epp program at nsf m. goldberg, j. kotcher, m. pripstein, j. stone, r. ruchti

EPP Program at NSF

M. Goldberg, J. Kotcher, M. Pripstein, J. Stone, R.

Ruchti

R. Ruchti, Aspen Winter Meeting 2006 2

Topics

• Recent Items– Americas Competitiveness Initiative– FY07 Budget Rollout

• Themes from talks by Arden Bement and Michael Turner

– NSF/PHY Committee of Visitors

• NSF/EPP Background Information


EPP Portfolio

• University Program– Accelerator based physics– Computational physics

• CESR• LHC Construction and Operations• Accelerator and Detector R&D (APPI)• Coordination with other groups (PNA)

– Non-accelerator– DUSEL

• Partnerships


Underlying Themes

• Empowering University-Based Investigators

• Adding Value– Broadening Participation

• Single Investigators• RUIs• Non-traditional/Underrepresented

participants

– Education and Outreach Activities– Partnerships

• Building Interdisciplinary Collaboration


NSF FY07 Priorities

• From Turner’s Feb 6 Talk on FY07 Rollout.– Advancing the Frontier (grant

support)– Facility Stewardship, Instrumentation

and CyberInfrastructure– Broadening Participation– Education and Workforce

Development


Advancing the Frontier

• Elementary Particle Physics (EPP), fundamental research across

– the energy frontier – the attempt to discover new fundamental particles and laws of physics by studying collisions at the highest energies achievable with current and future accelerators;

– the neutrino frontier – exploration of the properties of the neutrino, a particle now known to carry mass and believed to be fundamental to understanding the developing universe; and

– the cosmic frontier – the study of dark matter and dark energy.

• Physics of the universe (POU), a set of activities carried out in partnership with DOE and NASA for exploring

– the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy; – the earliest phases in development of the universe; – the fundamental nature of time, matter and space; and – the role of gravitation.


Advancing the Frontier

Fundamental mathematical and statistical science, strengthening the core of the Mathematical Sciences Priority Area and enable effective partnering across NSF as well as with NIH and DARPA.

Physical sciences at the nanoscale, the foundation for innovative nanoscale technologies in partnership with other NSF organizations and the government-wide National Nanotechnology Initiative.

Cyberinfrastructure and the cyberscience it enables, connecting with NSF’s high priority activities in this area and the government-wide Networking and Information Technology R&D activities.

Molecular basis of life processes, study of complex biological systems in areas such as self-assembly of disordered collections of molecules into the elements of living systems; protein folding; membranes; and emergence of physiological processes such as breathing and thinking out of complex, coupled arrays of individual reactions.

Sustainability, areas that link the physical sciences with environmental sustainability, including green chemistry, water chemistry and energy.


MPS by Division

FY 2004 Actuals

FY 2005 Actuals

Change from

04 to 05

FY 2006 Current

Plan

Change from

05 to 06FY 2007 Request

Change from

06 to 07AST 196.63 195.11 -0.8% 199.65 2.3% 215.11 7.7%CHE 185.12 179.26 -3.2% 180.78 0.8% 191.10 5.7%DMR 250.65 240.09 -4.2% 242.91 1.2% 257.45 6.0%DMS 200.35 200.24 -0.1% 199.30 -0.5% 205.74 3.2%PHY 227.77 224.86 -1.3% 233.13 3.7% 248.50 6.6%OMA 31.07 29.80 -4.1% 29.68 -0.4% 32.40 9.2%Total, MPS 1,091.59 1,069.36 -2.0% 1085.45 1.5% 1150.30 6.0%

R&RA 4293.34 4234.82 -1.4% 4,331.48 2.3% 4,665.95 7.7%

NSF 5652.01 5480.78 -3.0% 5,581.17 1.8% 6,020.21 7.9%

(Dollars in Millions)


10-Year Funding History

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EPP Funding History

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CESR

LHC OPs

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Partnerships

• Cyberscience– Tier 2c – with OCI– UltraLight – with OCI– Trillium/OSG – with OCI and DOE

• Education with research– QuarkNet – with OMA, EHR and DOE/HEP– CHEPREO – with OMA, OCI, EHR, OISE– I2U2 – with OMA, EHR, PHY – Mariachi – OCI funded– CyberBridges – OCI funded


Programs of Interest

• MREFC• MRI• DDDAS• CI-TEAM• PIF• GK12• IPSE• See NSF website

– www.nsf.gov

• New Themes

http://www.nsf.gov/


Summary

• The signs from Washington are good.

