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the NSF Polar Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring Network have now provided the first direct 

 measurements of potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation occurring in a region affected by the 

 Antarctic ozone hole Such ongoing research has a direct impact on issues in human health 

 as well as on understanding atmospheric structure and climate 



Education and Training: NSF seeks to ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce that can 

 maintain leadership in science and technology 



Graduate Research Fellowships. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRF) 

 identifies and encourages young American science, mathematics, and engineering students 

 to develop their potential and prepares them for leadership in the nation The GRF program, 

 initiated in 1952, is designed to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and 

 engineering in the United States and to strengthen its diversity. Since its inception. GRF has 

 invested approximately $700 million in fellowships to over 31,000 outstanding graduate 

 students in the sciences, mathematics and engineering. Many of these individuals have had 

 distinguished careers in research, academia, and industry. In 1995, Dr. Eric F. Wieschaus 

 became the 13th Awardee to receive the Nobel Prize Dr Wieschaus won an NSF Graduate 

 Fellowship in 1969 to study genetics He earned his Ph D at Yale, and has been teaching 

 and conducting research at Princeton University since 1987 His Nobel Prize in Medicine 

 recognizes his discovery of how genes control the early structural development of the body. 



