FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Grant Review Proposal Review Panel for Biological Infrastructure NSF 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/NSFFACA10743.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:nsf.gov:agency:53:committee:10743:) ][ Agency Name : (National Science Foundation) ][ Agency Acronym : (NSF) ][ Agency Domain : (nsf.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://nsf.gov ) ][ Committee Name : (Proposal Review Panel for Biological Infrastructure) ][ Committee Type : (Grant Review) ][ Committee Web Site : () ][ Goal? : (no) ][ Vision? : (no) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] National Science Foundation http://nsf.gov Not Available 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The NSF mission is set out in the NSF Act of 1950 authorizes and directs the Agency to initiate and support: basic scientific research fundamental to the engineering process; and science and engineering education programs at all levels and in all fields of science and engineering. The involvement of knowledgeable peers from outside the Foundation in the review of proposals is the keystone of NSF's proposal review system. Their judgements of the extent to which proposals address the merit review criteria are vital for informing NSF staff and advising funding recommendations. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Not Available e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com