What are NSF Science and Technology Centers?
The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program of the National Science Foundation “enables innovative research and education projects of national importance that require a Center mode of support to achieve the research, education, and knowledge-transfer goals shared by the partners. STCs conduct world-class research in partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities to create new and meaningful knowledge of significant benefit to society.”
There are currently 17 active STCs, with different levels of maturity (classes of 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2006, as defined by the starting year):
Class of 2000
Adaptive Optics
Claire Max, University of California at Santa Cruz (lead)
Behavioral Neuroscience
Elliott Albers, Georgia State University (lead)
Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes
Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (lead)
Nanobiotechnology
Barbara Baird, Cornell University (lead)
Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
Jim Shuttleworth, University of Arizona (lead)
Class of 2002
Advanced Materials for Water Purification
Mark Shannon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (lead)
Biophotonics
Dennis Matthews, University of California at Davis (lead)
Earth-surface Dynamics
Chris Paola, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities (lead)
Embedded Networked Sensing
Deborah Estrin, University of California at Los Angeles (lead)
Integrated Space Weather Modeling
W. Jeffrey Hughes, Boston University (lead)
Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research Larry R. Dalton, University of Washington (lead)
Class of 2005
Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
S. Prasad Gogineni, University of Kansas (lead)
Ubiquitous Secure Technology
S. Shankar Sastry, University of California at Berkeley (lead)
Class of 2006
Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction
Antonio M. Baptista, Oregon Health and Science University (lead)
Microbial Oceanography
David M. Karl, University of Hawaii (lead)
Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
David A. Randall, Colorado State University (lead)
Layered Polymeric Systems
Anne Hiltner, Case Western University (lead)