{"id":3664,"date":"2023-09-15T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T08:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T12:59:25","slug":"pit-un-advocates-for-informed-investments-and-training-in-emerging-technologies-a-proposal-to-guide-24-billion-nsf-funding-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2023\/09\/15\/pit-un-advocates-for-informed-investments-and-training-in-emerging-technologies-a-proposal-to-guide-24-billion-nsf-funding-allocation\/","title":{"rendered":"PIT-UN Advocates for Informed Investments and Training in Emerging Technologies: A Proposal to Guide $24 Billion NSF Funding Allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3664\" class=\"elementor elementor-3664\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ab4fd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ab4fd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e76443\" data-id=\"5e76443\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0401851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0401851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3666 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/09\/iStock-1448502366.width-800-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professionals working in a lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Representatives from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN), including UMass Amherst PIT Director and Professor Dr.\u00a0Francine Berman, recently submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations to the National Science Foundation to inform future investment decisions, including how $24 billion in federal funding will be invested and operationalized. 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