Through the past decades the AMS has had extensive interactions with NSF in general, and the Geosciences directorate in particular. During the early years, along with members of the Univ. Consortium for Atmospheric Research, AMS leadership played an active role in articulating the case for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The AMS has also been a venue for the wider dissemination of the scientific outcomes resulting from NSF-sponsored research in Hydrology, Atmospheric Sciences and Geospace Sciences.