NSF seeking input on key technology areas for the nation’s focus
The federal agency currently has 10 focus areas.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently published a request for information (RFI) to gather input from the public on key technology focus areas to be advanced by the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.
NSF seeks feedback from individuals and organizations across all sectors on how the directorate’s current list of key technology areas, mandated by Congress, should be updated or refined to ensure the list reflects the technologies critical to U.S. technological competitiveness in an evolving global context. The information received will be used to inform NSF’s annual assessment and potential update of the key technology focus areas, as directed by Congress in Public Law 117-167.
Responses will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 21 at this link or KTA_RFI@nsf.gov. Respondents can choose to provide feedback on one or more questions specified in the RFI of interest or relevance to them. Each question is voluntary and optional.
Full details can be found in the Federal Register notice.
NSF’s current key technology focus areas, as mandated by Congress in Public Law 117-167, are:
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy, and related advances.
- High-performance computing, semiconductors, and advanced computer hardware and software.
- Quantum information science and technology.
- Robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing.
- Natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or mitigation.
- Advanced communications technology and immersive technology.
- Biotechnology, medical technology, genomics, and synthetic biology.
- Data storage, data management, distributed ledger technologies, and cybersecurity, including biometrics.
- Advanced energy and industrial efficiency technologies, such as batteries and advanced nuclear technologies, including but not limited to those for electric generation.
- Advanced materials science, including composites, 2D materials, other next-generation materials, and related manufacturing technologies.
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