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...unusual, but still the proper way to do business," he said. "The Executive Committee [of the NSF] is empowered to act on behalf of the board...
While the NSF provided almost half of the center's financial support, Norman R. Scott, vice president for research and advanced studies, said the center and the NSF will take measures to make the loss of funding as gradual as possible...
According to Scott, the NSF will provide transitional support for the center for up to two years...
Theory Center administrators expected the matter to be settled when the board reconvened in May. But the Executive Committee of the NSF decided to take control of the vote from the NSB. The Office of Government Ethics permitted two members of the NSB to partake in the vote, replacing members of the committee who had been deemed as having a conflict of interest...
Because the vote came so unexpectedly, administrators are still unsure of the future of the supercomputing center, whether the university will appeal the NSF's decision and what factors were responsible for Cornell's proposal being denied...