In fiscal year 1999, 3,264 proposals were received and 1,672 awards made. In fiscal year 2000, approximately 4,600 proposals will be received and about 1,800 awards will be made. In fiscal year 2001, approximately 4,800 proposals will be received and about 2,000 awards will be made. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 48 CFR Chapter 25: 45 CFR Chapter VI; "NSF Guide to Programs, Fiscal Year 2001," NSF 01-3 (http://www.nsf.gov/cgi- bin/getpub?nsf013); and "Grant Proposal Guide," NSF 01-2 (http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf012). INFORMATION CONTACTS: Headquarters Office: Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292-8900. NSF World Wide Web site URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/. Web Site Address: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Scientific data management - Computer scientists, lead by Joel Saltz and his team at the University of Maryland, are looking at new ways to store and retrieve data so that scientists in various areas (estuary pollution modeling, images of slides produced by microscopes, investigation of land cover dynamics) can more effectively integrate disparate data from many sources. Their work has produced the Active Data Repository (ADR) being used by research groups at Maryland, Texas and Johns Hopkins University. One example of CISE investment in addressing workforce issues is the
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