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NSF moves into FastLane to manage flow of grants

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NSF's FastLane will enable grant applicants to track the progress of their application, manage cash flow and submit final reports. The pilot project, a step towards the goal of a completely electronic grant process, is less ambitious than early attempts by NSF and the National Institutes of Health.

Usage, Internet, Information services, Research grants, Research funding

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Cold wind blows through Arctic climate project: U.S.-Russian collaborations

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Russia's Federal Security Bureau confiscated the equipment, logbooks, computers and disks of US polar hydrologist Larry Hinzman, while he was studying the climatology of Russia's Far East. The episode has been repeated with other foreign researchers, complicated by Russia's weak central government.

United States, Crimes against, Russia, International relations, United States foreign relations, Science and state, Science policy, Russian foreign relations, Arctic, Americans abroad, Scientific expeditions, Americans in Russia

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NSF prepares to dish up Millimeter Array project

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The Clinton administration is requesting funding to allow NSF to begin construction of the $200 million Millimeter Array. The array is a unique new telescope that will be able to detect electromagnetic emissions at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.

Planning, Equipment and supplies, Observations, Radio astronomy, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Millimeter wave devices, Millimeter waves

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