§19105 Assistant Director

Summary

The Director must appoint an Assistant Director to run the new Directorate, chosen the same way other Foundation Assistant Directors are chosen. The Assistant Director must be a person with professional experience that makes them especially qualified to advise on use-inspired and translational research, development, and commercialization, and to set up policies that promote that kind of work. The Assistant Director must advise the Director on research and its possible effects, find and help coordinate opportunities inside the Foundation and with outside groups (like universities, the private sector, nonprofits, labor groups, other government agencies, and international partners), and make sure work does not needlessly duplicate other efforts. They must approve new programs in the Directorate, design and test ways to review and award projects at different sizes, evaluate program success, manage awards to meet the goals in section 19102, and do other duties tied to those goals when the Director asks. The Assistant Director must report to the Director, and no other directorate reports to them.