Editing National Science Foundation (section)

====2000–09====
NSF joined with other federal agencies in the [[National Nanotechnology Initiative]], dedicated to the understanding and control of matter at the atomic and molecular scale. NSF's roughly $300&nbsp;million annual investment in nanotechnology research was still one of the largest in the 23-agency initiative. In 2001, NSF's appropriation passed $4&nbsp;billion. The NSF's "Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science and Technology" revealed that the public had a positive attitude toward science, but a poor understanding of it.<ref name="nsf4" /> During 2004–5 NSF sent "rapid response" research teams to investigate the aftermath of the [[Indian Ocean tsunami disaster]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/tsunami/index.jsp|title=After the Tsunami – Special Report – Archived – NSF – National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov|date=March 14, 2025 }}</ref> and [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104474|title=NSF's Response to the Hurricanes – NSF – National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref> An NSF-funded engineering team helped uncover why the levees failed in [[New Orleans]]. In 2005, NSF's budget stood at $5.6&nbsp;billion, in 2006 it stood at $5.91&nbsp;billion for the 2007 fiscal year (October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007), and in 2007 NSF requested $6.43&nbsp;billion for FY 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/|title=Budget Requests and Approriations List Page – NSF – National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref>