First of two sessions on initiatives at the National Science Foundation (NSF). This session will feature talks by the NSF Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Division Director. We will have a former NSF CBET program director talk about proposal submission strategies. Everyone is welcome to attend. NSF if an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…” NSF is the funding source for approximately 24 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities.