This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan spent the week reinforcing the agency's mission to inspire and harness talent everywhere to catalyze the progress of innovation.

On Monday, Jan. 13, Panchanathan welcomed the Government of Canada's Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer to agency headquarters, where they explored opportunities to sync global talent to advance cutting-edge research and underscored the importance of supporting societally relevant and use-inspired research to promote global prosperity. NSF has supported U.S. researchers working with Canadian counterparts in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science, the bioeconomy and energy and resilience.

On January 13, 2025, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan met with Dr. Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor of Canada at NSF Headquarters.

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, the director met with Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, where he expressed his excitement for future collaborative efforts between NSF, the committee and the 119th Congress to ensure the U.S. remains at the vanguard of discovery and innovation. Later that day, he met with Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23), who chaired the House Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and thanked Obernolte for his task force leadership and expressed his great appreciation for the task force's recognition of NSF's longstanding AI investments and the important advancements those sustained investments have enabled.

On January 14, 2025, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan met with Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23).

This week, NSF is honoring STEM educators, mentors and early-career researchers advancing the frontiers of science and engineering with prestigious awards. These awards include the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

"These honorees embody the excellence and innovation that drive STEM education and research forward," said the Director. "We are proud to support these educators and scientists whose transformative work inspires students, cultivates a passion for learning and advances the frontiers of discovery."

This week, Texascale Magazine also highlighted the upcoming NSF Leadership-Class Computing Facility (NSF LCCF) Horizon, led by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin.

"NSF LCCF represents a pivotal step forward in our mission to support transformative research across all fields of science and engineering," said the Director. "This facility will provide the computational resources necessary to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time, enabling researchers to push the boundaries of what is possible."

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