Editing National Science Foundation (section)

====2010–19====
President Obama requested $7.373&nbsp;billion for fiscal year 2013.<ref>NSF, [https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123111 "National Science Foundation Budget Positions U.S. to Maintain Competitive Edge" Feb. 13, 2012]</ref> Due to the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013|October 1, 2013 shutdown]] of the Federal Government, and NSF's lapse in funding, their website was down "until further notice", but was brought back online after the US government passed their budget. In 2014, NSF awarded rapid response grants to study a chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water of about 300,000 West Virginia residents.<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=130304&org=NSF&from=news National Science Foundation (NSF) News – NSF awards rapid response grants to study West Virginia chemical spill – US National Science Foundation (NSF)]. nsf.gov. Retrieved on February 21, 2014.</ref> In early 2018, it was announced that Trump would cut NSF Research Funding by 30% but quickly rescinded this due to backlash.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/updated-us-spending-deal-contains-largest-research-spending-increase-decade|title=Trump, Congress approve largest U.S. research spending increase in a decade|date=March 23, 2018|website=Science AAAS|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> As of May 2018, Heather Wilson, the secretary of the Air Force, signed that letter of intent with the director of NSF initiating partnership for the research related to space operations and [[Geosciences]], advanced [[Materials science|material sciences]], information and [[data science]]s, and workforce and processes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1516265/air-force-and-nsf-announce-partnership-in-science-and-engineering-research/|title=Air Force and NSF announce partnership in science and engineering rese|work=U.S. Air Force|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en-US}}</ref>