National Science Foundation Director Visits UF

The director of the National Science Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most impactful federal research agencies, visited the University of Florida last week to discuss opportunities for university researchers as well as the agency’s priorities and vision.

NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, who oversees the $8.8 billion federal agency, toured various NSF-funded projects beginning at the Florida Museum of Natural History and ending at East Campus. NSF funds approximately $60.9 million in UF research.

Jim O’Connell, assistant vice president for commercialization at UF Innovate, told the NSF director that in the past 10 years, NSF grants have contributed to 800 inventions, 515 of which are licensed and 15 of which led to the creation of start-up companies.

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