§19105 Assistant Director

Summary

The Director must appoint one Assistant Director to run the new Directorate. The appointment is done the same way as for other Assistant Directors at the Foundation. The person must be an individual with the right professional background and experience to advise on research that aims for real-world use, development, and commercialization and to create policies that promote that kind of work across the Directorate and the Foundation. The Assistant Director must advise the Director on use-focused research and its possible effects on society and national or global challenges. They must look for and help build partnerships inside the Foundation and with outside groups like universities, businesses (including non-profits), labor groups, government agencies, and international partners. They must avoid unnecessary duplication of work, approve new Directorate programs, design and test fair review and award methods for projects of different sizes, check program success, manage awards to meet the part’s goals, do other tasks the Director requires, report to the Director, and not have other directorates report to them.