Integrative Activities

To enhance the competitiveness of the Nation's research through activities that build capacity for science and engineering and broaden participation in research and education. The program is intended to incubate new ideas and communities, support innovation in research and NSF's own processes, and to promote integration across research and education domains. Support is provided to develop human and infrastructure capacity critical to the U.S. science and engineering enterprise; to catalyze new cross-cutting programs; to expand NSF's capability to gather and use evidence about the progress and impacts of its programs; for prestigious honorary award programs and professional internships for aspiring scientists and engineers; and for policy and programmatic analysis for the NSF Director, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer.