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RESPONSE TO: PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT
THE GEOSPACE SECTION MARCH 2017
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LARISSA PETRELLA PROGRAM SPECIALIST
THERESE MORETTO JORGENSEN, HEAD
JOHN MERIWETHER FACILITIES
RUTH LIEBERMAN AERONOMY
CARRIE BLACK PROGRAM DIRECTOR
JANET KOZYRA MAGNETOSPHERESUNANDA BASU
EXPERTILIA ROUSSEV
SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL
THE PEOPLE
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LARISSA PETRELLA PROGRAM SPECIALIST
SECTION HEAD SELECTION ONGOING
JOHN MERIWETHER FACILITIES
RUTH LIEBERMAN AERONOMY
CARRIE BLACK PROGRAM DIRECTOR
SUNANDA BASU EXPERT
ILIA ROUSSEV SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL
IRFAN AZEEM (APRIL 6) SPACE WEATHER
MIKE WILTBERGER MAGNETOSPHERE
THE PEOPLE
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WILLIAM E. EASTERLING PENN STATE
New Head of Geoscience Directorate June 2017
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CONTEXT & WHAT’S NEXT
COMMENTS ON THE GEOSPACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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FROM REPORTS TO PLANS
Create strategic vision based on recommendations & engage with community on implementation
Recurring portfolio reviews every 3-4 years
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FACILITIES
COMMENTS ON THE GEOSPACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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ARECIBO‣ AST & AGS JOINT MANAGEMENT ‣ DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT RELEASED OCTOBER ‣ FEIS AND RECORD OF DECISION
EXPECTED SUMMER 2017 ‣ DECISION ON AUXILIARY
INSTRUMENTATION WHEN FUTURE SHAPE OF AO IS KNOWN
‣ SOLICITATION (17-538) FOR PARTNERSHIP
‣ PROPOSALS DUE APRIL 25, 2017 ‣ BUDGET PROFILE FOLLOWS
PORTFOLIO REVIEW RECOMMENDATION OF $1.1M (AGS) BY 2020
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SONDRESTROM‣ INVESTIGATING DIVESTMENT
SCENARIOS ‣ CONTACT WITH GREENLAND
HOME-RULE GOVERNMENT ‣ PLAN TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP
OPTIONS
‣ SITE-VISIT PANEL JULY 2017 ‣ SCIENCE VALUE OF AUXILIARY
INSTRUMENTATION ‣ COMPARISON WITH EISCAT
INSTRUMENTS FACILITY AT SVALBARD
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AMISR
‣ ALLOWS FOR THE OPTION TO RELOCATE PFISR TO OTHER LOCATION OF GEOPHYSICAL INTEREST
‣ RECOMPETING - 10 YEARS SINCE START OF OPERATION
‣ SOLICITATION (17-539) FOR SEPARATE PROPOSALS FOR PFISR & RISR
‣ PRELIMINARY PROPOSALS MAY 1, 2017
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CRRL
‣ PANEL REVIEW MARCH 2017
‣ NOT BEING RENEWED AS A FACILITY
‣ 3 SEPARATE PROPOSALS RECEIVED IN THE AERONOMY PROGRAM FOR SODIUM RESONANCE LIDAR SYSTEMS LOCATED IN CHILE, UTAH, AND ALASKA
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EVOLUTION OF FACILITIES
COMMENTS ON THE GEOSPACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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NEW FACILITY INVESTMENTSEISCAT
I&V Program DASI Both needs further definition, e.g. through community workshops
Mid-scale and MREFC
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GRANTS PROGRAMS
COMMENTS ON THE GEOSPACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF FLAT BUDGETS & STRONG PROPOSAL PRESSURE SEVERELY LIMITS FLEXIBILITY VIOLATES NSF POLICY
REDUCE OUT-YEAR EXPENSES IN THE PROGRAMS BELT-TIGHTENING FOR A FEW YEARS: FEWER OR SMALLER AWARDS BETTER FLEXIBILITY IN BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR PROGRAMS
MORTGAGE PROBLEM: 2/3 OF ANNUAL BUDGET PRE-COMMITTED
~80 NEW AWARDS
~$125,000 PER YEAR
AWARD SIZE
~30% SUCCESS RATE~250 ACTIONS
~100% CONTINUING
GRANTS
GRANTS PROGRAMS
FY 2016
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ELIMINATE DEADLINES FOCUS SOLICITATIONS
COLLABORATIVE SPACE WEATHER MODELING SPACE WEATHER PILOT GRAND CHALLENGE PROJECTS / HSC
CEDAR
GEM
SHINE
INTEGRATIVE GEOSPACE SCIENCE
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY
COMMENTS ON THE GEOSPACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY
‣ Data gathering on diversity and human development outcomes from investments
Policy concerns
‣ Encourage PIs to recruit graduate students & postdocs at national meetings, such as:
National Society of Black Physicists, the National Society of Hispanic Physicists, the American Physical Society Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics
‣ Information on diversity related programs and activities Redesigned AGS website Report selections in community newsletters New NSF-INCLUDES program: Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science
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PARTNERSHIPS & OPPORTUNITIES
COMMENTS ON THE GEOSPACE PORTFOLIO REVIEW & NAS ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION (MREFC)
‣ New lower limit of $70M for MREFC projects
‣ Workshop: Exploring the Geospace Frontiers (Quo Vadis?) in 2016
‣ Follow-up activities to define and design potential new MREFC project
‣ Consider M&O costs and ways to streamline and minimize as much as possible
PARTNERSHIPS & OPPORTUNITIES
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CUBESATSPARTNERSHIPS & OPPORTUNITIES
‣ Next solicitation this summer ‣ Will solicit broad
participation from science, engineering, and education directorates across NSF
‣ Will continue and enhance inter-agency collaboration and partnerships
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OTHER PARTNERSHIPS & OPPORTUNITIES
NSF-DOE PLASMA PARTNERSHIP
PREEVENTS
EARTHCUBE
MRI
INSPIRE - RAISE
Celebrated 20 years anniversary January 2017
First competition for Track II 2017
Future/ follow-up under consideration
Continuing instrument program
New proposal type in 2017 PAPPG
ACROSS NFS
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STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA
NEW MOU
PILOT ON SW MODELING
ICON & GOLD
CCMC
GRAND CHALLENGE PROJECTS = STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES / HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE CENTERS
Under review
Collaboration with NSF MPS
Joint competition 2018
Continued co-sponsorship
Exploring possibilities for joint competition(s)
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES
SPACE WEATHER OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MITIGATION (SWORM): NSTC SUBCOMMITTEE
NATIONAL SPACE WEATHER ACTION PLAN 2015 & EXECUTIVE ORDER 2016
SPACE WEATHER
‣ NSF participates in SWORM & NSWAP
‣ Fulfills a crucial need for basic research in support of space weather
‣ Will continue and enhance inter-agency collaboration and partnerships