About this event
The National Science Board typically meets four times a year. These meetings include sessions that are open to the public. Agendas are typically posted one week before the meetings. To attend in-person, please email your name as it appears on your photo ID, along with your affiliation, at least 24 hours in advance to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov. NSB continues to livestream all open meeting sessions on its YouTube channel.
National Science Board Meeting
May 1 – 2, 2024
YouTube Link Day 1: https://youtube.com/live/LqwL3CFVG8I?feature=share
YouTube Link Day 2: https://youtube.com/live/LbXG5bYTzGA?feature=share
May 1, 2024
Open Plenary
8:30 – 10:25 AM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Director’s Remarks
- The Future is Now: Harnessing AI for Good, NSB External Panel on Artificial Intelligence
Break
10:25 AM – 10:40 PM
Open Plenary
10:40 AM – 12:00 PM
- Approval of February Open Meeting Minutes
- Committee Reports
- Committee on External Engagement
- Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy
- Committee on Oversight
- Committee on Strategy
- Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
Closed Plenary
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Approval of February 2024 Closed Meeting Minutes
- Director’s Remarks
- Committee Reports
- Committee on Strategy
- Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
- Vote to Enter Executive Closed Session
Lunch Break
12:50 – 1:35 PM
Executive Closed Plenary
1:35 – 3:40 PM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Approval of February 2024 EPC Minutes
- Director’s Remarks
- Board Elections
- Chair’s Closing Remarks
End of Plenary Session/Meeting Day 1
May 2, 2024
Open Plenary
8:30 – 9:50 AM
- Chair’s Remarks
- Farewell to Members, Chair Remarks and Member Recognition
Break
9:50 – 10:05 AM
Open Plenary
10:05 – 10:50 AM
- Q&A with the 2024 NSB Vannevar Bush, Science & Society, Waterman Awardees
Break
10:50 – 11:05 AM
Open Plenary
11:05 – 11:40 AM
- Committee Reports
- NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review
Closed Plenary
11:40 AM – 12:40 PM
- Committee Reports
- NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review
Lunch Break
12:40 – 1:10 PM
Closed Plenary
1:10 – 1:35 PM
- Committee Report
- Committee on Awards and Facilities
Open Committee Meeting
1:35 – 2:10 PM
- Committee on Awards and Facilities
- Chair’s remarks
- Reflection and road ahead
- Update on Antarctic Science & Engineering Support Contract
- Information Item: NSF's Decision Process for the USELT Program
Closed Committee Meeting
2:10 – 2:30 PM
- Committee on Awards and Facilities
- Information Item: NSF's Decision Process for the USELT Program
End of Meeting Day 2