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In order to move into new areas of science, some existing programs will be eliminated or phased out 

 These include a planned phaseout of an ocean sciences postdoctoral program, and sunsetting of the 

 Research Improvement in Minority Institutions program to accommodate enhancement of the Minority 

 Research Centers of Excellence. 



Centers 



NSF supports a variety of individual centers and centers programs The centers play a key role in 

 enabling the U.S. to achieve its goals, particularly through their encouragement of interdisciplinary 

 research and the integration of research in education programs While the programs are diverse, the 

 centers share a commitment to: 



• Addressing scientific questions and research and technical problems with a multidisciplinary, long- 

 term, coordinated research effort Center programs involve a number of scientists and engineers 

 working together on fundamental research addressing the many facets of a complex problem; 



• Including a strong educational component to aid the training of this nation's next generation of 

 scientists and engineers and to encourage students of all ages to participate in science and 

 engineering; and 



• Coordinating with industry to ensure that research is relevant to national needs and that knowledge 

 quickly migrates into the private sector. 



The centers and center programs are listed below. 



(Millions of Dollars) 



Year of FY 1996 

 Program No of FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 

 Initiation Centers Actual Estimate Request 



Engineenng Research Centers 



Science & Technology Centers 



Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers 



State Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers 



Minonty Research Centers of Excellence 



Matenals Research Science & Engineenng Centers 



Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis 



Long-Term Ecological Research Sites 



National Center for Earthquake Engineenng Research 



National Center for Environmental Decision-Making Research 



Research Centers on the Human Dimensions of Global Change 



National Consortium for Research on Violence 



National High Field FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Center 



National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis 



i r it i< ,il In hnologies Institute 



TOTAL 



