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http://www.nsf.gov/

An independent federal agency created by Congress to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense They 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. NSF leadership has two major components: a director who oversees NSF staff and management responsible for program creation and administration, merit review, planning, budget and day-to-day operations; and a 24-member National Science Board (NSB) of eminent individuals that meets six times a year to establish the overall policies of the foundation.The director and all Board members serve six year terms. Each of them, as well as the NSF deputy director, is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. At present, NSF has a total workforce of about 2,100 at its Arlington, Va., headquarters, including approximately 1,400 career employees, 200 scientists from research institutions on temporary duty, 450 contract workers and the staff of the NSB office and the Office of the Inspector General. NSF is the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. They are tasked with keeping the United States at the leading edge of discovery in areas from astronomy to geology to zoology. So, in addition to funding research in the traditional academic areas, the agency also supports high-risk, high pay-off ideas, novel collaborations and numerous projects that may seem like science fiction today, but which the public will take for granted tomorrow. And in every case, they ensure that research is fully integrated with education so that today''s revolutionary work will also be training tomorrow''s top scientists and engineers NSF''s task of identifying and funding work at the frontiers of science and engineering is not a top-down process.

Proper citation: National Science Foundation (RRID:SCR_012938) Copy   

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http://helix.wustl.edu/dcaps/dcaps.html

A simple program for finding nearly matched primers Sponsor: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0114726.

Proper citation: dCAPS Finder (RRID:SCR_008612) Copy   

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http://nsdl.org/

NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education. The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. As a national network of learning environments, resources, and partnerships, NSDL seeks to serve a vital role as STEM educational cyberlearning for the nation, meeting the informational and technological needs of educators and learners at all levels. Educators need efficient and reliable methods to discover and use science and math materials that help them meet the demands of instruction, assessment, and professional development in an increasingly complex technology-based world. NSDL provides an organized point of access to: -High-quality STEM content aggregated from a variety of other digital libraries, NSF-funded projects, and NSDL-reviewed web sites. -Services and tools that enhance the use of this content in a variety of contexts. NSDL is designed primarily for K-16 educators, but anyone can access NSDL.org and search the library at no cost. Access to most resources discovered through NSDL is free; however, some content providers may require a login, or a nominal fee or subscription to retrieve their specific resources. NSDL serves as a nexus for educators, researchers, policy makers and the public by building bridges: -Between private sector and public interests by providing access to resources such as publisher'' journal articles, teacher-created lesson plans and real-time data sets from scientists -Between the scientific, research and educational communities by applying advanced technologies to stimulate new ways for educators and learners to access and use scientific information -Between teachers and learners at all levels, in all locations by supplying content and tools in open-access, non-proprietary formats in an easily accessible online environment. Sponsors: This work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0733600, Grant No. 0424671, Grant No. 0227648, Grant No. 0227656, and Grant No. 0227888.

Proper citation: NSDL: The National Science Digital Library (RRID:SCR_008215) Copy   

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https://dmptool.org

Free web application which guides users through the process of creating a data management plan (DMP) for a range of funders (NSF, NIH, etc.) and connect users with data management planning resources. The DMPTool allows users to edit, save, share, print, and download their data management plans. Institutions can customize the tool and configure Shibboleth login. Several universities and organizations are developing the DMPTool to help researchers meet these new requirements. In specific, the DMPTool will help researchers: * Create ready-to-use data management plans for specific funding agencies * Meet requirements for data management plans * Get step-by-step instructions and guidance for data management plan * Learn about resources and services available at your institution to fulfill the data management requirements of their grants

Proper citation: DMPTool (RRID:SCR_002623) Copy   

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http://www.chlamycollection.org/

Central repository that receives, catalogs, preserves, and distributes wild type and mutant cultures of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as well as useful molecular reagents and kits for education and research.

Proper citation: Chlamydomonas Resource Center (RRID:SCR_014960) Copy   

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https://brains.anatomy.msu.edu/brains/sheep/index.html

Online portal and image database of coronal sections of the sheep brain. Each image contains stained sections of cell bodies and myelinated fibers; nuclei and tracts are labeled.

Proper citation: Sheep Brain Atlas (RRID:SCR_001752) Copy   

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http://www.phylo.org/sub_sections/portal/

This database is a public resource for inference of large phylogenetic trees. It is designed to provide all researchers with access to large computational resources of the NSF TeraGrid through a simple browser interface. The CIPRES Science Gateway provides new hybrid parallel versions of RAxML (7.2.7) and MrBayes (3.1.2), as well as parallel GARLI (1.0) code to insure the fastest possible run times for submitted jobs. Through a collaboration with Alexandros Stamatakis and Wayne Pfeiffer, they now offer the fastest hybrid versions of RAxML and MrBayes currently available. Sponsors: The CIPRES project is a multi-site collaboration funded by the NSF Information Technology Research (ITR) program grant entitled BUILDING THE TREE OF LIFE: A National Resource for Phyloinformatics and Computational Phylogenetics.

Proper citation: CIPRES Science Gateway (RRID:SCR_008439) Copy   

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http://scholarpedia.org

A peer-reviewed encyclopedia written by the leading experts in their respective fields. It does not publish research or position papers, but rather living reviews that will be maintained by the future generation of experts via the process of curatorship. :Computational neuroscience, Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Neuron, Network Dynamics , Brain Models, Synapse, Memory, Conditioning, Consciousness, Vision, Olfaction, Neuroimaging, Dynamical Systems, Oscillators, Synchronization, Pattern Formation, Chaos, Bifurcations, Simulation Environment, Artificial Neural Networks, Models of Neurons, Spiking Networks, Brain Theory, Recurrent Networks, Feedforwar, Networks, Graph Theory, Reinforcement Learning, Evolutionary Computation, Information Theory, Statistics, Signal Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Navigation and Control, Robotics :

Proper citation: Scholarpedia (RRID:SCR_013606) Copy   

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http://bgsc.org/

Supplier of genetically characterized strains, cloning vectors, and bacteriophages for the genus Bacillus and related organisms. The BGSC can distribute these materials to qualified scientists and educators throughout the world.

Proper citation: Bacillus Genetic Stock Center (BGSC) (RRID:SCR_014950) Copy   

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https://access-ci.org/

Provides advanced computing systems and services including supercomputer applications, AI and machine learning, big data analysis and storage. Offers suite of cyberinfrastructure coordination services targeted at supporting all areas of science and engineering research and education.

Proper citation: Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem Services and Support Core Facility (RRID:SCR_027656) Copy   

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