Challenges, Opportunities and New Directions at NSF John B. Hunt Senior Advisor Office of the...

Challenges, Opportunities and Challenges, Opportunities and New Directions at NSFNew Directions at NSF

John B. HuntJohn B. HuntSenior AdvisorSenior Advisor

Office of the DirectorOffice of the Director

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Total Federal Distribution ($000) NSF Share of Total Federal

Computer sciences

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Social sciences

Environmental sciences

Engineering

Other Sciences

Physical sciences

Biological sciences (non-medical)

Psychology

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Source: NSF/E. Myers

NSF FY 2005 Budget Request

• People - A diverse, internationally competitive and globally engaged workforce of scientists, engineers and well-prepared citizens.

• Ideas - Discovery across the frontier of science and engineering, connected to learning, innovation, and service to society.

• Tools - Broadly accessible, state-of-the-art S&E facilities, tools, and other infrastructure that enable discovery, learning and innovation.

• Organizational Excellence – An agile, innovative organization that fulfills its mission through leadership in state-of-the-art business practices.


Priority Areas

FY 2004 Estimate

Percent Change

FY 2005 RequestMillions of dollars

Totals may not add due to rounding.


FY 2003 NSF Directorate Success Rates(Research Grants)

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10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%

*Does not include SBIR/STTR

Total Increase

• Science and Technology Centers $ 72 $30

• Science of Learning Centers $ 20 ----

• Other Centers $365 $14

Total Increase


Science of Learning Centers... will extend the frontiers of knowledge on learning and

create the intellectual, organizational, and physical

infrastructure needed for the long-term advancement of

learning research.

Centers will be built around a unifying research focus

and will incorporate a diverse, multidisciplinary

environment involving appropriate partnerships with

academia, industry, all levels of education, and other

public and private entities.

The goals of the SLC program

are:

• to advance the frontiersof all the sciences of learning through integrated research

• to connect this researchto specific scientific, technological, educational, and workforce challenges

• to enable research communitiesthat can capitalize on new opportunities and discoveries and respond to new challenges

• Microbial genome sequencing

• Ecology of infectious diseases

• Dynamics of coupled natural and human systems

• Coupled biogeochemical cycles

• Genome-Enabled environmental sciences and engineering

• Instrumentation development or environmental activities

• Materials use: science, engineering and society

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• Agents of change

• Dynamics of human behavior

• Decision making under uncertainty

• Spatial social science

• Modeling human and social dynamics

• Instrumentation and data resource development0

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• Fundamental mathematical & statistical sciences

• Advancing interdisciplinary science and engineering

• Mathematical and statistical challenges posed by large data sets

• Managing & modeling uncertainty

• Modeling complex nonlinear systems

• Advancing mathematical sciences education

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MODELING OF SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE FLOWS (Wheeler, UT/Austin)

• Development of new scalable parallel algorithms• Implementation and testing of codes for

simulation of cases driven by energy and environmental applications

• Example application: Analysis of contamination and remediation scenarios in subsurface and surface waters, such as aquifers and coastal waters;

• Collaborators: UT mathematicians and geoscientists, Texas Water Development Board, Chevron Petroleum, researchers in the Netherlands, Brazil and Australia.

Nanotechnology

• Working at the atomic, molecular and supramolecular levels (1 to 100nm) in order to create materials, devices and systems with fundamentally new properties and functions(http://nano.gov)

• novel phenomena, properties and functions at the nanoscale

• the ability to manipulate matter at the nanoscale in order to change those properties and functions

http://nano.gov/

• Fundamental research & education

• Grand challenges

• Centers & Networks of Excellence

• Infrastructure

• Societal & educational implications

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Changing Nano R&D focus in 2004 Growing areas, from discovery to technological innovation

Materials, including bulk, coating, dispersed systems Chemicals, including catalysts Pharmaceuticals Electronics

