Discussions of research efforts in areas supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are presented. These areas include: (1) mathematical and physical sciences (mathematical sciences, computer science, physics, chemistry, and materials research); (2) engineering (electrical, computer, and systems engineering, chemical and process engineering, civil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, and interdisciplinary research); (3) biological, behavioral, and social sciences (physiology, cellular, and molecular biology, environmental biology, behavioral and neural sciences, social and economic sciences, and information science and technology); (4) astronomical, atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, including United States arctic and antarctic research activities; (5) scientific, technological, and international affairs (industrial science and technological innovation, intergovernmental and public-service science and technology, international scientific cooperative activities, policy research and analysis, and Science Resources Studies); (6) scientific and engineering personnel and education; (7) coordinated agency-wide research activities; and (8) ocean drilling. Also included in appendices is a summary of the NSF financial report for fiscal year 1982, a list of NSF advisory committees and panels, a list of patents and inventions resulting from NSF-supported activities, and a list of National Research Center contractors. (JN)