JISAO Review April 19, 2005

NOAA UW

JISAO

PMEL Office of Research

Administrative Structure

Vice Provost for Research

Administrative BoardDirectorSenior Fellows

Administrator

Business Office

Scientific Staff

Vice Provost for Research

Administrative BoardDirectorSenior Fellows

Administrator

Business Office

Scientific Staff

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NOAA

NMFS

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

PMEL

Office of Global Programs

Climate Observing

RISAs

NWS

AFSC

NMML

NWFSC

University of Washington

Arts & Sciences

Ocean & FisheriesScience

EngineeringAtmospheric

Sciences

Earth & SpaceSciences

Oceanography

Aquatic and Fisheries Science

Applied Physics Lab

MarineAffairs

Civil

UndergraduateEducation

Research

Earth Initiative

Environment

Climate Change

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NASA 5,151 papers 83,362 citationsNOAA 4,082 68,532NCAR 2,484 49,231U Wash 2,562 46,985USGS 3,915 46,303

NOAA Contribution

• Funding for Postdocs and Visitors• ~10% of funding for JISAO Office

UW Contribution

• Director academic faculty member 4 months salary… reduced teaching duties

• ~90% of funding for JISAO Office

• Waiver of indirect costs on Task I • Space for Business Office

JISAO Research

Research Administration

• Task I Visitors and Postdoc Program UW waives indirect costs

Academic Freedom Administered by senior fellows Area-specific

• Task II Cooperative Research off-campus indirect cost rate 26%

• Task III Extramural Funding on-campus indirect cost rate 52.6%

JISAO Research Groups(continued)

• Marine Ecosystems FOCI

NMFS supported

• Coastal Oceanography Tsunamis

JISAO Staff 116

• PI-level Scientists 15• Support Scientists 65• Postdocs 11• Graduate Students 17• Administrative 8

UW PIs 30

Senior Fellows 38

Research Themes

• Marine Ecosystems (formerly Fisheries recruitment)

• Climate• Coastal Oceanography (formerly Estuaries)

• Environmental Chemistry

NOAA Strategic Plan

• Marine Ecosystems

• Climate

• Weather and Water

• Commerce and Transportation

Research Groups

• Marine Ecosystems FOCI

NMFS supported

• Climate

Tropical Ocean, Atmosphere

Arctic

Pacific Northwest

JISAO Research Groups(continued)

• Coastal Oceanography Tsunamis

• Environmental Chemistry Ocean Carbon

Atmospheric Aerosols and Trace Gases Hydrothermal Vents

2004-05 Awards by Research Theme

Argo Floats

FOCI

Impacts of JISAO Research

Performance Metrics

• Accomplishments

• Citations

• Awards and Honors

• Competitiveness

• Non-academic metrics

Accomplishments

• Dynamics of ENSO Cycle, PDO, AO• TAO Array; Argo Floats; Arctic buoys• Ocean carbon measurements• IGAC, baseline measurements• Tsunami preparedness• Promoting usage of regional climate data

Highly Cited Papers

• McPhaden MJ.  SCIENCE 283 (5404): 950-954 FEB 12 1999  Times Cited:  292

• Mantua NJ, et al. AMS BULLETIN 78 (6): 1069-1079 JUN 1997 Times Cited:  657

• Takahashi T, ..... Feely, RA and C. Sabine DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II- 49 (9-10): 1601-1622 2002  Times Cited:  81

Awards and Honors

2005• Rhines, Lettenmaier: AMS Lecturers

2004• Miles: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences• Untersteiner: Elected Fellow of the AAAS• McPhaden: Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Federal Service• Bates: NOAA Administrator’s Award • Feely and Sabine: NOAA Outstanding Paper Award • G. Johnson: NOAA Outstanding Paper Award • Vecci: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers• O’Brien, Roe: Letters of Commendation from NDBC

JISAO according to Google

Arctic 6th

ARGO Floats 3rd

Atmospheric Chemistry 3rd

Bering Sea 1st

Climate Impacts 6th

El Niño 5th

Hydrothermal Vents 2nd

Ocean Carbon 1st

Tsunamis 2nd (UW)

Issues

• Funding for Ecosystems and Weather

• Managing Recompetition • Tensions between the Academic and Business Models • Space

JISAO Staff 116

• PI-level Scientists 15 0• Support Scientists 65 8• Postdocs 11 7• Graduate Students 17 5• Administrative 8

UW PIs 30 7

Senior Fellows 38 0

The Academic Model

• Proposals• Peer Review• Citations as a measure of impact• Partnerships• Long term (10-year +) perspective• Capacity maintenance• Basic research is important

“The Business Model”

• Strategic Planning, Goals and Objectives• Non-Academic Performance Metrics efficiency, timeliness, relevance, economic payoff

• Clients, Stakeholders, Contractors• 1-5 year Planning Horizon• Capacity Building• Project Tracking; Phase-out of “Completed Projects”

• Out-sourcing; Privatization