Emerging areas in FY 2004 Energy conversion and storage Nanomedicine Agriculture and food systems Molecular architectures Realistic multiphenomena/multiscale simulations Environmental implications Converging technologies from the nanoscaleMC. Roco, 3/01/03

• Integrated science and engineering education investment

• K-16 faculty preparation & development

• Focus on broadening participation

• Research on effective learning paths

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Total Increase

People 19%

• Number of fellows increases from 5,000 to 5,500

• Stipends maintained at $30,000 annually

- Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF)

- Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12 Education (GK-12)

- Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeships (IGERT)


Increase in Number of Fellows 130%

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66% Increase in Stipend Levels (1999-2004)

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Division FY 2004 Enacted FY 2005 Hill Request

DGE 155.95 173.88

DUE 155.50 158.85

ESIE 212.26 172.75

HRD 115.85 107.94

REC 65.81 73.94

EPSCoR 94.44 84.00

MSP 139.17 0

EHR Total $938.98 $771.36

EHR Budget Comparison: FY 2004 to FY 2005[dollars in millions]

MPS Budget Request$$ in Millions

FY2003 Actual

FY 2004 Enacted

FY 2005 Request

Change $ 05/04

Change % 05/04

AST

$187.07

$196.55

$204.35

$7.80

4.0%

CHE 181.61 185.22 188.91 3.69 2.0%

DMR 241.39 250.89 253.18 2.29 0.9%

DMS 178.79 200.41 202.25 1.84 0.9%

PHY 224.50 227.67 235.76 8.09 3.6%

OMA 27.34 30.77 31.05 0.28 0.9%

Total: MPS $1,040.70 $1,091.51 $1,115.50 $23.99 2.2%

MPS FY 2005 HighlightsMPS FY 2005 Highlights

*Physics of the Universe ($12M)

*Physical & chemical bases of life processes ($2M)

*Cyberinfrastructure & Cyberscience ($32M)

*NSF Priority Areas: Nanoscale Science & Engineering ($132.14 M),

Mathematical Sciences ($70.19 M),

Workforce for the 21st Century ($1.03 M), and

Human & Social Dynamics ($0.50 M)

Engineering Opportunities

• Nanotechnology

• Bioengineering

• Cyberinfrastructure

• Sensors

• Manufacturing

• Engineering Workforce

BIO Budget Requestby Division

Note: Totals may not add due to rounding

($ in Millions)FY 2004 FY 2005Estimate Request Amount Percent

Molecular and Cellular Biosciences 121.77 124.98 3.21 2.6%

Integrative Biology and Neuroscience 107.41 110.63 3.22 3.0%

Environmental Biology 108.26 111.48 3.22 3.0%

Biological Infrastructure 80.22 85.47 5.25 6.5%

Emerging Frontiers 79.76 77.90 -1.86 -2.3%

Plant Genome Research 89.47 89.47 0.00 0.0%

Total, BIO $586.89 $599.93 $13.04 2.2%

Change

BIO Request Highlights FY 2005

• National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

• Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)• Integrative Graduate Education & Research

Training (IGERT)• ITR transition to the core

Cyberinfrastructure

FY 2005 Budget HighlightsCISE

• President’s Budget Request - $618M• 2.2 % increase over FY 2004• Four new CISE Division sub-activities

• Computing and Communication Foundations• Computer and Network Systems• Information and Intelligent Systems• Shared Cyberinfrastructure

• CISE cross-cutting ITR sub-activity

Cross-cutting CISE Budget Emphases(FY 2005)

• Cyber Trust Research and education activities aimed at improving national cyber security

• Science of DesignResearch and education projects to enable the development, evolution and understanding of IT systems of large scale, scope and complexity.

• Information IntegrationResearch and education projects focused on the development of domain-specific and general-purpose tools for integrating information from disparate sources.

