The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the premier supporter of fundamental science and engineering research and education in the United States. The CISE Directorate is responsible for funding well over half of the basic computing research in the country. CISE is also responsible for developing and provisioning advanced, shared cyberinfrastructure for the benefit of research in all areas of science and engineering.
The first part of this talk will give a brief history of the NSF and the CISE directorate. The second part will give a status report on the new CISE organization, including our objectives, programs, outcomes from 2004, and plans for 2005. The final part will discuss three longer-range challenges and objectives: designing trustworthy systems, building a shared cyberinfrastructure, and broadening participation in computing.