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UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - MAY 04: Thierry Kruithof , poses during the NOC*NSF (Nederlands Olympisch Comite * Nederlandse Sport Federatie) Sochi athletes and officials photo shoot for Asics at the Spoorwegmuseum on May 4, 2013 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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About National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health. With an annual budget of about $6.02 billion (fiscal year 2008), NSF funds approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by the United States' colleges and universities. In some fields, such as mathematics, computer science, economics and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.

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