Subject: NSF Press Release - Young Faculty
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Title       : NSF ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMS
              FOR YOUNG SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY
NSF Contact : OLPA
Type        : Press Release
Date        : September 16, 1991

Cheryl Dybas                                           IMMEDIATE
(202) 357-9498                                September 16, 1991
                                                    NSF PR 91-85

                            NSF ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMS
                     FOR YOUNG SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY

        The National Science Foundation has announced two new award
programs to recognize and support the scholarly activities of
some of the nation's most promising young scientists and
engineers.
        The Presidential Faculty Fellows (PFF) program will provide
up to 30 awardees with $100,000 each year for five years.  NSF
will manage the program, administer the evaluation process, and
fund the awards, with final award decisions being made by the
White House.
        The new National Science Foundation Young Investigator
Awards (NYI) program replaces the Presidential Young Investigator
Awards (PYI) program, first funded in 1984.  NYI awardees may
receive a total $100,000 per year for five years, provided they
raise $37,500 in matching funds or equipment from industry and
other eligible sources.  Like its predecessor the PYI program,
NYI awardees are guaranteed a minimum of $25,000 a year for five
years.  Up to 150 awards will be made in the NYI program.
        Nominees to the PFF and NYI programs may work in any
discipline of science or engineering normally supported by NSF,
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and recipients may use their awards for both research and
teaching purposes.  They will be judged on the basis of their
competence and leadership in research and teaching.
 
        "By establishing these two programs, the Foundation hopes to
encourage outstanding young scientists and engineers who
demonstrate exceptional promise in research, teaching and
academic leadership," says Walter Massey, Director of the
National Science Foundation.  "These awards recognize one of this
nation's most precious resources -- our young scientists and
engineers -- and they demonstrate the interdependence of teaching
and research in achieving excellence in science and engineering."
 
        The first awards in both programs will be made in Fiscal
Year 1992.
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        The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of
the Federal Government established in 1950 to promote and advance
scientific progress in the United States.  NSF accomplishes its
mission primarily by competitively awarding grants to educational
institutions for research and education in the sciences,
mathematics, and engineering.

 
                       PRESIDENTIAL FACULTY FELLOWS PROGRAM
 
                                    FACT SHEET

A new award program will recognize, honor, and support outstanding young
scientists and engineers in America's colleges and universities.  Known as the
Presidential Faculty Fellows (PFF) Program, it will provide awardees with
$100,000 each year for five years.
 
By supporting young faculty members in science and engineering, the program
will foster innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology,
increase the attractiveness of careers in science and engineering, recognize the
interdependence of teaching and research in achieving excellence, and highlight
the importance of science and technology to the nation's future.
 
The program has the following characteristics:
 
o       Nominees will be judged on the basis of their competence and
        leadership in research, as demonstrated by their research
        accomplishments, publications, recognition by the community, and
        other noteworthy achievements, and on the basis of their
        competence and leadership in teaching, as evidenced by the design
        of new courses and curricula, published books and articles, service
        to the community, and other important educational contributions.
 
o       Up to 30 PFF awards are planned each year, to be divided equally
        between engineering and science disciplines.  Nominees may work
        in any discipline of science or engineering normally supported by
        the National Science Foundation, and recipients may use their
        awards for both research and teaching purposes.
 
o       The President or Chief Academic Officer of any U.S. university or
        college offering a baccalaureate or graduate degree in science or
        engineering may nominate up to two young faculty members who
        have received their first faculty position within the last four years.
 
o       The National Science Foundation will manage the program,
        administer the evaluation process, and fund the awards, with final
        award decisions being made by the White House.  The first awards
        will be made in Fiscal Year 1992.
 
Further information on the PFF awards may be obtained by contacting the PFF
program office at the National Science Foundation, 1800 G Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20550.
 
                       THE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS PROGRAM
                        AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
                                    FACT SHEET

The Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) awards program has been replaced by
the National Science Foundation Young Investigator (NYI) awards program.  The
NYI awards will provide awardees with a minimum of $25,000 each year for five
years based on an annual determination of satisfactory performance.   NYI
awardees may receive up to $37,500 in additional funds per year on a dollar-for-
dollar matching basis from industrial and not-for-profit sources, in addition to
the base grant of $25,000, resulting in total annual support of up to $100,000
each year.
 
Like the former PYI program, the NYI Awards program seeks to foster contact
and cooperation between academia and industry.  In addition to encouraging
cooperation between universities and industry on research activities, the NYI
awards are intended to provide support for basic research and teaching
purposes.
 
The program has the following characteristics:
 
o       Approximately 150 new NYI awards will be made in Fiscal Year 1992.
        Nominees may work in any discipline of science or engineering normally
        supported by NSF, and recipients may use their awards for both teaching
        and research purposes.  Awards are tenable only at U.S. institutions
that
        award a baccalaureate or graduate degree in a field supported by NSF.
 
o       Only the Department chairperson or analogous administrative official at
        the institution may nominate its faculty for the awards.
 
o       Nominees must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, have a Ph.D.
        degree or equivalent, and not have begun a tenure-track position at any
        college or university prior to January 1, 1988.
 
o       Awards will be based on a review of the nominee's ability and potential
as
        a researcher and teacher for contributing to the nation's scientific and
        engineering effort.  Nominees will be judged on the basis of their
        competence in science and engineering as evidenced by the quality of
        their research and teaching accomplishments, their potential for
 
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continued professional growth as a research scientist or engineer, and their
potential for significant development as a teacher or academic leader.
 
o       Matching support from industry is particularly encouraged.  Support from
        non-profit foundations and certain state and municipal agencies that
        promote science and technology or that deliver science or engineering
        services (e.g. wastewater treatment, transportation, or building
regulation)
        may also be used for matching funds purposes.
 
Further information on the NYI awards may be obtained by contacting the NYI
Program Office at the National Science Foundation, 1800 G Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20550

 

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