Partial Support of the Board on Physics and Astronomy

该奖项为物理学和天文学委员会（BPA）提供部分核心支持。物理学和天文学界涵盖了广泛而多样的研究工作。作为美国国家科学院的一部分，BPA监测和评估构成这一研究领域的领域的发展和健康。其成员来自大学、工业界和国家实验室，其成员的专业领域涵盖了物理学和天文学的大部分领域。参与的专家广泛代表了这个群体，他们对影响物理学和天文学研究的进展和活力的问题提供了他们知情的观点。该奖项支持的主要工作将是支持委员会的半年度会议，以及与委员会履行其支持物理和天文学研究界的职责有关的非赞助活动。另一项行动将是下一轮物理学和天文学/天体物理学十年调查的工作。该奖项由数学和物理科学理事会物理部、天文科学部和材料研究部共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides partial core support to the Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA). The physics and astronomy communities cover a broad and diverse set of research efforts. As a part of the National Academies, the BPA monitors developments and assesses the health of the fields that make up this area of research. Its membership is drawn from universities, industry, and national laboratories, and its members' areas of expertise span much of the breadth of physics and astronomy. The experts involved are broadly representative of the community, and they provide their informed perspectives on issues that affect the progress and vitality of physics and astronomy research. The principal work to be supported by this award will be to support the board's semi-annual meetings as well as non-sponsored activities associated with the board's carrying out its responsibilities to support the physics and astronomy research communities. Another action will be the work on the next round of physics and astronomy/astrophysics decadal surveys. This award is co-funded by the Divisions of Physics, Astronomical Sciences, and Materials Research, within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.