On May 18 2010 I posted on a proposal to NSF that was highly
rated each time it was submitted, but was rejected each of the
three times it was submitted after further revisions were made.
The May post is The NSF mission reads The National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (Public Law 81-507) set forth NSF’s
mission and purpose: To promote the progress of science; to
advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure
the national defense…. The Act authorized and directed NSF to
initiate and support: - basic scientific research and research
fundamental to the engineering process, - programs to strengthen
scientific and engineering research potential, - science and
engineering education programs at all levels and in all the
various fields of science and engineering, - programs that
provide a source of information for policy formulation, - and
other activities to promote these ends. Over the years, NSF’s
statutory authority has been modified in a number of significant
ways. In 1968, authority to support