Which organization used the term SMET before adopting STEM?

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the organization that used the acronym SMET before adopting the term STEM.

The NSF originally used SMET to refer to career fields or curricula integrating science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. In 2001, Judith Ramaley, who was then the assistant director of education and human resources at the NSF, rearranged the letters to create the more widely recognized STEM acronym.1