NSF has a new statistical report on "Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 1999," at . [CNS, 08Nov00.]

Upcoming NSF deadlines include: Interdisciplinary Grants in the Mathematical Sciences, 08Dec00; Alan T. Waterman Award nomination, 31Dec00; Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), 04Jan00; Biological Databases and Informatics, (10Jan01); Computational Neuroscience, (10Jan01); International Digital Libraries Collaborative Research, (15Jan01); Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes, 15Jan01; Decision, Risk, and Management Science, (15Jan01); Human Cognition and Perception, (15Jan01); Linguistics, (15Jan01); Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, (15Jan01); Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS), 18Jan01; Information Technology Research small projects, 22Jan01; Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service (SFS), 24Jan01; Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), 26Jan01; Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 30Jan01; Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology: Ethics and Values Studies Research on Science and Technology, (01Feb01); Major Research Instrumentation (MRI), 07Feb01; Communications, 01Mar01; Advanced Computational Research Program Visualization and Graphics, 01Mar01; CISE Educational Innovation, 13Mar01. . See also for International Program deadlines. [NSF E-Bulletin, 01Dec00.]

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