{"id":38995,"date":"2026-01-15T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38995"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:19:33","slug":"nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 13, NSF released a draft of its 2026\u20132030 Strategic Plan and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/od\/updates\/nsf-seeks-public-input-on-its-fy-2026-2030-nsf-strategic-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invited public comment by January 26<\/a>, 2026. The draft is shorter and more high-level than previous versions, outlining nine objectives along with broad strategies and success measures for each. For example, to measure progress on the first objective \u2014 \u201cUphold tenets of Gold Standard Science while enabling groundbreaking research and innovation\u201d \u2014 NSF proposes tracking the number of resources deposited in public access repositories.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/about\/performance\/strategic-plan\/nsf-fy-2026-2030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more in the strategy itself.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 13, NSF released a draft of its 2026\u20132030 Strategic Plan and\u00a0invited public comment by January 26, 2026. The draft is shorter and more high-level than previous versions, outlining nine objectives along with broad strategies and success measures for each. For example, to measure progress on the first objective \u2014 \u201cUphold tenets of Gold&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,102,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-advocacy","category-policy-briefing","category-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment - STM Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment - STM Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On January 13, NSF released a draft of its 2026\u20132030 Strategic Plan and\u00a0invited public comment by January 26, 2026. The draft is shorter and more high-level than previous versions, outlining nine objectives along with broad strategies and success measures for each. For example, to measure progress on the first objective \u2014 \u201cUphold tenets of Gold...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"STM Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-15T12:01:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-11T14:19:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10052158\/stm-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"188\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Felicia Bowling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@stmassoc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@stmassoc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Felicia Bowling\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Felicia Bowling\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c0165f72e1945f696349f188066a7f80\"},\"headline\":\"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-15T12:01:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-11T14:19:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\"},\"wordCount\":83,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"*Policy &amp; Advocacy\",\"*Policy briefing\",\"*US\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\",\"name\":\"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment - STM Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-15T12:01:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-11T14:19:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/\",\"name\":\"STM Association\",\"description\":\"International Association of Scientific, Technical &amp; Medical Publishers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"STM Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10052158\/stm-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10052158\/stm-logo.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":188,\"caption\":\"STM Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/stmassoc\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/international-association-of-stm-publishers\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c0165f72e1945f696349f188066a7f80\",\"name\":\"Felicia Bowling\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8b5da248c26a04888f89beae28c6180477483fd2877b4541db9fceddce75611?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8b5da248c26a04888f89beae28c6180477483fd2877b4541db9fceddce75611?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Felicia Bowling\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/author\/fbowling\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment - STM Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment - STM Association","og_description":"On January 13, NSF released a draft of its 2026\u20132030 Strategic Plan and\u00a0invited public comment by January 26, 2026. The draft is shorter and more high-level than previous versions, outlining nine objectives along with broad strategies and success measures for each. For example, to measure progress on the first objective \u2014 \u201cUphold tenets of Gold...","og_url":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/","og_site_name":"STM Association","article_published_time":"2026-01-15T12:01:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-11T14:19:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":188,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10052158\/stm-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Felicia Bowling","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@stmassoc","twitter_site":"@stmassoc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Felicia Bowling","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/"},"author":{"name":"Felicia Bowling","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c0165f72e1945f696349f188066a7f80"},"headline":"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment","datePublished":"2026-01-15T12:01:08+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-11T14:19:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/"},"wordCount":83,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#organization"},"articleSection":["*Policy &amp; Advocacy","*Policy briefing","*US"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/","url":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/","name":"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment - STM Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-15T12:01:08+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-11T14:19:33+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/nsf-releases-strategic-plan-requests-comment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NSF releases Strategic Plan; requests comment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/","name":"STM Association","description":"International Association of Scientific, Technical &amp; Medical Publishers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#organization","name":"STM Association","url":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10052158\/stm-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10052158\/stm-logo.png","width":400,"height":188,"caption":"STM Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/stmassoc","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/international-association-of-stm-publishers\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c0165f72e1945f696349f188066a7f80","name":"Felicia Bowling","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8b5da248c26a04888f89beae28c6180477483fd2877b4541db9fceddce75611?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e8b5da248c26a04888f89beae28c6180477483fd2877b4541db9fceddce75611?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Felicia Bowling"},"url":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/author\/fbowling\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}