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National Science Foundation

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 about $6.9 billion (FY 2010), we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Persimmon Technologies 11/12Grant$500k1
octoScope 7/12Grant$150k1
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 6/12Grant$3M1
Affectiva 6/12Grant$500k1
Energid Technologies 2/12Grant$500k1
OhMyGov Inc. 11/11Angel$500k1
scrible 5/11Grant$500k1
LectureTools 1/11Grant$1M2
Education Development Center (EDC) 10/10Venture Round$5.6M1
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC) 9/10Grant$300k1
Sifteo 9/10Grant$500k1
Whisper Communications 7/10Grant$150k1
OhMyGov Inc. 7/10Seed$180k1
Modular Robotics 4/10Grant$487k1
InSite Medical technologies 1/10Grant$100k1
MoveableCode, Inc. 1/09Seed1
Bluefin Labs 4/08Grant$1.15M1
CleverSet 1/06Seed$500k1
Vivisimo 7/03Seed$960k1
Vivisimo 1/01Seed$100k1

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Two-minute Overview of the National Science Foundation

Added: 12/27/12

Sources

  1. Persimmon gets $500K NSF grant (masshightech.com) [edit]
  2. octoScope, UNH receive $150K NSF grant (masshightech.com) [edit]
  3. WPI gets $3M NSF grant for biofabrication program (masshightech.com) [edit]
  4. Emotion Measurement Platform Affectiva Wins $500K NSF Grant (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. Energid lands $500K NSF grant (masshightech.com) [edit]
  6. OhMyGov Inc. Wins $500K National Science Foundation Innovation Grant (google.com) [edit]
  7. scrible Receives $500,000 SBIR Phase II Grant (finsmes.com) [edit]
  8. National Science Foundation and University of Michigan (nsf.gov) [edit]
  9. EDC receives more than $5M in STEM funds from NSF (masshightech.com) [edit]
  10. DVIRC Awarded $300,000 National Science Foundation Grant to Connect Regional Assets and Spur Innovation (freshnews.com) [edit]
  11. Citation Needed [add]
  12. National Science Foundation - Grant (venturelab.gatech.edu) [edit]
  13. OhMyGov Wins Presitgious Government Communications Technology Grant (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  14. Modular Robotics Blog (modrobotics.com) [edit]
  15. InSite Medical raises $1.06M for epidural delivery (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  16. Citation Needed [add]
  17. TechCrunch [edit]
  18. techcrunch.com [edit]
  19. press release (vivisimo.com) [edit]
  20. press release (vivisimo.com) [edit]
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