Morris Aizenman Senior Scientist Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
-
Upload
sebastien-romano -
Category
Documents
-
view
26 -
download
3
description
Transcript of Morris Aizenman Senior Scientist Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Morris AizenmanSenior Scientist
Directorate for Mathematical & Physical SciencesNational Science Foundation
Physics and Engineering SciencesCommittee
April 2010
FY 2011 and FY 2012 Budget Environment
President and Congress recognize basic research and NSF’s central role in
supporting the sciences, but … The Budgetary Environment
Federal Budget DeficitNational Priorities – the Economy, War on Terrorism,
Homeland Security, Energy, ClimatePresident’s Goal: Maintain level funding for
discretionary funding for FY 2011, FY 2012, FY 2013
FY 2011 NSF Request
NSF Funding by Account
(Dollars in Millions)
FY 2009 Omnibus
Actual
FY 2009 ARRAActual
FY 2010 Estimate
FY 2011 Request
Change over
FY 2010 Estimate
Amount Percent
Research & Related Activities1 $5,152.39 $2,062.64 $5,563.92 $6,018.83 $454.91 8.2%
Education & Human Resources 845.52 85.00 872.76 892.00 19.24 2.2%
Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction
160.76 254.00 117.29 165.19 47.90 40.8%
Agency Operations & Award Management 294.09 - 300.00 329.19 29.19 9.7%
National Science Board 4.02 - 4.54 4.84 0.30 6.6%
Office of Inspector General 11.99 0.02 14.00 14.35 0.35 2.5%
Total, NSF $6,468.76 $2,401.66 $6,872.51 $7,424.40 $551.89 8.0%
FY 2011 NSF R&RA RequestFY 2009
Omnibus
FY 2009ARRA FY 2010 FY 2011
Change overFY 2010 Estimate
Actual Actual
Estimate
RequestAmoun
tPerce
nt
Biological Sciences $656.62 $260.00 $714.54 $767.81 $53.27 7.5%
Computer & Information Science & Engineering
574.50 235.00 618.83 684.51 65.6810.6
%
Engineering 664.99 264.99 743.93 825.67 81.7411.0
%
Geosciences 808.53 347.00 889.64 955.29 65.65 7.4%
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
1,243.88
474.971,351.8
41,409.9
158.07 4.3%
Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
240.56 84.97 255.25 268.79 13.54 5.3%
Office of Cyberinfrastructure
199.23 80.00 214.28 228.07 13.79 6.4%
Office of International Science & Engineering
47.45 13.98 47.83 53.26 5.4311.4
%
Office of Polar Programs1 473.55 171.89 451.16 527.99 76.8317.0
%
Integrative Activities 241.58 129.85 275.04 295.93 20.89 7.6%
U.S. Arctic Research Commission
1.50 - 1.58 1.60 0.02 1.3%
Total, R&RA $5,152.39
$2,062.64
$5,563.92
$6,018.83
$454.91 8.2%
MPS FY 2011 Budget Request
Amount Percent
Astronomical Sciences $228.67 $85.80 $245.69 $251.77 $6.08 2.5%
Chemistry 211.67 87.36 233.73 247.56 13.83 5.9%
Materials Research 282.52 108.17 302.67 319.37 16.70 5.5%
Mathematical Sciences 224.84 97.34 241.38 253.46 12.08 5.0%
Physics 262.47 96.30 290.04 298.19 8.15 2.8%
OMA 33.70 - 38.33 39.56 1.23 3.2%Total, MPS $1,243.88 $474.97 $1,351.84 $1,409.91 $58.07 4.3%
(Dollars in Millions)
FY 2009 Omnibus Actual
FY 2009 ARRA Actual
FY 2010 Estimate
FY 2011Request
Change OverFY 2010 Estimate
$100.00
$150.00
$200.00
$250.00
$300.00
$350.00
$400.00
FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09Total
FY10Estimate
FY11Request
MPS Subactivity Funding(Dollars in Millions)
AST
CHE
DMR
DMS
PHY
OMA
Discovery +6.7%
Average
annualized
increase 5%
MPS FY 2009 ARRA$490M total investment in MPS R&RA + $146M MREFC Research and Education grants - $402M
Close to 400 new PIs 85 CAREER awards Major investments in GRF, REU, post-doc programs Over 70 energy and over 25 climate awards
Facilities and Instrumentation support - $88M 10 MPS-supported user facilities received funding, for
operations, maintenance, safety upgrades, saving jobs
Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) $146M in MREFC construction Tremendous boost for solar astronomy
Budget Summary
$1.41B budget requested for FY 2011 for MPSSustaining research in fundamental science
AST, CHE, DMR, DMS, PHY
Supporting young researchersREU to CAREER
Investing in national prioritiesSEBML, SEES
MPS Core Programs
• Support researchers to investigate – Structure/evolution of the universe, fundamental
particles, processes of matter– Behavior and control of molecules at nanoscale,
complexity of their chemical interactions in materials and life processes
– New mathematical structures and theories, connections to computation, experiment, observation
• Fundamental for advances in all science, medicine, industry, technology
Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
MPS is partnering with other NSF Directorates to invest in climate and energy research•Energy
– Energy Storage• New battery materials could “charge in seconds”
– SOLAR program• Novel earth-abundant materials for solar
energy harvesting, creating efficient solar cells • Efficient materials for direct conversion of
photons into hydrogen via water electrolysis
•Climate– New algorithms improve atmospheric and ocean simulations
with parameterized uncertainties in physical processes, which typically hamper climate change predictions
SEES request:$110.50 M
MPS/MPSAC Working Groups
• Climate• Energy• Broadening Participation• Computation• Life Sciences• SEBML/QIS• Matter by Design• Facilities• Fundamental Science
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
• Will be the world’s most advanced radio telescope: unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution
• Premier tool to study the first galaxies (~500 Myr after the Big Bang) in the universe, whose light has been stretched to sub-millimeter wavelength
• Three telescopes already operating; 16 by 2011; over 5 dozen when complete by late 2012
NOvA(off-axis)
HomestakeHomestakeDUSELDUSEL
MINOS (on-axis)
1300 km1300 km
735 km
High Intensity Neutrino Beam
High Intensity Neutrino Beam
Mega-Detector at DUSEL:Mega-Detector at DUSEL:CP violation, Proton Decay, CP violation, Proton Decay, SupernovaeSupernovae
FermilabFermilab
The configuration of a Mega-Detector at Homestake, greater than 1,000 km from a high intensity source, offers a discovery
opportunity that is unique in the world. Discussions with international parties have begun.
The Long Baseline ExperimentThe Long Baseline Experiment
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will produce an wide-field astronomical survey of our universe using an 8.4-meter ground-based telescope. The camera will have 3200 Megapixels making it the world’s largest digital camera. It will produce 30 Terabytes of data nightly with nearly instant alerts issued for objects that change in position or brightness.
Giant Segmented Mirror Telescopes
The Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT)
The 20-Meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)