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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. federal agency that funds fundamental research and education across non-medical science and engineering and supports major research infrastructure.^[1] Its EO relevance is funding and supporting research infrastructure rather than flying satellites or using satellite data for operational decisions.^[1]^[2] NSF fully funds the National Ecological Observatory Network, a continental-scale ecological observatory operated by Battelle with 81 field sites across U.S. ecosystems.^[2] NEON's Airborne Observation Platform conducts airborne remote-sensing campaigns with discrete and full-waveform LiDAR, an imaging spectrometer, and a high-resolution digital camera over flight boxes at peak greenness.^[2] The program publishes open data products across Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 processing, making NSF relevant to EO buyers looking for airborne ecological reference data and infrastructure rather than satellite procurement.^[2]

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[1]About NSFagency doc2026-06-20
[2]NEON Airborne Observation Platformagency doc2026-06-20
[3]NSF Director Panchanathan Tenders Resignation (COSSA)third party2026-06-20
[4]Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)agency doc2026-10-19

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:nsf,
  title = {National Science Foundation},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/nsf}
}