• We take advice from the community seriously.

• We respond to proposals.

Additional Slides


MPS FY07 Budget Highlights

+$65M (6%) Over FY06 Current Plan to +$65M (6%) Over FY06 Current Plan to $1.15B$1.15B

• Increased support for the grants programs (great discovery machine) across the Divisions (AST: 13%; PHY: 6.4%; CHE: 5.5%; DMR: 5%; and DMS: 3%)

• New investment in Elementary-particle Physics frontier activities ($5M in FY06 to $15M in FY07 and beyond)

• Increased support for Nanoscale Science ($14.9M) and Cyber activities ($4.3M), NB: $50M in OCI toward a petascale capability

• Increased support for Physics of the Universe activities ($8.5M) in AST, PHY• Increased support for Molecular Basis of Life Activities ($9.4M in CHE, DMR,

PHY)• Increased support for facility operations: LHC ($4.6M), Gemini ($1.7M), LIGO

($1.3M), CESR ($0.15M) and early operations for ALMA ($2M)• Increased support for public/private partnership in optical/IR ($1.1M for

AODP, $2M for TSIP)• Increased support for Materials mid-scale instrumentation ($1M) and

Astronomy ATI ($3.7M)• Design and development funding for GSMT ($5M), continued funding for

Energy Recovery Linac (ERL), DUSEL and LSST• Increased support for Participation and Education/Workforce Activities

($8.5M)


Examples of Award Types• Standard Grant: Variable time length. Funds given

in one shot.• Continuing Grant: Typically 3 years (can be 5

years). Funding set for initial year and out years unless specified otherwise.

• Cooperative Agreement: Required for large awards, particularly for Centers, Facilities, Projects.

• Supplement: Can be attached to any active award, up to 20% of total award commitment (at discretion of PO).

• SGER: Small grant given for topical or high potential pay-off activity.


Other Awards

• MREFC: Major Research Equipment awards - for projects which exceed a minimum of $100M over the project life. Involves the NSB directly. Timing depends upon NSF priority and NSB schedule.– (examples: LHC, CLEO, RSVP)

• MRI: Major Research Infrastructure awards – for developing university scientific infrastructure. Proposal deadline is late January of a given year.– (examples: Aspects of the DØ Upgrade, MICE

electronics development.) Award maxima for two types of awards ($800k, $2M)


“Typical” NSF Fiscal Year for University Base Support

• September: Target date for proposals for next FY

• October: Proposals sent for ad hoc review• Fall: Visits by Project Leaders• December: EPP Panel Review• Winter: Site visits as needed• Winter/Spring: Declinations sent out• Spring: Funding awards initiated• Summer: Hold for final awards and

supplements• July: Deadline, Career Proposals for next FY


Program Guidance

• HEPAP– P5– NUSAG, AARD – DETF, CMB, DMSAG– University SAG (upcoming)

• Other– Laboratory PACs– MUFAC– FALC


Effective Funding for EPPBase FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05

Accel Based 42.31 48.17 51.09 48.75Part. Astro (Spinoff) 9.05 11.07 12.68 14.7EP-Astro Theory 10.84 12.06 9.23 10.05

Total Base 62.2 71.93 73 73.5

EPP Allied Funding

PFC 4 4 7 7ITR/OCI/T2 6 6.3 6.5 5.65MRI 3.2 1.7 0 0.75ESIE 0.7 0.7 0.29 0.55

Total Allied 13.9 12.7 13.79 13.95

MREFC

LHC construction 16.9 9.69IceCube 15 24.54 41.75 47.62

epp program at nsf m. goldberg, j. kotcher, m. pripstein, j. stone, r. ruchti

Documents

ruchti slide

aspen winter meeting

division slide

energy frontier

workforce development

dark energy

cosmic frontier

laws of physics