• Education and Workforce Cyberinfrastructure education, outreach and trainingActivities designed to prepare the IT professionals of the future

Geosciences Themes for FY05 and beyond

• People– Enhancing diversity– Providing new tools to assist educators

• Ideas– Earth cycles– Natural hazards– Biogeosciences

• Tools– New tools for geoscience exploration– Cyberinfrastructure

Geosciences Ideas : Challenges for the future

• Earth system problems that cross physical and discipline boundaries:– Carbon cycle, water cycle

• The role of biota in geoscience processes• Natural hazards:

– Non-linear processes challenge our ability to develop a predictive capability

• Cyberinfrastructure to advance geoscience

• The observations revolution

GEO: People for FY05 and Beyond

Providing new tools to assist educators• Geoscience Education • Digital Library for Earth System Education

(DLESE)• Centers for Ocean Science Education

Excellence (COSEE)Enhancing diversity

• Opportunities to Enhance Diversity in the Geosciences

• Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)

Resources and Collaborations Are Enabled by Cyberinfrastructure

• Vision is encapsulated in “the Atkins report.”

• Calls for a national, reliable and dynamic, interoperable and integrated system of hardware, software, and data resources and services.

• This new infrastructure would open the door to new types of scientific/engineering research and education.

ENG Working Definition for Cyberinfrastructure

Cyberinfrastructure is a national network of resources that:• provides broad and easy access to shared repositories

for data, models, and tools.• includes connectivity with shared facilities for

experimentation and computation.• enables acquisition, analysis, visualization and

information extraction from multimedia data resources and libraries.

• supports real-time data flows and distributed collaboration.

• ensures that multi-scale, multidisciplinary simulation–based science and engineering communities can form and grow.

NEES Shared Use Resources

Mobile Field Equipment

Laboratory Equipment

Remote Users

Remote Users (K-12 Faculty and Students,

General Public)

NEESgrid

High-Performance Network(s)

Instrumented Structures and Sites

Access to Leading Edge Computation

Curated Data Repository

Laboratory Equipment

National (ANSS, IRIS,

EarthScope,…) and Global

Connections(FY 2005 – FY 2014)

(Researchers,

Students, Practitioners) Simulation

Tools Archive

Major Research Instrumentation (MRI ) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI ) Program PurposeProgram Purpose

• The MRI program is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in U.S. academic institutions.

• The MRI program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments.

• The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared use across academic departments, among research institutions, and in concert with private sector partners.

MRI OVERVIEW

• Instrumentation Acquisition or Development• Two proposals for acquisition or

development; a third for development. An institution may be part of a consortium

• Award size--$100,000 to $2 Million– (exceptions for non-Ph.D. granting

institutions and for mathematical and social, behavioral and economic sciences)

• Cost sharing--30% required – (exceptions for development proposals and

for non Ph.D. granting institutions)

CAREERCAREER

• Purpose– Develop faculty who are both highly productive

researchers and dedicated, effective educators through integrated career planning.

• Proposal Guidelines– Submitted to relevant program– Includes both research and education plan– Review process varies by Directorate, and may be

by mail, panel, or combination– Minimum Award: $400K over 5 years

CAREER Development PlanCAREER Development Plan

Should include:

The objectives and significance of the proposed integrated research and education activities;

The relation of the research to the current state of knowledge in the field and of the education activities to the current state of knowledge on effective teaching and learning in one’s field of study;

An outline of the plan of work, describing the methods and procedures to be used, including evaluation of the education activities;

The relation of the plan to the PI’s career goals and job responsibilities and the goals of his/her institution; and

A summary of prior research and education accomplishments

ADVANCEADVANCE

• Goal– Increase the representation and advancement of women in

academic S&E careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse S&E workforce

• Types of awards– Institutional Transformation: Improve institutional

climate – Leadership: Recognize contributions by individuals

and institutions, and enable further progress– Fellows:Enable promising individuals to establish or

re-establish full-time independent academic careers

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industrywith Industry

• Goals:

– Catalyze industry-university partnerships

– Encourage innovative application of academe’s intellectual capabilities

– Bring industry’s perspective and integrative skills to academe

– Promote high quality research and broaden educational experiences in industrial settings

