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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of $7.2 billion (FY 2014), we are the funding source for approximately 24 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.
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Browse our publications focusing on environmental and natural disasters. Books included in this collection cover topics such as floods, earthquakes, fire, oil spills and other catastrophic events.
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