OBJECTIVE:

Promote and expand the reach of  the ERC  | NSF  Program History Book.

Since 1984, the U.S. National Science Foundation’s highly successful Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program has led the Foundation in developing innovative new modes of support for research and education, guided U.S. academic institutions to evolve the ways in which research is structured and to form intellectual and financial partnerships with industry, produced thousands of engineering graduates who are highly productive leaders and innovators in industry and academe, and enabled thousands of new technologies and companies that have stimulated the U.S. economy and yielded a substantial return on NSF’s investment.