GOALI GuidelinesGOALI Guidelines

• Proposal Requirements:– Co-PI from Industry– Statement describing the industrial R&D Contribution– Specific Plan for industry/university interaction

• Matching Funds:– Required for faculty internships and postdoctoral visits

• Eligibility Restrictions:– U.S. institutions of higher education that confer degrees in research areas

normally supported by NSF may submit proposals on behalf of faculty members with full-time appointments

– Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents eligible for fellowships

EXAMPLE CHE GOALIAWARDS

• Industry – University Collaborative Projects

Examples from CHE:• San Jose State – IBM Almaden SJS Students and faculty

collaborate with IBM scientists.• Hamline C. – 3M A curriculum initiative to train

students in the softer skills, business culture; faculty research with 3M scientists.

Research in Undergraduate InstitutionsResearch in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) (NSF-00-144)(RUI) (NSF-00-144)

• Goals:

– Support high quality research with active involvement of undergraduates

– Strengthen the research environment in undergraduate institutions

– Promote integration of research and education in undergraduate institutions

• Eligibility:

– 20 or fewer Science and Engineering Ph.D. in 2 years

• Proposal Types:

– Regular research– Multi-user

instrumentation– Research

Opportunity Awards

• Goal– Support collaborative, multidisciplinary

research efforts involving students and faculty at predominantly undergraduate institutions (PUIs).

• Features: – 3 or more faculty; up to 10 students– Possible partnership across

institutions– Multidisciplinary

• BIO Directorate mostly

C-RUI

Research in Undergraduate Institutions: CHE FY01-03

Awards• RUI research awards

94 awards $12.5M

• ROA supplements

19 awards $0.25M

• RUI equipment awards(Mostly MRI program, 44% success)

Research Opportunity Awards

• Supplements to existing NSF awards.

• Provide funding for faculty from predominantly undergraduate institutions to join the project.

• May be awarded without external review.

HOW TO ARRANGE AN ROA

Excellent instructions for locating an investigator who is doing NSF-supported research in your area of interest are found on the RUI/ROA webpage at:

http://www.nsf.gov.crssprgm/rui/start.shtm

http://www.nsf.gov.crssprgm/rui/start.shtm

Research Experiences for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - SitesUndergraduates (REU) - Sites

• Goals:– Initiate and conduct undergraduate research-

participation projects– Create research environment with strong faculty-

student interaction

• Recruitment:– Significant percentage of students from outside host

institution

• Deadline: – September 15 of each year

REU - SupplementsREU - Supplements

• Goal:– attract undergraduates into science by providing an

active research experience

• Guidelines:– Add one or two students to an active ongoing project– must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident– No indirect costs (administrative allowance of 25% of

student stipend)– Awards 6K– Ask Program Officer about due dates

CHE REU AWARDS Proposals

FY01 total

awards

funding rate

51

26

51 %

FY02 total

awards

funding rate

63

16

25 %

FY03 total

awards

funding rate

64

21

33 %

FY04 total

awards

funding rate

74

23

31%

2001 2002 2003 Total Students 650 658 663

Women 59 % 60 % 61 %

African Amer. 11 % 11 % 12 %

Hispanic 6 % 6 % 6 %

Nat. Amer. 1 % 1 % 2%

Pac. Is. 1 % 1 % 1%

REU Student Diversity

Chemistry REU Program FY01-04 International

– France (University of Florida)– Thailand (Santa Clara University)

Multi-Institutional– U. Idaho and Washington State– Le Moyne College and SUNY-College of

Environmental Science and Forestry– Juniata College, Macalester College, Trinity

University, Trinity College, St. Michael’s University, and Northern Kentucky University

– Connecticut and Central Connecticut

Chemistry Undergraduate Research Centers

• Collaboration: new models and partnerships to expand UG research experiences

• Broadening UG research opportunities: Reach large numbers of 1st , 2nd yr students

• Enhance research capacity, infrastructure and excellence in UG education

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