Commemorating the National Science Foundation's 75th anniversary.
This is a non-binding House resolution commemorating the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 75th anniversary. It recognizes NSF’s 1950 establishment and its mission to promote scientific progress, health, prosperity, welfare, and national defense. The resolution highlights NSF’s broad impact—supporting research and education across all 50 states and U.S. territories, attracting top scientists, funding essential facilities and infrastructure, and contributing to major technological advances such as the internet, MRI, 3-D printing, artificial intelligence, and more. It also notes NSF’s annual support of hundreds of thousands of researchers and the organization’s Nobel Prize connections. The measure concludes by reaffirming Congress’s support for NSF as it continues its work over the next 75 years and beyond. As a resolution, it serves to recognize and encourage but does not authorize funding or create new obligations.
Key Points
- 1Commends the NSF’s mission and purpose: advancing science, health, prosperity, welfare, and national defense.
- 2Documents NSF’s 75-year track record of advancing science, engineering, and education across the United States and globally through merit-based, peer-reviewed grant processes.
- 3Highlights NSF-supported facilities and infrastructure (ground-based facilities, oceanographic vessels, supercomputers) essential for research.
- 4Cites NSF’s role in driving major innovations (internet, MRI technology, 3-D printing, AI, ASL development, gravitational wave detection, LASIK, and more).
- 5Reaffirms congressional support for NSF for the next 75 years and beyond, noting NSF’s broad annual reach (roughly 350,000 researchers, students, teachers, and entrepreneurs) and Nobel Prize affiliations.