, the first of its kind in NSF history. The request was turned down September 18, 1990. [6]
The NSABB is composed of non-voting ex officio and appointed voting members. As of 2021, the Chair of the NSABB was Gerald W. Parker, Jr., DVM, PhD. [6] As of 2017, the ex officio members were: [7] Department of Commerce: Jason Boehm, Ph.D., Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, National Institute of Standards and Technology Division Head
He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. He received the Walsh McDermott Medal from the National academy of Medicine in 2015. George W. Bush appointed Dr. Leshner to the National Science Board in 2004. He was reappointed to the NSB by President Obama in 2011.