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Home > Conferences & Events > Scialog: Solar Energy Conversion > 2011 Keynote Presentations > Tom Peterson

Federal Government Presence

Tom Peterson, assistant director of the NSF’s Directorate for Engineering, discussed the federal funding agency’s current programs supporting interdisciplinary collaborations in solar research. He also took part in an hour-long discussion with Scialog fellows about possible ways to improve the NSF proposal review and funding procedures.

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